Description
Book SynopsisInvertebrate Zoology: A Tree of Life Approach is a comprehensive and authoritative textbook adopting an explicitly phylogenetic organization. Most of the classical anatomical and morphological work has not been changed â it established the foundation of Invertebrate Zoology. With the explosion of Next-Generation Sequencing approaches, there has been a sea-change in the recognized phylogenetic relationships among and between invertebrate lineages. In addition, the merger of evolutionary and developmental biology (evo-devo) has dramatically contributed to changes in the understanding of invertebrate biology. Synthesizing these three approaches (classical morphology, sequencing data, and evo-devo studies) offers students an entirely unique perspective of invertebrate diversity.
Key Features
- One of the first textbooks to combine classical morphological approaches and newer evo-devo and Next-Generation Sequencing approaches to address Invertebr
Table of Contents
Prologue. Introduction to Invertebrate Zoology. How to Study Invertebrates. Invertebrate Phylogenomics. Modern Invertebrate Systematics: The Phylogenetics of Early Metazoa. Organizing Invertebrates. Introduction to the Invertebrate Tree of Life. Choanoflagellata and others. Placozoa. Porifera. Ctenophora. Cnidaria. Scyphozoa. Anthozoa. Hydrozoa. Myxozoa. Bilataria. Platyhelminthes. Chaetognatha. Gastrotricha. Rotifera. Gnathostomulida, Micrognathozoa and Cycliophora. Lophotrochozoa. Mollusca. Annelida. Ectoprocta and Phoronida. Nemertea. Acanthocephala. Entoprocta. Ecdysozoa. Crustacea. Hexapoda. Chelicerata. Myriapoda. Onychophora. Nematoda. Tardigrada. Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha. Deuterostomea. Echinodermata. Xenoturbellida. Chordata - Topic Invertebrate Chordates. Epilogue.
