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Handbook of Zoology

Herausgegeben von: Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa
Begründet von: Willy Kükenthal

ISSN: 2193-4231

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The Handbook of Zoology aims to provide an in-depth treatment of the entire animal kingdom, covering both invertebrates and vertebrates. It publishes comprehensive overviews on animal systematics and morphology as well as extensive coverage of physiology, behavior, ecology and applied aspects of zoological research. Although our knowledge regarding many taxonomic groups has grown enormously over the last decades, it is still the ambition of the Handbook to be comprehensive in the sense that text and references together provide a solid basis for further research. Editors and authors seek a balance between describing species richness and diversity, explaining the importance of certain groups in a phylogenetic context and presenting a review
of available knowledge and up-to-date reference literature. New contributions to the series present the combined effort of an international team of editors and authors, entirely published in English and tailored to the needs of the international scientific community.

Annelida

Ulrich Joger

Arthropoda

Ulrich Joger

Comparative Anatomy of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Eutheria

Ulrich Joger

Echinoidea

Ulrich Joger

Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera

Ulrich Joger

Mammalia

Ulrich Joger

Reptilia

Ulrich Joger

Buch 2019

Miscellaneous Invertebrates

Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa

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This volume of the Handbook of Zoology summarizes "small" groups of animals across the animal kingdom. Dicyemida and Orthonectida are enigmatic parasites, formerly united as "Mesozoa" and their position among the multicellular animals is still not known with certainty. Placozoa are small, flat marine animals which provide important information on metazoan evolution. Comb jellies (Ctenophora) are esthetically fascinating animals which cause considerable discussion about their phylogenetic position. Seisonida are closely related to rotifers and acanthocephalans. Cycliophora were discovered and described as one of the last higher taxa and surprise by their complex life cycle. Kamptozoa (= Entoprocta) are small sessile animals in the sea and sometimes also in freshwater. Arrow worms (Chaetognatha) play an important role as predators in the plankton, but they also include benthic forms. Pterobranchia and acorn worms (Enteropneusta) belong to the deuterostomia and are related to echinoderms. In particular enteropneusts play an important role in understanding deuterostome evolution. These chapters provide up to date reviews of these exiting groups with reference to the important literature and therefore serves as an important source of information.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110489279
ISBN:: 9783110489279
ISBN:: 9783110488418
ISBN:: 9783110488333
Fachgebiet:: Biologie
Fachgebiet:: Zoologie
Verlag:: De Gruyter

Buch 2019

Nannomecoptera and Neomecoptera

Rolf G. Beutel, Frank Friedrich

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Nannochoristidae (=Nannomecoptera) and Boreidae (=Neomecoptera) are traditionally assigned to the holometabolan Order Mecoptera. Both are presently in the focus of insect systematists. They differ strikingly from the "typical" mecopteran pattern, not only in their larval and adult morphology, but also in their life style and reproductive biology. Phylogenetic affinities between Boreidae ("snow fleas") and fleas were postulated mainly based on molecular data, and morphological characters related to food uptake and larval features suggest a close relationship between Nannochoristidae and true flies. Both groups display fascinating features such as preferred temperatures around 0°C, extremely slender larvae adapted to running water, and a highly unusual mating behaviour. Despite of the extremely low number of known species, there is no doubt that both groups are key taxa and in their own way highlights in the evolution of the extremely successful Holometabola. This and an impressive number of recent studies on various aspects of Nannochoristidae and Boreidae more than justifies a new volume in the series Handbook of Zoology dedicated to these highly unusual taxa.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110272543
ISBN:: 9783110272543
ISBN:: 9783110385533
ISBN:: 9783110249040
Fachgebiet:: Biologie
Fachgebiet:: Zoologie
Verlag:: De Gruyter

Buch 2021

Phylum Bryozoa

Thomas Schwaha

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With an account of over 6.000 recent and 15.000 fossil species, phylum Bryozoa represents a quite large and important phylum of colonial filter feeders. This volume of the series Handbook of Zoology contains new findings on phylogeny, morphology and evolution that have significantly improved our knowledge and understanding of this phylum. It is a comprehensive book that will be a standard for many specialists but also newcomers to the field of bryozoology.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110586312
ISBN:: 9783110586312
ISBN:: 9783110585407
ISBN:: 9783110585681
Fachgebiet:: Biologie
Fachgebiet:: Zoologie
Fachgebiet:: Ökologie
Verlag:: De Gruyter