Animals Without Backbones An Introduction to the Invertebrates

Name: Animals Without Backbones An Introduction to the Invertebrates
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ISBN: 9780226078748

ISBN-10: 0226078744

ISBN-13: 9780226078748

Edition: 3rd 1987 (Reprint)

Authors: Ralph Buchsbaum, Mildred Buchsbaum, John Pearse, Vicki Pearse

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Animals Without Backbones has been considered a classic among biology textbooks since it was first published to great acclaim in 1938. It was the first biology textbook ever reviewed by Time and was also featured with illustrations in Life. Harvard, Stanford, the University of Chicago, and more than eighty other colleges and universities adopted it for use in courses. Since then, its clear explanations and ample illustrations have continued to introduce hundreds of thousands of students and general readers around the world to jellyfishes, corals, flatworms, squids, starfishes, spiders, grasshoppers, and the other invertebrates that make up ninety-seven percent of the animal kingdom. This…

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List price: $52.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/15/1987
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 582
Size: 0.77" wide x 0.92" long x 0.12" tall
Weight: 2.728
Language: English

Brian Towers has taught and researched in both Britain and the United States and is currently Special Professor in Industrial Relations at Nottingham Business School. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Industrial Relations Journal and Chair of the Editorial Board of the Human Resource Management Journal, which is endorsed by the CIPD. He has been an ACAS arbitrator for over 25 years.



Preface



Introduction: Sorting Out Living Things



Life Activities



Simple and Complex Protozoans



Variations on a One-Celled Theme



A Side Issue: Sponges



Two Layers of Cells



Stinging-Celled Animals



Comb Jellies



Three Layers of Cells



New Parts from Old



Messmates and Parasites



One-Way Traffic: Proboscis Worms



Roundworms



Lesser Lights



Soft-Bodied Animals



Segmented Worms



Lobsters and Other Arthropods: Crustaceans



Arthropods on Land: Arachnids



Airborne Anthropods: Insects



Annelid-Arthropod Allies



Spiny-Skinned Animals



Chordate Beginnings



Records of the Invertebrate Past



Invertebrate Relationships



Further Knowledge


Selected Bibliography


Appendix: Classification


Index