Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates, Fertilization, Development and Parental Care

Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates Volume IV Fertilization, Development, and Parental Care Edited by K.G. Adiyodi and R.G. Adiyodi About 95 per cent of all known animal species are invertebrates. A knowledge of their sexual, reproductive, and developmental biology is essential for the effective management of species that are economically useful to man or are harmful to him, his crops, and livestock. This treatise is the first to cover all aspects of reproduction and development of...
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Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates Volume IV Fertilization, Development, and Parental Care Edited by K.G. Adiyodi and R.G. Adiyodi About 95 per cent of all known animal species are invertebrates. A knowledge of their sexual, reproductive, and developmental biology is essential for the effective management of species that are economically useful to man or are harmful to him, his crops, and livestock. This treatise is the first to cover all aspects of reproduction and development of the entire spectrum of invertebrates--terrestrial, marine, freshwater, brackish-water, free-living, and parasitic. The chapters, by leading world experts in their fields, are up-to-date and informative, and suggest a number of problems for future research. Fertilization, Development, and Parental Care is the fourth volume in the series. Part A: Porifera through Annelida--Polychaeta Contents Series Preface; Preface to Volume IV; Systematic Résumé of the Invertebrates; Porifera, P.E. Fell; Cnidaria, D.G. Fautin, F.-S. Chia, and J.G. Spaulding; Platyhelminthes--Turbellaria, L. Galleni and V. Gremigni; Platyhelminthes--Eucestoda, R.E. Davis and L.S. Roberts; Mesozoa, B.H. McConnaughey; Nemertina, C.-E. Cantell; Gnathostomulida, M. Mainitz; Rotifera, J.J. Gilbert; Gastrotricha, W.D. Hummon and M.R. Hummon; Kinorhyncha, A.E. Needham; Nematoda and Nematomorpha, A.F. Bird and R.I. Sommerville; Acanthocephala, D.W.T. Crompton; Priapulida, A. Nørrevang and Jacob van der Land; Sipuncula, M.E. Rice; Mollusca, R.L. Brahmachary; Echiura, F.C. Davis; Annelida--Polychaeta, P.C. Schroeder; Species Index; Subject Index. Part B: Annelida-Clitellata through Urochordata--Larvacea Tentative Contents Series Preface; Preface to Volume IV; Systematic Resume of the Invertebrates; Annelida--Clitellata, A.E. Needham; Pogonophora, T. Bakke; Tardigrada, R. Bertoiani; Onychophora, H. Ruhberg; Arthropoda--Chelicerata, Sperm Transfer in, P. Weygoldt; Arthropoda--Crustacea, G.W. Hinsch; Arthropoda--Myriapoda, J.-M. Demange; Pentastomida, J.T. Self; Phoronida, C.C. Emig; Bryozoa Ectoprocta, C. Nielsen; Bryozoa Entoprocta, C. Nielsen; Brachiopoda, S.H. Chuang; Chaetognatha, A. Alvariño; Echinodermata: Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Sea Urchin Embryo, G. Spinelli and I. Albanese; Urochordata--Ascidiacea, R.A. Cloney; Urochordata--Thaliacea, J.E.A. Godeaux; Urochordata--Larvacea, C. Galt; Species Index; Subject Index.