Crustacea - Hardcover

Schram, Frederick R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195037421 ISBN 13: 9780195037425

Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, 1986

Synopsis

This is the first single-author overview of all crustacean groups, fossil and living, since 1909, and the first phylogenetic systematic review. Lavishly illustrated, the book covers all known aspects of the anatomy, feeding, locomotion, reproductive biology, biogeography, development, fossil record, and higher taxonomy of every currently recognized group. An introductory chapter explains what a crustacean is, and examines the relationships of old data to arrive at original conclusions about crustacean evolution. Concluding chapters survey crustacean phylogeny and systematics using cladistic methods. A comprehensive international bibliography is also included.

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Synopsis

Quarterly Review of Biology Schram's book reviews all aspects of the recognized groups of crustacean, both fossilized and recent. It looks at their external and internal anatomy, feeding, movement, reproductive biology, biogeography, development, and higher taxonomy, and surveys the international literature available. It defines what crustaceans are and how they relate to other groups of articulates. Concluding chapters develop a survey of crustacean phylogeny and higher systematics using cladistic methods, and highlight areas where further research could provide more information for evolutionary synthesis. The author interprets old data in new ways to encourage new thinking about crustacean evolution.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195037421
• ISBN 13: 9780195037425
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 620