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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherMcgraw-Hill Education
ISBN-100073524182
ISBN-139780073524184
eBay Product ID (ePID)177922019
Product Key Features
Number of Pages624 Pages
Publication NameBiology of the Invertebrates
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
SubjectLife Sciences / Zoology / Invertebrates
TypeTextbook
AuthorJan A. Pechenik
Subject AreaScience
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight54.2 Oz
Item Length11.2 in
Item Width8.8 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number7
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2013-045552
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal592
Table Of Content1 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 Platyhelminthes 9 The Mesozoand: Possible Flatworm Relatives 10 The Gnathifera: Rotifers, Acanthocephalans, 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 Cyliophora 19 The Lophophorates (Phoronids, Brachiopods, Bryozoans) and Entoprocts 20 The Echinoderms 21 The Hemichordates 22 The Xenoturbellids: Deuterostomes at Last? 23 The Nonvertebrate Chordates 24 Invertebrate Reproduction and Development--An Overview
SynopsisThis 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.