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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460812403321

Autore

Schultz Heinke A.G.

Titolo

Echinodermata . Volume 1 Echinoidea / / edited by Heinke Schultz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

3-11-036857-9

3-11-038601-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (396 p.)

Collana

Handbook of Zoology, , 2193-4231

Disciplina

593.9/5

Soggetti

Sea urchins

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction and general morphology -- 2. Echinoid biology -- 3. Classification and systematics -- 4.1 Subclass Cidaroidea Smith, 1984 -- 4.2 Subclass Euechinoidea Bronn, 1860 -- Literature -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first of two books about sea urchins (echinoids) since 1953 (Th. Mortensen). The detailed and coloured illustrated descriptions enable the reader to identify all species living today in our oceans. Recent scientific searchings are included. Volume I. describes the sea urchins with pentameral symmetry and either with a few spines (cidaroids) or with more or less numerous spines ("regulars") living on the sea floor.