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Biology of the invertebrates / Jan A. Pechenik.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2010.Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xv, 606 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780071325806 (reprint)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 592 P332b 2010 20
LOC classification:
  • CIR QL 362 P43 2011
Contents:
Environmental Considerations -- Invertebrate Classification and Relationships -- The Protozoan Protists -- The Poriferans and Placozoans -- Introduction to the Hydrostatic Skeleton -- The Cnidarians -- The Ctenophores -- The Platyhelminthes -- The Gnathifera: Rotifers, Acanthocephalans, and two smaller groups -- The Rotifers and Acanthocephalans -- The Nemertines -- The Molluscs -- The Annelids -- The Arthropods -- Two Phyla of Likely Arthropod Relatives: Tardigrada and Onychophora -- The Nematodes -- Four Phyla of Likely Nematode Relatives: Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, and Loricifera -- Three Phyla of Uncertain Affiliation: Gastrotricha, Chaetognatha, and Cyliophora -- The Lophophorates (Phoronids, Brachiopods, Bryozoans) and Entoprocts -- The Echinoderms -- The Hemichordates -- The Xenoturbellids -- The Nonvertebrate Chordates -- Invertebrate Reproduction and Development--An Overview.
Summary: "This textbook is the most concise and readable invertebrates book in terms of detail and pedagogy (other texts do not offer boxed readings, a second color, end of chapter questions, or pronunciation guides). All phyla of invertebrates are covered (comprehensive) with an emphasis on unifying characteristics of each group."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Environmental Considerations --
Invertebrate Classification and Relationships --
The Protozoan Protists --
The Poriferans and Placozoans --
Introduction to the Hydrostatic Skeleton --
The Cnidarians --
The Ctenophores --
The Platyhelminthes --
The Gnathifera: Rotifers, Acanthocephalans, and two smaller groups --
The Rotifers and Acanthocephalans --
The Nemertines --
The Molluscs --
The Annelids --
The Arthropods --
Two Phyla of Likely Arthropod Relatives: Tardigrada and Onychophora --
The Nematodes --
Four Phyla of Likely Nematode Relatives: Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, and Loricifera --
Three Phyla of Uncertain Affiliation: Gastrotricha, Chaetognatha, and Cyliophora --
The Lophophorates (Phoronids, Brachiopods, Bryozoans) and Entoprocts --
The Echinoderms --
The Hemichordates --
The Xenoturbellids --
The Nonvertebrate Chordates --
Invertebrate Reproduction and Development--An Overview.

"This textbook is the most concise and readable invertebrates book in terms of detail and pedagogy (other texts do not offer boxed readings, a second color, end of chapter questions, or pronunciation guides). All phyla of invertebrates are covered (comprehensive) with an emphasis on unifying characteristics of each group."--Publisher's website.

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