Invertebrates

by Brusca, Richard C.; Brusca, Gary J.; Haver, Nancy J.

• ISBN13: 9780878930975
• ISBN10: 0878930973
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Sinauer Associates Inc

Summary

Introductory textbook frames the invertebrates within the context of evolutionary biology and develops around three fundamental themes: functional body architecture, developmental patterns and life history strategies, and evolution and phylogenetic relationships.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(22)
Classification, Systematics, and Phylogeny	23	(18)
Animal Architecture and the Bauplan Concept	41	(52)
Animal Development, Life Histories, and Origins	93	(28)
The Protists	121	(58)
Phylum Porifera: The Sponges	179	(30)
Four Phyla of Uncertain Affinity	209	(10)
Phylum Cnidaria	219	(50)
Phylum Ctenophora: The Comb Jellies	269	(16)
Phylum Platyhelminthes	285	(34)
Phylum Nemertea: The Ribbon Worms	319	(18)
Blastocoelomates and Other Phyla	337	(52)
Phylum Annelida: The Segmented Worms	389	(58)
Sipuncula and Echiura	447	(16)
The Emergence of the Arthropods: Onychophorans, Tardigrades, Trilobites, and the Arthropod Bauplan	463	(50)
Phylum Arthropoda: The Crustacea	513	(78)
Phylum Arthropoda: The Hexapoda (Insects and Their Kin)	591	(48)
Phylum Arthropoda: The Myriapods (Centipedes, Millipedes, and Their Kin)	639	(16)
Phylum Arthropoda: The Cheliceriformes	655	(48)
Phylum Mollusca	703	(70)
Lophophorates	773	(30)
Phylum Echinodermata	803	(38)
Other Deuterostomes: Chaetognatha, Hemichordata, Chordata	841	(34)
Perspectives on Invertebrate Phylogeny	875