Thoroughly revised and enhanced edition of this classic text to reflect the current advances in the field. Covering the functional, physiological, and reproductive biology of the invertebrate phyla, it also includes a review of modern interpretations of invertebrate phylogeny, based on cladistic and molecular evidence. All classifications have been updated, and the relationships among the phyla have been further clarified.
1. DONALD ANDERSON: THE INVERTEBRATE PHYLA; 2. PATRICIA BERGQUIST: THE PORIFERA; 3. ROSALIND HINDE: THE CNIDARIA AND CTENOPHORA; 4. JOHN WALKER & DONALD ANDERSON: THE PLATYHELMINTHES, NEMERTEA, ENTOPROCTA AND GNATHOSTOMULIDA; 5. WARWICK NICHOLAS: THE PSEUDOCOELOMATE PROTOSTOMES; 6. WARWICK NICHOLAS: THE PSEUDOCOELOMATE ECDYSOZOA; 7. JOHN HEALY: THE MOLLUSCA; 8. GREG ROUSE & DONALD ANDERSON: THE ANNELIDA AND THEIR CLOSE RELATIVES; 9. NOEL TAIT: THE ONYCHOPHORA AND TARIGRADA; 10. DONALD ANDERSON: INTRODUCTION TO THE ARTHROPODS; 11. DINAH HALES: THE HEXAPODA; 12. NOEL TAIT: THE MYRIAPODA; 13. PETER GREENAWAY: THE CRUSTACEA; 14. DONALD ANDERSON: THE CHELICERATA; 15. PETER DOHERTY: THE LOPHOPHORATES: PHORONIDA, BRACHIOPODA, AND ECTOPROCTA; 16. MARIA BYRNE: THE ECHINODERMATA; 17. LAURA STOCKER: THE INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA, HEMICHORDATA AND CHAETOGNATHA; 18. RUDOLF RAFF: METAZOAN PHYLOGENY; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX