Starfish, jellyfish, and the order of life: Issues in nineteenth-century science (Yale studies in the history of science and medicine)

Cuvier's Creation Of The Embranchement Radiata -- Ehrenberg's Opposition To The Simplicity Of The Radiata -- The Discovery Of Alternation Of Generations In Acalephs And Polyps -- Thomas Henry Huxley's Ideas About The Relationships Between Polyps And Acalephs -- The Discovery And Interpretation Of Echinoderm Larvae -- Louis Agassiz's Theories On The Meaning Of Groups In Classification -- The Letters Of Alexander Agassiz And Fritz Muller On The Radiata And Evolution -- Darwin And The Shape Of Classification. Mary P. Winsor. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 207-221.