Biology of the invertebrates - Pechenik, Jan A. (New York McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2010)
Table of Contents: List of Research Focus Boxes. Preface. Guide to the Major Animal Groups. The Geologic Time Scale. -- 1. Introduction and Environmental Considerations -- 2. Invertebrate Classification and Relationships -- 3. The Protists -- 4. The Poriferans and Placozoans -- 5. Introduction to the Hydrostatic Skeleton -- 6. The Cnidarians -- 7. The Ctenophores -- 8. The Platyhelminths -- 9. The Mesozoans: Possible Flatworm Relatives -- 10. The Gnathifera: Rotifers and Acanthocerphalans, and Two Smaller Groups -- 11. The Nemertines -- 12. The Molluscs -- 13. The Annelids -- 14. The Arthropods -- 15. Two Phyla of Likely Arthropod Relatives: Tardigrades and Onychophorans -- 16. The Nematodes -- 17. Four Phyla of Likely Nematode Relatives: Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, and Loricifera -- 18. Three Phyla of Uncertain Affiliation: Gastrotricha, Chaetognatha, and Cycliophora -- 19. The "Lophophorates" (Phoronids, Brachiopods, Bryozoans) and Entoprocts -- 20. The Echinoderms -- 21. The Hemmichordates -- 22. The Xenoturbellids: Deuterostomes at Last? -- 23. The Nonvertebrate Chordates -- 24. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development - An Overview. -- Glossary of Frequently Used Terms. Index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Invertebrates