Laboratory Studies in Animal Diversity

Name: Laboratory Studies in Animal Diversity
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ISBN: 9780073260983

ISBN-10: 0073260983

ISBN-13: 9780073260983

Edition: 4th 2007

Authors: Cleveland P. Hickman, Lee B. Kats, William C. Ober, Claire W. Garrison

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A striking collection of eyes showcases diversity across the animal kingdom. Arthropod eyes may be the most unique in shape, as evidenced by those of a hornet and a red damselfly, but bright color is not the exclusive province of any one group. The pink stalked eyes of a mantis shrimp vie for attention with the vivid yellow surround of an Australian Pelican eye and the red on green color scheme of a tree frog. Orange eyes stand out in an iguana and a Cape Eagle Owl, but blend with the fur of an Indonesian Tarsier. Vertical pupils in a Green Tree Python or a Nile Crocodile are unlike those of a parrotfish or a mandrill, but are not so strange as the horizontal bar of an Atlantic Oval Squid…

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List price: $77.50
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Binding: Comb Bound
Pages: 278
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Cleve Hickman is Professor Emeritus at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. He received his Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of British Columbia, did research in animal physiology for eight years, and taught zoology for over 30 years. He's made over 20 trips to the Galapagos Islands for research and as an instructor for student field trips

Preface	p. vi
Activity of Life
Ecological Relationships of Animals	p. 2
A study of population growth, with application of the scientific method	p. 2
Introduction to Animal Classification	p. 7
Use of a taxonomic key for animal identification	p. 7
Key to the major animal taxa	p. 9
The Diversity of Animal Life
The Microscope	p. 16
Compound light microscope	p. 16
Stereoscopic dissecting microscope	p. 22
Protozoan Groups	p. 24
Classification	p. 24
Amebas	p. 25
Phylum Chlorophyta-Volvox, Phylum Euglenozoa-Euglena, and Trypanosoma	p. 33
Phylum Apicomplexa, Class Gregarinea, Class Coccidea-Gregarina and Plasmodium	p. 41
Phylum Ciliophora-Paramecium and other ciliates	p. 43
The Sponges	p. 49
Classification: Phylum Porifera	p. 49
Class Calcarea-Sycon	p. 49
The Radiate Animals	p. 57
Classification: Phylum Cnidaria	p. 57
Class Hydrozoa-Hydra, Obelia, and Gonionemus	p. 58
Class Scyphozoa-Aurelia, a "true" jellyfish	p. 71
Class Anthozoa-Metridium, a sea anemone, and Astrangia, a stony coral	p. 71
The Acoelomate Animals	p. 72
The acoelomate phyla	p. 72
Classification: Phylum Platyhelminthes	p. 72
Class Turbellaria-the planarians	p. 73
Class Trematoda-the digenetic flukes	p. 78
Class Cestoda-the tapeworms	p. 81
Experimenting in Zoology: Planaria regeneration experiment	p. 84
The Pseudocoelomate Animals	p. 88
Phylum Nematoda-Ascaris and others	p. 88
A brief look at some other pseudocoelomates	p. 94
The Molluscs	p. 98
Classification: Phylum Mollusca	p. 98
Class Bivalvia (= Pelecypoda)-the freshwater clam	p. 99
Class Gastropoda-the pulmonate land snail	p. 107
Class Cephalopoda-Loligo, the squid	p. 109
The Annelids	p. 112
Classification: Phylum Annelida	p. 112
Class Polychaeta-the clamworm	p. 113
Class Oligochaeta-the earthworms	p. 115
Class Hirudinea-the leech	p. 123
Experimenting in Zoology: Behavior of the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis	p. 125
The Chelicerate Arthropods	p. 127
Classification: Phylum Arthropods	p. 127
The chelicerate arthropods-the horseshoe crab and garden spider	p. 128
The Crustacean Arthropods	p. 134
Subphylum Crustacea-the the crayfish (or lobster) and other crustaceans	p. 134
Experimenting in Zoology: The Phototactic Behavior of Daphnia	p. 144
The Uniramia Arthropods: Myriapods and Insects	p. 146
The myriapods-centipedes and millipedes	p. 146
The insects-the grasshopper and the honey bee	p. 148
The insects-the house cricket	p. 155
Collection and classification of insects	p. 158
Key to the principal orders of insects	p. 159
The Echinoderms	p. 165
Classification: Phylum Echinodermata	p. 165
Class Asteroidea-the sea stars	p. 166
Class Ophiuroidea-the brittle stars	p. 171
Class Echinoidea-the sea urchin	p. 173
Class Holothuroidea-the sea cucumber	p. 176
Phylum Chordata: A Deuterostome Group	p. 180
What Defines a Chordate?	p. 180
Classification: Phylum Chordata	p. 180
Subphylum Urochordata-Ciona, an ascidian	p. 181
Subphylum Cephalochordata-amphioxus	p. 184
The Fishes-Lampreys, Sharks, and Bony Fishes	p. 188
Class Cephalaspidomorphi (= Petromyzontes)-the lampreys (ammocoete larva and adult)	p. 188
Class Chondrichthyes-the cartilaginous fishes	p. 192
Class Osteichthyes-the bony fishes	p. 198
Experimenting in Zoology: Aggression in Paradise Fish, Macropodus opercularis	p. 202
Experimenting in Zoology: Analysis of the multiple hemoglobin system in Carassius auratus, the common goldfish	p. 204
Class Amphibia	p. 207
Behavior and adaptations	p. 207
The skeleton	p. 210
The skeletal muscles	p. 211
The digestive, respiratory, and urogenital systems	p. 216
The circulatory system	p. 219
Class Reptilia	p. 224
The painted turtle	p. 224
Class Aves	p. 229
The pigeon	p. 229
Class Mammalia	p. 232
The skeleton	p. 233
The muscular system	p. 237
The digestive system	p. 245
The urogenital system	p. 251
The circulatory system	p. 255
Sources of Living Material and Prepared Microslides	p. 263
Credits	p. 265
Index	p. 266
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