The biology of squat lobsters /
Squat lobsters of the superfamilies Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea are highly visible crustaceans on seamounts, continental margins, shelf environments, hydrothermal vents and coral reefs. About 1000 species are known. They frequently feature in deep-sea images taken by submersibles and are caught...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Collingwood, Vic. :
CSIRO Publishing,
2011.
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ISBN: | 9780643104341 0643104348 1283395215 9781283395212 0643101721 9780643101722 1439866147 9781439866146 |
Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Gary C.B. Poore, Shane T. Ahyong and Joanne Taylor; List of contributors; Credits; 1Morphology of marine squat lobsters; Keiji Baba, Shane T. Ahyong and Enrique Macpherson; 2Taxonomy of squat lobsters; Enrique Macpherson and Keiji Baba; 3Phylogeny and fossil record of marine squat lobsters; Shane T. Ahyong, Kareen E. Schnabel and Enrique Macpherson; 4Developmental biology of squat lobsters; Keiji Baba, Yoshihisa Fujita, Ingo S. Wehrtmann and Gerhard Scholtz; 5Worldwide distribution patterns of squat lobsters.