Biology of the invertebrates / Jan A. Pechenik.

By:

Pechenik, Jan A

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2010.Edition: 6th edDescription: xv, 606 p. : ill. ; 29 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780071270410
0071270418

Subject(s):

Invertebrates

DDC classification:

592 22 P.J.B

LOC classification:

QL362 .P43 2010

Contents:

Environmental Considerations -- Invertebrate Classification and Relationships -- The Protozoan Protists -- The Poriferans and Placozoans -- Introduction to the Hydrostatic Skeleton -- The Cnidarians -- The Ctenophores -- The Platyhelminthes -- The Gnathifera: Rotifers, Acanthocephalans, and two smaller groups -- The Rotifers and Acanthocephalans -- The Nemertines -- The Molluscs -- The Annelids -- The Arthropods -- Two Phyla of Likely Arthropod Relatives: Tardigrada and Onychophora -- 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 -- The Nonvertebrate Chordates -- Invertebrate Reproduction and Development--An Overview.

Summary: "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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library A9	Dental ( Supplementary General Sciences )	592 P.J.B (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00013097

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Environmental Considerations --
Invertebrate Classification and Relationships --
The Protozoan Protists --
The Poriferans and Placozoans --
Introduction to the Hydrostatic Skeleton --
The Cnidarians --
The Ctenophores --
The Platyhelminthes --
The Gnathifera: Rotifers, Acanthocephalans, and two smaller groups --
The Rotifers and Acanthocephalans --
The Nemertines --
The Molluscs --
The Annelids --
The Arthropods --
Two Phyla of Likely Arthropod Relatives: Tardigrada and Onychophora --
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 --
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.

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