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Book SynopsisVolume I opens with an introductory treatment of myriapod affinities and phylogeny. The following chapters are mostly devoted to the Chilopoda or centipedes, extensively treated from the point of view of external and internal morphology, physiology, reproduction, development, distribution, ecology, phylogeny and taxonomy. All currently recognized suprageneric and generic taxa are considered. Additional chapters deal with the two smaller myriapod classes, the Symphyla and the Pauropoda.
Table of ContentsPreface 1 Phylogenetic relationships of Myriapoda, by GREGORY D. EDGECOMBE 2 The Chilopoda – Introduction Diagnosis, by ALESSANDRO MINELLI History of research, by GERO HILKEN, ALESSANDRO MINELLI, CARSTEN H. G. MÜLLER, JÖRG ROSENBERG, ANDY SOMBKE & CHRISTIAN S. WIRKNER 3 Chilopoda – General morphology, by ALESSANDRO MINELLI with a section by MARKUS KOCH 4 Chilopoda – Integument and associated organs Integument and cuticle, by JÖRG ROSENBERG, CARSTEN H. G. MÜLLER & GERO HILKEN Solitary epidermal glands, by CARSTEN H. G. MÜLLER, JÖRG ROSENBERG & GERO HILKEN Aggregated and compound epidermal glands, by JÖRG ROSENBERG, CARSTEN H. G. MÜLLER & GERO HILKEN Coxal and anal organs, by JÖRG ROSENBERG, CARSTEN H. G. MÜLLER & GERO HILKEN Bioluminescence, by GERO HILKEN, JÖRG ROSENBERG & CARSTEN H. G. MÜLLER 5 Chilopoda – Musculature and locomotion, by ALESSANDRO MINELLI 6 Chilopoda – Digestive system, by MARKUS KOCH, CARSTEN H. G. MÜLLER, GERO HILKEN & JÖRG ROSENBERG 7 Chilopoda – Tracheal system, by GERO HILKEN, CARSTEN H. G. MÜLLER, ANDY SOMBKE, CHRISTIAN S. WIRKNER &JÖRG ROSENBERG 8 Chilopoda – Circulatory system, by CHRISTIAN S. WIRKNER, GERO HILKEN & JÖRG ROSENBERG 9 Chilopoda – Excretory system Main excretory organs, by JÖRG ROSENBERG, ANDY SOMBKE & GERO HILKEN The maxillary organ of the Notostigmophora, by GERO HILKEN, JÖRG ROSENBERG & CARSTEN H. G. MÜLLER Nephrocytes, by JÖRG ROSENBERG, CARSTEN H. G. MÜLLER & GERO HILKEN 10 Chilopoda – Endocrine system, by JÖRG ROSENBERG, CARSTEN H. G. MÜLLER & GERO HILKEN 11 Chilopoda – Nervous system, by ANDY SOMBKE, JÖRG ROSENBERG & GERO HILKEN 12 Chilopoda – Sense organs, by CARSTEN H. G. MÜLLER, ANDY SOMBKE, GERO HILKEN & JÖRG ROSENBERG 13 Chilopoda – Reproduction, by ALESSANDRO MINELLI 14 Chilopoda – Development, by ALESSANDRO MINELLI with a section by ANDY SOMBKE 15 Chilopoda – Ecology, by KARIN VOIGTLÄNDER 16 Chilopoda – Geographical distribution, by LUCIO BONATO & MARZIO ZAPPAROLI 17 Chilopoda – Phylogeny, by GREGORY D. EDGECOMBE 18 Chilopoda – Fossil history, by GREGORY D. EDGECOMBE 19 Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview Scutigeromorpha, by GREGORY D. EDGECOMBE Lithobiomorpha, by MARZIO ZAPPAROLI & GREGORY D. EDGECOMBE Craterostigmomorpha, by GREGORY D. EDGECOMBE Scolopendromorpha, by GREGORY D. EDGECOMBE &LUCIO BONATO Geophilomorpha, by LUCIO BONATO 20 Symphyla, by NIKOLA SZUCSICH & ULF SCHELLER 21 Pauropoda, by ULF SCHELLER Taxonomic index Subject index
