Australian Marine Life : Plants and Animals of the Temperate Waters

by Edgar, Graham J.

• ISBN13: 9781876334383
• ISBN10: 187633438X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

Describes 1200 of the most commonly seen plants and animals in temperate waters, including notes on their habitats and distribution, and more than 1300 full-color photographs. A wealth of information for divers, beachcombers and fishermen!

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(4)
Introduction	11	(6)
KINGDOM MONERA prokaryotes, bacteria, cyanobacteria, rickettsia	17	(3)
Bacteria	17	(1)
Cyanobacteria blue-green bacteria, blue-green algae	18	(2)
KINGDOM PROTISTA protists	20	(77)
Phylum Rhizopoda amoebas	20	(1)
Phylum Actinopoda radiolarians, heliozoans, acantharians	21	(1)
Phylum Foraminifera forams	21	(1)
Phylum Ciliophora ciliates	22	(1)
Phylum (Division) Cryptophyta cryptomonads	23	(1)
Phylum (Division) Prymnesiophyta coccolithophores	24	(1)
Phylum (Division) Chrysophyta silicoflagellates, chloromonads	25	(1)
Phylum (Division) Bacilliariophyta diatoms	25	(1)
Phylum (Division) Dinophyta dinoflagellates	26	(1)
Phylum (Division) Euglenophyta euglenoids	27	(1)
Phylum (Division) Chlorophyta green algae, green seaweeds	28	(16)
Phylum (Division) Phaeophyta brown algae, brown seaweeds	44	(28)
Phylum (Division) Rhodophyta red algae, red seaweeds	72	(25)
KINDOM FUNGI	97	(4)
Fungi	97	(1)
Lichens	98	(3)
KINGDOM PLANTAE land plants	101	(11)
Phylum Magnoliophyta angiosperms	101	(11)
Seagrasses	101	(9)
Mangroves	110	(1)
Saltmarsh Plants	111	(1)
KINGDOM ANIMALIA animals	112	(413)
Phylum Porifera sponges	112	(7)
Phylum Cnidaria cnidarians	119	(30)
Class Hydrozoa hydrozoans	119	(7)
Order Hydroida hydroids	119	(5)
Order Limnomedusae limnomedusids	124	(1)
Order Siphonophora bluebottles, Portuguese man o' war	125	(1)
Class Anthozoa anemones, corals, sea pens	126	(19)
Order Actiniaria anemones	126	(5)
Order Corallimorpharia jewel anemones	131	(1)
Order Zoanthidea zoanthids	131	(3)
Order Scleractinia stony corals	134	(2)
Order Ceriantharia tube anemones	136	(1)
Order Antipatharia black corals	137	(1)
Order Alcyonacea soft corals, gorgonians	138	(6)
Order Pennatulacea sea pens	144	(1)
Class Scyphozoa jellyfish	145	(3)
Order Samaeostomeae	145	(2)
Order Rhizostomeae	147	(1)
Class Cubozoa	148	(1)
Order Cubomedusae box jellies	148	(1)
Phylum Ctenophora comb jellies	149	(2)
Phylum Platyhelminthes flatworms, platyhelminths	151	(2)
Phylum Nemertea nemerteans, proboscis worms, ribbon worms	153	(1)
Phylum Nematoda nematodes, roundworms	154	(1)
Phylum Annelida segmented worms	155	(8)
Class Oligochaeta oligochaete worms	155	(1)
Class Hirudinea leeches	156	(1)
Class Polychaeta polychaete worms	156	(7)
Phylum Sipuncula peanut worms, sipunculans	163	(2)
Phylum Echiuroidea echiurans	165	(1)
Phylum Arthropoda arthropods	166	(1)
Subhylum Chelicerata chelicerates	166	(2)
Class Pycnogonida sea spiders, pycnogonids	166	(2)
Class Arachnida arachnids	168	(1)
Order Acarina mites	168	(1)
Subphylum Uniramia uniramians	168	(1)
Class Insecta insects	169	(1)
Subphylum Crustacea crustaceans	169	(50)
Class Branchiopoda	170	(1)
Order Cladocera water fleas	170	(1)
Class Cirripedia barnacles	170	(7)
Class Copepoda copepods	177	(1)
Class Ostracoda ostracods, seed shrimps	178	(1)
Class Malacostraca malacostracans, higher crustaceans	179	(40)
Order Nebaliacea nebaliaceans, leptostracans	179	(1)
Order Stomatopoda mantis shrimps, prawn killers	180	(1)
Order Cumacea cumaceans	180	(1)
Order Tanaidacea tanaids	181	(1)
Order Mysidacea mysids, opossum shrimps	182	(1)
Order Isopoda isopods, slaters, pill bugs	183	(1)
Order Amphipoda amphipods, beach hoppers	184	(4)
Order Euphausiacea krill, euphausiids	188	(1)
Order Decapoda prawns, shrimps, lobsters, crabs	189	(30)
Phylum Mollusca molluscs	219	(100)
Class Aplacophora solenogasters, aplacophorans	219	(1)
Class Polyplacophora chitons	220	(7)
Class Gastropoda gastropods, univalves	227	(56)
Subclass Prosobranchia prosobranchs	227	(39)
Subclass Pulmonata pulmonates	266	(3)
Subclass Opisthobranchia sea slugs	269	(14)
Class Bivalvia bivalves, pelycypods, lamellibranchs	283	(27)
Class Scaphopoda scaphopods, tusk shells	310	(1)
Class Cephalopoda squid, octopus, cuttlefish	311	(8)
Phylum Brachiopoda brachiopods, lamp shells	319	(1)
Phylum Phoronida phoronid worms	320	(1)
Phylum Bryozoa bryozoans, moss animals, lace corals	321	(6)
Phylum Entoprocta entoprocts, endoprocts	327	(1)
Phylum Chaetognatha arrow worms	328	(1)
Phylum Echinodermata echinoderms	329	(43)
Class Crinoidea feather stars	329	(4)
Class Asteroidea seastars, starfish	333	(18)
Class Ophiuroidea brittle stars	351	(7)
Class Echinoidea sea urchins, sand dollars	358	(10)
Class Holothuroidea holothurians, sea cucumbers	368	(4)
Phylum Hemichordata acorn worms, enteropneusts	372	(1)
Phylum Chordata chordates	373	(152)
Class Ascidiacea ascidians, sea squirts	373	(15)
Class Thaliacea salps, thaliaceans	388	(1)
Class Larvacea appendicularians, larvaceans	389	(1)
Class Cephalaspidomorphi jawless fishes	390	(1)
Class Chondrichthyes cartilaginous fishes (sharks, rays)	391	(11)
Class Osteichthyes bony fishes	402	(114)
Class Reptilia reptiles	516	(1)
Class Aves birds	517	(1)
Class Mammalia mammals	518	(7)
Order Pinnipedia seals, sea lions	518	(3)
Order Cetacea whales, dolphins	521	(4)
Glossary	525	(2)
Selected bibliography	527	(9)
Index	536