Invertebrate Blood

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Principles of Design and Function of Circulatory Systems

   • M. R. Tripp

   Pages 1-6

3. The Coelomocytes of Asteroid Echinoderms

   • K. Kanungo

   Pages 7-39

4. Blood and Coelomic Fluid in Relation to Internal Defense in Polychaete Annelids

   • R. P. Dales

   Pages 41-48

5. Protein Hemolymph Factors and their Roles in Invertebrate Defense Mechanisms: A Review

   • C. R. Fries

   Pages 49-109

6. A Classification of Molluscan Hemocytes Based on Functional Evidences

   • Thomas C. Cheng

   Pages 111-146

7. In Vitro Phagocytosis by Molluscan Hemocytes: A Survey and Critique of Methods

   • Richard A. Robohm

   Pages 147-172

8. Lysozyme — An Inducible Protective Agent in Invertebrate Serum

   • Robert S. Anderson

   Pages 173-185

9. Opsonic Activity of Insect Hemolymph

   • Norman A. Ratcliffe, Andrew F. Rowley

   Pages 187-204

10. Back Matter

    Pages 205-211

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At a recent meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology, Dr. K. Kanungo of Western Connecticut State University organized a special symposium on the topic of invertebrate circulatory systems with emphasis on hemocytes and their role in internal defense. The contents of this volume of Comparative Pathobiology represent the proceedings of that gathering. As the Editor of the Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, I am intimately aware of the current popularity of research pertaining to invertebrate immune mechanisms of which hemocytes and associated molecules play a central role. Consequently, the contributions in­ cluded herein should prove to be of interest to a variety of investi­ gators including invertebrate zoologists, comparative immunolo­ gists, physiologists, and cell biologists. As has been stated in previous volumes of this series, Comparative Pathobiology is meant for the publication of proceedings of symposia devoted to some aspect of that broad spectrum of modern biology known as pathobiology. Those interested in having antici­ pated contributions considered for publication should contact me.

• Mollusca
• biology
• cell
• classification
• insects
• invertebrates
• molecule
• pathology
• society

• Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA

  Thomas C. Cheng

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