00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-1685523046126300851 Buklod 20231206140755.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 231206s2015 xx d |||| || | 9781259060755 (iLib)UPMNL-00013654591 CASM-27839 Mind Mover Publishing House, Inc. Php11,092.50 DB CASM rda eng QL 362 P43 2015 Pechenik, Jan A. author. Biology of the invertebrates Jan A. Pechenik, Tufts University. Seventh edition. New York, NY McGraw-Hill 2015. xv, 606 pages illustration (some color) 29 cm. text rdacontent. unmediated rdamedia. volume rdacarrier. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction and Environmental Considerations -- Invertebrate Classification and Relationships -- The Protists -- The Poriferans and Placozoans -- Introduction to the Hydrostatic Skeleton -- The Cnidarians -- The Ctenophores -- The Platyhelminthes -- The Mesozoans: Possible Flatworm Relatives -- The Gnathifera: Rotifers, Acanthocephalans, and Two Smaller Groups -- The Nemertines -- The Molluscs -- The Annelids -- The Arthropods -- Two Phyla of Likely Arthropod Relatives: Tardigrades and Onychophorans -- 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: Deuterostomes at Last? -- 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 Invertebrates. FO UPMNL CASM QL 362 P43 2015 Book