Handbook of zoology [...] Echinodermata Volume 1. Echinoidea / edited by Heinke Schultz

This book is the first of two books about sea urchins (echinoids) since 1953 (Th. Mortensen). The detailed and coloured illustrated descriptions enable the reader to identify all species living today in our oceans. Recent scientific searchings are included. Volume I. describes the sea urchins with pentameral symmetry and either with a few spines (cidaroids) or with more or less numerous spines ("regulars") living on the sea floor. * The only complete and fully illustrated synopsis on the class Echinoidea * With detailed and coloured illustrations * Enables identification of the different species and understanding of the ecological networks The Handbook of Zoology aims to provide an in depth treatment of the entire animal kingdom from the lower invertebrates to the mammals. It publishes comprehensive overviews on animal systematics and morphology as well as extensive coverage of physiology, behaviour, ecology and applied aspects of zoological research. Volumes in progress include Nemathelminthes and Gnathifera, Annelida, Mollusca, Arthropoda, Arthropoda: Insecta, and Mammalia. Although our knowledge regarding many taxonomic groups has grown enormously over the last decades, it is still the ambition of the Handbook to be comprehensive in the sense that text and references together provide a solid basis for further research. Editors and authors seek a balance between describing species richness and diversity, explaining the importance of certain groups in a phylogenetic context and presenting a review of available knowledge and up-to-date reference literature. New contributions to the series present the combined effort of an international team of editors and authors, entirely published in English and explicitly addressing the international scientific community This volume is the first of two books on recent sea urchins (class Echinoidea). The descriptions with illustrations enable the reader to identify most of the species living today in our oceans. Recent scientific results are included. Vol. 1 treats the sea urchins with pentameral symmetry and includes the cidarids and the regular Acroechinoidea. Living on the sea floor their habitat reaches from the intertidal zone with heavy surf to the abyssal Schultz_FM.pdf Schultz_Chapter 1, 2, 3.pdf Schultz_Chapter 1.pdf Schultz_Chapter 2.pdf Schultz_Chapter 3.pdf Binder1.pdf Schultz_Reference Schultz_Acknowledgments Schultz_Glossary Schultz_Index