| Post-Embryonic Development of the Copepoda Contributor(s): Ferrari (Author), Dahms (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004157131 ISBN-13: 9789004157132 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $241.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: The first monograph to compile observations about the post-embryonic development of the morphologically and ecologically diverse subclass Copepoda. Analyses provide insights into the correspondence of developmental stages among species, architecture of the naupliar body, and patterning of copepodid body and limbs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Invertebrates |
| Dewey: 595.34 |
| Series: Crustaceana Monographs |
| Physical Information: 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Crustaceans that are now called copepods have been known, not necessarily by that name, since Aristotle. Published reports of their post-embryonic development, however, date only from the last 250 years. This monograph is a first attempt to gather all published information about copepod post-embryonic development. Careful diagnoses of nauplius and copepodid allow comparisons of specific developmental stages among species. Changes from the last naupliar stage to the first copepodid stage are used to interpret the naupliar body. Body and limb patterning are discussed, and models of limb patterning are used to generate segment homologies for the protopod and both rami. Contributions of post-embryonic development to phylogenetic hypotheses are considered and suggestions for future studies are provided. |