Invertebrate Zoology
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Invertebrate Zoology

A Tree of Life Approach

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eBook - ePub

Invertebrate Zoology

A Tree of Life Approach

About this book

Invertebrate Zoology: A Tree of Life Approach is a comprehensive and authoritative textbook adopting an explicitly phylogenetic organization. Most of the classical anatomical and morphological work has not been changed – it established the foundation of Invertebrate Zoology. With the explosion of Next-Generation Sequencing approaches, there has been a sea-change in the recognized phylogenetic relationships among and between invertebrate lineages. In addition, the merger of evolutionary and developmental biology (evo-devo) has dramatically contributed to changes in the understanding of invertebrate biology. Synthesizing these three approaches (classical morphology, sequencing data, and evo-devo studies) offers students an entirely unique perspective of invertebrate diversity.

Key Features

  • One of the first textbooks to combine classical morphological approaches and newer evo-devo and Next-Generation Sequencing approaches to address Invertebrate Zoology
  • Organized along taxonomic lines in accord with the latest understanding of invertebrate phylogeny
  • Will provide background in basic systematic analysis useful within any study of biodiversity
  • A wealth of ancillary materials for students and teachers, including downloadable figures, lecture slides, web links, and phylogenetic data matrices

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781482235814
eBook ISBN
9781482235845
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Veterinary Medicine

INVERTEBRATES AND INFORMATIONCHAPTER
1

Rob DeSalle and Bernd Schierwater
CONTENTS
FINDING INFORMATION ABOUT INVERTEBRATE TAXA
THE SCOPE OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
HISTORICAL INVERTEBRATES
MODERN INVERTEBRATE TAXONOMY
HOW TO WRITE AN INVERTEBRATE SPECIES DESCRIPTION
ANATOMICAL TECHNIQUES FOR EXAMINING INVERTEBRATES
DNA BARCODING, DNA TAXONOMY AND INTEGRATIVE TAXONOMY
CONCLUSION

FINDING INFORMATION ABOUT INVERTEBRATE TAXA

We will organize our discussion of invertebrate taxa by focusing mostly on groups at the level of phylum. We have already discussed this taxonomic level in invertebrate zoology in then Prologue, and here we will simply use phyla (or specific subdivisions within phyla) as our organizing units. We first detail where information on the wonderful diversity and breadth of invertebrate animals can be found.
Several invertebrate zoology textbooks exist. In addition to the many textbooks available, there is a broad literature and a strong web presence addressing invertebrate zoology. In Table 1.1 we list links to Current Biology synopses of most of the phyla we discuss in this text. These short articles are a good place to get an initial familiarity with these phyla. They are written by experts who focus on the phyla in the list and some of their authors are included in this text. Several websites exist that provide information on organisms, and in each chapter of this text specific websites for the individual groups are provided. One of the more comprehensive websites that provides information on all organisms is the Encyclopedia of Life (EoL; https://eol.org/). In Table 1.2 we list links for each phylum addressed in this book (and several subcategories of phyla) to their EoL entries. We also list the number of species, genera and families in each higher taxon in the table.
TABLE 1.1 Current Biology short synopses of some of the major groups of invertebrates
Placozoa1
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(17)31524-5
Porifer2
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(05)00143-0
Cnidaria3
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S09609822(13)00359-X
Cnidaria (Hydrozoa)4
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(10)01172-3
Ctenophora5
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(08)01291-8
Ctenophora5A
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982216309800
Mollusca6
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(12)00592-1
Platyhelminthes7
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/comments/S0960-9822(17)30152-5
Bryozoa8
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(14)00533-8
Chaetognatha9
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(06)01835-5
Gnathifera10
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)31541-0
Crustacea11
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(08)00658-1
Insecta12
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(15)00927-6
Chelicerata13
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)30672-9
Arthropods14
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)30486-5
Onychophora15
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(11)00208-9.pdf
Tardigrada16
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)30007-0
Nematoda17
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(13)00985-8
Echinodermata18
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(05)01401-6
Xenoturbellida19
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/comments/S0960-9822(16)30191-9
Enteropneusta20
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(02)00491-8
Tunicata21
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(15)01521-3
Chordates22
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(05)01326-6
Choanoflagellata23
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(05)00142-9
The list also includes the URL of the work for quick access. References for the synopses are given in the superscript. 1. Schierwater and DeSalle, 2018; 2. Leys et al., 2005; 3. Katsuki and Greenspan, 2013 4. Glauber et al., 2010; 5. Pang and Martindale, 2008; 5A. Giribet, 2016; 6. Haszprunar and Wanninger, 2012; 7. Collins, 2017; 8. Leung,...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. PREFACE
  8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  9. EDITORS
  10. CONTRIBUTORS
  11. PROLOGUE: INTRODUCTION: SETTING THE STAGE FOR A RATIONAL TREATMENT OF INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS
  12. CHAPTER 1 INVERTEBRATES AND INFORMATION
  13. CHAPTER 2 THE BASICS OF PHYLOGENETICS
  14. CHAPTER 3 INVERTEBRATE PHYLOGENOMICS
  15. CHAPTER 4 MODERN INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS
  16. CHAPTER 5 ORGANIZING INVERTEBRATES
  17. HIGHER TAXA 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE INVERTEBRATE TREE OF LIFE
  18. HIGHER TAXON 2: CNIDARIA
  19. HIGHER TAXON 3: BILATERIA
  20. HIGHER TAXON 4: LOPHOTROCHOZOA
  21. HIGHER TAXA 5: ECDYSOZOA AND ARTHROPODA
  22. HIGHER TAXON 6: DEUTEROSTOMIA