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Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera by Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa (Hardcover, 2012)

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Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera : Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Hardcover by Andreas, Schmidt-Rhaesa (EDT), ISBN 3110219387, ISBN-13 9783110219388, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK The three volumes consider some familiar animal taxa such as nematodes and rotifers, but mostly taxa that are not very familiar to most zoologists and which are rarely in the focus of actual research. In this first volume contributors mostly from museums present a historical and phylogenetic overview and a chapter on fossils. Then they detail the four taxa in terms of morphology, reproduction and development, physiology, phylogeny, systematics, biogeography, paleontology, and ecology, except where information is lacking. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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This section of the Handbook of Zoology is intended as a comprehensive and exhaustive account of the biology of the taxa Gastrotricha, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Gnathostomulida, Micrognathozoa, Rotifera, Seisonida and Acanthocephala, covering all relevant topics such as morphology, ecology, phylogeny and diversity. The series is intended to be a detailed and up-to-date account of these taxa. As was the case with the first edition, the Handbook is intended to serve as a reliable resource for decades. Many of the taxa of this volume are comparatively unknown to many biologists, despite their diversity and importance for example in meiofaunal communities (Gastrotricha, Rotifera, Gnathostomulida), their fascinating recent discoveries (Loricifera and Micrognathozoa), their importance as parasites (many nematodes, Nematomorpha, Acanthocephala) and their importance for evolutionary questions (e.g. Priapulida, Gastrotricha). The groups covered range from those poor in species (such as Micrognathozoa with 2 known species) to the species-rich and diverse Nematoda and their ca. 20.000 described species. While each taxon is covered by one chapter, nematodes are treated in several chapters dedicated to their structural, taxonomic and ecological diversity.