Biology of the invertebrates /

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Author / Creator:Pechenik, Jan A.
Edition:5th ed.
Imprint:Boston : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2005.
Description:xv, 590 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5318715
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ISBN:0072348992 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Environmental Considerations
  • 2. Invertebrate Classification and Relationships
  • 3. The Protozoans
  • 4. The Poriferans and Placozoans
  • 5. Introduction to the Hydrostatic Skeleton
  • 6. The Cnidarians
  • 7. The Ctenophores
  • 8. The Platyhelminthes
  • 9. The Mesozoans: Possible Flatworm Relatives
  • 10. The Rotifers and Acanthocephalans
  • 11. The Nemertines
  • 12. The Molluscs
  • 13. The Annelids and Sipunculans
  • 14. The Arthropods
  • 15. Two Phyla of Likely Arthropod Relatives: Tardigrada and Onychophora
  • 16. The Nematodes
  • 17. Four Phyla of Likely Nematode Relatives: Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, and Loricifera
  • 18. Five Phyla (Plus One Species) of Uncertain Affiliation: Myxozoa, Gnathostomulida, Gastrotricha, Xenoturbella bocki, Chaetognatha, and Cyliophora
  • 19. The Lophophorates (Phoronids, Brachiopods, Bryozoans) and Entoprocts
  • 20. The Echinoderms
  • 21. The Hemichordates
  • 22. The Nonvertebrate Chordates
  • 23. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development-An Overview