Handbook of Zoology: Annelida, Volume 1 Annelida Basal Groups and Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria I

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Language: English

Handbook of Zoology: Annelida, Volume 1 is the first of four volumes in the Handbook of Zoology series which cover morphology, anatomy, reproduction, development, ecology, phylogeny and systematics of Annelida. Annelida, the segmented worms, comprise one of the most important invertebrate taxa in the marine environment, but they also can be found in freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. Annelids constitute important members of the respective food chains. Although only comprising approximately 16,500 species they show a remarkable diversity comparable for instance with that observed in crustaceans. In this first volume special emphasis is laid on morphology and anatomy as well as development and other topics and will give a modern synthesis of our knowledge about this important taxon.

Contents

Frontmatter   i
Preface   v
Contents   vii
List of contributing authors   xi

Part 1: Introduction
1. A History of Annelida Research / Geoffrey B. Read   3
2. Phylogeny / Torsten H. Struck   37
3. The Annelid Fossil Record / Luke A. Parry, Mats E. Eriksson and Jakob Vinther   69

Part 2: Systematic
4. Palaeoannelida / María Capa, Julio Parapar, Pat Hutchings and Kate Mortimer   91
5. Chaetopterida / James A. Blake, Mônica A.V. Petti, Katrine Worsaae, Temir A. Britayev and Daniel Martin /   133
6. Amphinomida/Sipuncula / Anja Schulze, Michael J. Boyle, Gisele Y. Kawauchi, Alexandra Kerbl and Katrine Worsaae   177
7. Pleistoannelida / Wilfried Westheide, Günter Purschke, Christoph Bleidorn, Conrad Helm, Andrew S.Y. Mackie, Markus Böggemann, James A. Blake, Brigitte Ebbe, Anna E. Zhadan, Sergio I. Salazar-Vallejo, Harlan K. Dean, Wagner Magalhães, Alejandro Martínez, Katrine Worsaae, Jorge Núñez, Dieter Fiege and Nancy J. Maciolek   217

Index   467

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