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Authorship
DAMBORENEA, MARIA CRISTINA
;
Rogers, C.D.
;
Thorp, J.H.
Date
2020
Publishing House and Editing Place
Elsevier
ISBN
9780128042250
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Description:Thorp and Covich´s Freshwater Invertebrates, Volume 5: Keys to Neotropical and Antarctic Fauna, Fourth Edition covers inland water invertebrates of the world. It began with Ecology and General Biology, Volume One (Thorp and Rogers, editors, 2015) and was followed by three volumes emphasizing taxonomic keys to general invertebrates of the Nearctic (2016), neotropical hexapods (2018), and general invertebrates of the Palearctic (2019). All volumes are designed for multiple uses ...
Description:Thorp and Covich´s Freshwater Invertebrates, Volume 5: Keys to Neotropical and Antarctic Fauna, Fourth Edition covers inland water invertebrates of the world. It began with Ecology and General Biology, Volume One (Thorp and Rogers, editors, 2015) and was followed by three volumes emphasizing taxonomic keys to general invertebrates of the Nearctic (2016), neotropical hexapods (2018), and general invertebrates of the Palearctic (2019). All volumes are designed for multiple uses and levels of expertise by professionals in universities, government agencies, private companies, and graduate and undergraduate students.Key FeaturesIncludes zoogeographic coverage of the entire Neotropics, from central Mexico and the Caribbean Islands, to the tip of South AmericaProvides identification keys for aquatic invertebrates to genus or species level for many groups, with keys progressing from higher to lower taxonomic levels. Contains terminology and morphology, materials preparation and preservation, and referencesTable of Contents1. Introduction2. Protozoa3. Phylum Porifera4. Phylum Cnidaria5. Phylum Platyhelminthes6. Phylum Nemertea7. Phylum Gastrotricha8. Phylum Rotifera9. Phylum Nematoda10. Phylum Nematomorpha11. Phylum Mollusca12. Phylum Annelida13. Phylum Ectoprocta (Bryozoa)14. Phylum Entoprocta15. Phylum Tardigrada16. Phylum Arthropoda: Introduction and Arachnida17. Phylum Arthropoda: Introduccion to Crustacea and Hexapoda18. Class Cirripedia19. Class Branchiopoda20. Class Ostracoda21. Class Copepoda22. Class Branchiura23. Class Malacostraca
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Key Words
ANTARCTICAINVERTEBRATESFRESHWATERNEOTROPICS