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Multicellular Animals

Volume II: The Phylogenetic System of the Metazoa

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Authors:
  1. Peter Ax

    1. Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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  • The second volume of Professor Ax' revised systematics of all multicellular animals.

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (100 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXIV
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  2. Trochozoa

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 1-2

  3. Lacunifera

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 2-3

  4. Kamptozoa — Mollusca

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 3-10

  5. Aplacophora — Eumollusca

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 11-11

  6. Solenogastres — Caudofoveata

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 11-14

  7. Polyplacophora — Conchifera

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 14-18

  8. Neopilinida — Ganglioneura

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 18-21

  9. Rhacopoda — Ancyropoda

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 21-23

  10. Gastropoda — Cephalopoda

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 23-32

  11. Scaphopoda — Bivalvia

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 32-39

  12. Sipunculida — Articulata

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 39-43

  13. Annelida — Arthropoda

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 43-47

  14. Polychaeta — Clitellata

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 47-49

  15. Scolecida — Palpata

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 49-51

  16. Aciculata — Canalipalpata

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 52-64

  17. Branchiobdellida — Hirudinea

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 65-69

  18. Acanthobdella peledina — Autobdella

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 69-71

  19. Rhynchobdellida — Arhynchobdellida

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 72-76

  20. Onychophora — Euarthropoda

    • Peter Ax
    Pages 77-83
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About this book

Those who wish for permanence in classifi­ cation must pay the price of stasis - as if for­ ever condemned to confound whales with fish. M. T. Ghiselin 1981, p. 283 Scientific argument is a debate concerned with the solution of unresolved problems. Before continuing with the phylogenetic system of the Metazoa this foreword gives me the opportunity to discuss some controversial ques­ tions, to state selected positions more precisely and to remedy omissions. I would like to draw special attention to serious problems for phylogenetic systematics resulting from the inevitable confrontation with the current rules of nomenclature 1. In carrying out this debate, I hope not to lose the goodwill of those readers who are experts within the first few pages. A textbook for students? - Critics who ask that question and answer in the negative probably underestimate the open-mindedness of young people who are not troubled by, or can easily free themselves from, the restraints and arbitrariness of traditional classifications - and to whom systematics is offered as a scientific product in such a form that arguments for every single decision are comprehensible and checkable and can therefore be fully analyzed.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

    Peter Ax

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Multicellular Animals

  • Book Subtitle: Volume II: The Phylogenetic System of the Metazoa

  • Authors: Peter Ax

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10396-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-67406-1Published: 28 August 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08681-6Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-10396-8Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 396

  • Additional Information: Original German edition published by Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1999

  • Topics: Zoology

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