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Faune de France, Volume 87: Tardigrades Continentaux: Oligohydrobiontes et Hétérohydrobiontes [Continental Tardigrades]

Flora / Fauna Identification Key
Series: Faune de France Volume: 87
By: Yves Séméria(Author), Jean-Loup d'Hondt(Foreword By)
293 pages, 7 plates with b/w photos; 149 b/w line drawings
Faune de France, Volume 87: Tardigrades Continentaux: Oligohydrobiontes et Hétérohydrobiontes [Continental Tardigrades]
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Language: English with bilingual keys in English and French

Tardigrades (etymologically “slowly moving”) are animalcules whose size barely falls outside the 0.1-1 mm interval. There are 600-700 known species on the globe, and undoubtedly many more to be discovered, they colonize practically all possible biotopes, both marine and continental, land areas, rivers, and lakes. They are very easy to collect, even in an urban environment, their ability to revive fascinates many biologists.

This work is restricted to continental tardigrades and lists around a hundred species found in France. The first part covers morphology, anatomy, reproduction and development, as well as biology, with excellent electron microscopy photographs in a plate section at the back of the book. The second part relates exclusively to systematics with keys allowing the identification of all known French species, each of them being the subject of one or more line drawings and comments on its distribution, ecology, and biology. All keys are translated into English. An important and annotated bibliography completes the work.

Summary in French:
Les tardigrades (étymologiquement « qui se déplacent avec lenteur ») sont des animalcules dont la taille sort à peine de l’intervalle 0,1-1 mm. comptant 600-700 espèces connues sur le globe, et sans doute bien d’autres découvrir, ils colonisent pratiquement tous biotopes possibles, aussi marins que continentaux terres émergées, rivières lacs. très faciles récolter, même en milieu urbain, leur capacité reviviscence a passionné nombreux biologistes.

Cet ouvrage est restreint aux Tardigrades continentaux, il en dénombre une centaine d’espèces que l’on rencontre en France. La première partie traite de la morphologie, de l’anatomie, de la reproduction et du développement, ainsi que de la biologie, avec d’excellentes photographies hors-texte en microscopie électronique. La seconde partie se rapporte exclusivement à la systématique avec des clés permettant l’identification de toutes les espèces françaises connues, chacune d’elles faisant l’objet d’un ou plusieurs dessins au trait et de commentaires sur sa répartition, son écologie et sa biologie. Toutes les clés sont traduites en langue anglaise. Une bibliographie importante et commentée termine l’ouvrage.

Contents

Préface
Introduction
Généralités
Systématique: formes adultes, œufs, clés en français et clés en anglais
Bibliographie
Index des taxa
Table des matières
 

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Flora / Fauna Identification Key
Series: Faune de France Volume: 87
By: Yves Séméria(Author), Jean-Loup d'Hondt(Foreword By)
293 pages, 7 plates with b/w photos; 149 b/w line drawings
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