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«Grzimeks Student Animal Life Resource: Crustaceans, Mollusks and Segmented Worms» offers readers comprehensive and easy-to-use information on Earths animals. Entries are arranged by taxonomy, the science through which living things are classified into related groups. Each entry includes sections on physical characteristics geographic range habitat diet behavior and reproduction animals and people and conservation status. Family entries are followed by one or more species accounts and a range map and photo or illustration for each species. Entries conclude with a list of books, periodicals, and Web sites that may be used for further research.
This volume of «Grzimeks Student Animal Life Resource: Crustaceans, Mollusks and Segmented Worms» includes a pronunciation guide for scientific names, a glossary, an overview of birds, a list of species in the set by biome, a list of species by geographic location, and an index. The volume has nearly 200 full-color maps, photos, and illustrations to enliven the text, and sidebars provide additional facts and related information.
Table of contents :
Contents
CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSKS, AND SEGMENTED WORMS
Readers Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix
Pronunciation Guide for Scientific Names . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi
Words to Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xv
Getting to Know Crustaceans, Mollusks, Segmented
Worms, and Their Relatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxi
Clam worms, sand worms, and tubeworms . . . . . . . . . .1
Myzostomids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Earthworms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Leeches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Beard worms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Hydrothermal vent and cold seep worms . . . . . . . . . . .39
Peanut worms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Echiurans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Velvet worms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Water bears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Remipedes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Cephalocarids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Fairy shrimps, tadpole shrimps, and clam shrimps and
water fleas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Leptostracans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Mantis shrimps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Bathynellaceans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Anaspidaceans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Krill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Amphionids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Crabs, shrimps, and lobsters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Mysids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Lophogastrids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Cumaceans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Tanaids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Mictaceans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Spelaeogriphaceans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Thermosbaenaceans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Pillbugs, slaters, and woodlice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
Amphipods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Barnacles and relatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Tantulocaridans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Fish lice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Mystacocarids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Copepods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Mussel shrimps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Tongue worms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
Aplacophorans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
Monoplacophorans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
Chitons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
Sea slugs, snails, and limpets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260
Bivalves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274
Tusk shells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
Nautilids, octopods, cuttlefishes, squids, and
relatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
Phoronids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
Freshwater and marine ectoprocts or bryozoans . . . .311
Lampshells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317
Species List by Biome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxxiii
Species List by Geographic Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxxv
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see the Cumulative Index
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