Author: Gerhard Scholtz
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: crustacean, issues, crustacea, biology, developmental, evolutionary
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2003-06-01
List price: $184.95
ISBN-10: 9058096378
ISBN-13: 9789058096371

Crustaceans, due to the great diversity of their body organization, segmentation patterns, tagmatization, limb types, larval forms, cleavage, and gastrulation modes, are highly desirable for the study of questions at the interface of evolution and development. Modern interest in evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) rests on the molecular genetic approach and a variety of molecular techniques have proven fruitful when performed on crustaceans.Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Crustacea presents a comprehensive treatment of all aspects of the field, beginning with a discussion of th

Author: Gary CB Poore
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Keywords: guide, identification, australia, southern, decapod, crustacea, marine
Number of Pages: 616
Published: 2004-08-01
List price: $170.00
ISBN-10: 0643069062
ISBN-13: 9780643069060

This book is a comprehensive guide to the identification of 800 species of decapod and stomatopod crustaceans from southern Australian marine waters. It is liberally illustrated with more than 1000 line drawings giving good views of many species as well as diagnostic illustrations. Details for each species include the authority, year of description, sometimes a common name, diagnosis, size, geographical distribution, and ecological and depth distribution. The chapter on the Stomatopoda is by Shane Ahyong. Sections within each chapter are hierarchical, species within genera, within families

Authors:Elva Escobar-Briones, Fernando Alvarez,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: crustacea, study, approaches, modern
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2002-09-01
List price: $205.00
ISBN-10: 0306473666
ISBN-13: 9780306473661

This volume is organized in four sections: physiology, ecology, conservation and biodiversity, and systematics and evolution. Composed of 46 chapters and written by 100 authors from 17 countries, this volume reflects the truly international nature of the Crustacean Society. It will be a staple for all researchers and scientists in the field.

Authors:Felgenhauer, A.B Thistle, L. Watling,
Publisher: CRC Pre
Keywords: crustacean, issues, crustacea, grooming, morphology, feeding, functional
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1989-06-01
List price: $194.95
ISBN-10: 9061917778
ISBN-13: 9789061917779

Abetted by recent technological advances in scanning and transmission electron microscopy, as well as new preparative methods, these contributions examine crustacean anatomy, demonstrating (or at least inferring) the functions of morphological features. In addition to feeding and grooming, they also

Author: Douglas Grant Smith
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: porifera, crustacea, states, united, freshwater, invertebrates, pennak
Number of Pages: 648
Published: 2001-07-20
List price: $175.00
ISBN-10: 0471358371
ISBN-13: 9780471358374

Invertebrate Zoology deals with the animals that have no backbones, including the shrimps, crabs, sponges, worms, snails and squids. This book deals specifically with the invertebrates that spend all or part of their lifecycle in a freshwater environment. (As is usual and as in the previous edition, aquatic insects are excluded due to their vast numbers.) The invertebrate species far outnumber the vertebrate species, and a through understanding of aquatic invertebrate zoology is essential to understanding the community structure of freshwater environments.

Authors:William J. Clench (au), Ruth D. Turner (au),
Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
Keywords: acad, pub, natural, sciences, phila, special, crustacea, names, introduced, pilsbry, mollusca, new
Number of Pages: 218
Published: 1962-03-01
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 1422317846
ISBN-13: 9781422317846

This study is based upon the collections made over more than 30 years prior to 1943 by Ralph Steward at Rawalpindi in northwestern India. It was in 1911, as a young instructor there, that Steward commenced the gathering of specimens, & in 1912 that he made his first trip into Kashmir. Since then he had been repeatedly into the Himalayas, spending vacations in Kashmir & collecting in adjacent territory north to Baltistan & east to Ladakh; he traversed the mountains of Lahul & Kulu, & also summered at Landour above Dehra Dun. Author Pennell made Stewarts acquaintance in 1914

Author: Peter J.F. Davie
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Keywords: australia, catalogue, zoological, decapodaanomura, series, part, brachyura, malacostraca, volume, crustacea, eucarida
Number of Pages: 656
Published: 2002-07
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 0643067922
ISBN-13: 9780643067929

The Malacostraca, a very large class of Crustacea, is being dealt with in four volumes in the Zoological Catalogue of Australia series. Volume 19.3B covers more than 1200 species of Australian crabs (Brachyura) and related groups such as hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, squat lobsters, mole crabs, and their ilk (Anomura). It is the first such attempt to list the Australian fauna since 1882. All taxonomic groups down to families and subfamilies are fully diagnosed, and the latest literature discussing their status is reviewed and summarised, including genetic and larval studies where available. F