Phylum Bryozoa

Published by De Gruyter 2021

Phylum Bryozoa

Edited by: Thomas Schwaha

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Zoology / Handbuch der Zoologie > Handbook of Zoology

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110586312

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About this book

With an account of over 6.000 recent and 15.000 fossil species, phylum Bryozoa represents a quite large and important phylum of colonial filter feeders. This volume of the series Handbook of Zoology contains new findings on phylogeny, morphology and evolution that have significantly improved our knowledge and understanding of this phylum. It is a comprehensive book that will be a standard for many specialists but also newcomers to the field of bryozoology.

comprehensive book about the phylum Bryozoa -
includes new findings on phylogeny, morphology, evolution -
with more than 200 illustrations

Author information

Thomas Schwaha, Wien, Austria.

Frontmatter Accessible Download PDF	i
Preface Thomas Schwaha Accessible Download PDF	v
Contents Accessible Download PDF	vii
List of contributing authors Accessible Download PDF	xv
1 General introduction Thomas Schwaha Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	1
2 Fossil record and evolution of Bryozoa Andrej Ernst Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	11
3 Morphology of bryozoans Thomas Schwaha Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	57
4 Sexual reproduction in Bryozoa Andrew N. Ostrovsky Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	101
5 Larval structure and metamorphosis Alexander Gruhl Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	123
6 Behavior Judith E. Winston and Alvaro E. Migotto Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	143
7 Phylactolaemata Thomas Schwaha Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	189
8 Cyclostomata (Stenolaemata) Andrej Ernst Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	225
9 Gymnolaemata Thomas Schwaha Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	265
10 Ctenostomata Thomas Schwaha Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	269
11 Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomata Silviu O. Martha, Leandro M. Vieira, Javier Souto-Derungs, Andrei V. Grischenko, Dennis P. Gordon and Andrew N. Ostrovsky Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	317
Appendix Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	425
Index Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	435

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Front matter: 14
- Main content: 444
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 208
- Tables: 68
- Coloured Tables: 140
Keywords: Bryozoa; Evolution; Taxonomy; Zoology

eBook

Published: November 23, 2020
ISBN: 9783110586312

Hardcover

Published: November 23, 2020
ISBN: 9783110585407