Animal DiversityUpplaga 8

This eighth edition of Animal Diversity presents a survey of the animal kingdsom with emphasis on diversity, evolutionary relationships, functional adaptations, and environmental interactions. The sixteen survey chapters of animal diversity are prefaced by four chapters presenting the principles of evolution, ecology, animal architecture, and taxonomy. 1. Science of Zoology and Evolution of Animal Diversity -- 2. Animal Ecology -- 3. Animal Architecture -- 4. Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Animals -- 5. Unicellular Eukaryotes -- 6. Sponges: Phylum Porifera -- 7. Cnidarians and Ctenophores -- 8. Acoelomorpha, Platyzoa, and Mesozoa: Flatworms, Gastrotrichs, Gnathiferans, and Mesozoans -- 9. Polyzoa and Kryptrochozoa: Cycliophora, Entoprocta, Ectoprocta, Brachiopoda, Phoronida, and Nemertea -- 10. Molluscs -- 11. Annelids and Allied Taxa -- 12. Smaller Ecdysozoans -- 13. Arthropods -- 14. Chaetognaths, Echinoderms, and Hemichordates -- 15. Vertebrate Beginnings: The Chordates -- 16. Fishes -- 17. The Early Tetrapods and Modern Amphibians -- 18. Amniote Origins and Nonavian Reptiles -- 19. Birds -- 20. Mammals