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Animal Diversity

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  1. Diana R. Kershaw

    1. St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, USA

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-13

  3. Phylum Protozoa

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    Pages 14-33

  4. Phylum Porifera

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    Pages 34-37

  5. Radiata

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    Pages 38-58

  6. The acoelomate bilateral phyla

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    Pages 59-83

  7. Animal body cavities

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    Pages 84-84

  8. The pseudocoelomate phyla

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    Pages 85-96

  9. Phylum Annelida

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    Pages 97-120

  10. Phylum Arthropoda

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    Pages 121-168

  11. Phylum Mollusca

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    Pages 169-191

  13. The minor coelomate phyla

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    Pages 195-208

  14. The invertebrate deuterostomes

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    Pages 209-227

  15. Phylum Chordata

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    Pages 228-237

  16. Introduction to the Subphylum Vertebrata

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    Pages 237-292

  17. Vertebrate diversity

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    Pages 293-412

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 413-428
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About this book

This book has been written with two main purposes in mind, page. At the same time animals show immense variation the first being to give a general review of the entire animal and none is truly typical. Some idea of the immense variety kingdom, and the second to give more detailed functional of animals is given in the diversity sections, with a synopsis accounts of the anatomy of a representative of each major of the classification of each major phylum. animal group. It is intended to be used by those who are Zoology has a language of its own, which appears highly interested in animals and does not start with the assumption complicated but in most cases can, in fact, be derived simply of any great zoological knowledge. It is hoped that it will from either Latin or Greek. Translations and derivations prove particularly helpful to those studying biology or have been given of a selection of zoological terms; these zoology at 'A' level, or in the early stages of a university should be regarded as examples. The interested zoologist course. may find the use of a Greek and Latin dictionary rewarding.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, USA

    Diana R. Kershaw

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Animal Diversity

  • Authors: Diana R. Kershaw

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6035-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. R. Kershaw 1983

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-6035-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 434

  • Number of Illustrations: 440 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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