This best-selling introduction to the biology of invertebrates through a survey by groups emphasizes adaptive morphology and physiology while covering anatomical ground plans and basic developmental patterns. Rich illustrations, systematic resumes, and extensive citations make it a valuable references source.
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With attention to living invertebrates, this textbook in invertebrate zoology emphasizes the correlations between structure and function and the development of conceptual themes. This revised edition adds 300 original new illustrations, a new glossary, and new chapters covering an introduction to bilateral symmetric animals; the evolution of invertebrates; and the protochordates, including the cephalochordates, and the chaetognaths. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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