Marine decapod Crustacea of southern Australia : a guide to identification /

This book is a comprehensive guide to the identification of 800 species of decapod and stomatopod crustaceans from southern Australian marine waters. It is liberally illustrated with more than 1000 line drawings giving good views of many species as well as diagnostic illustrations.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Poore, Gary C. B.
Corporate Author: CSIRO (Australia)
Other Authors: Ahyong, Shane T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Collingwood, Victoria, Australia : CSIRO Pub., ©2004.
Subjects:
Decapoda (Crustacea) > Australia > Identification.
Decapoda (Crustacea) > Australia > Classification.
Stomatopoda > Australia > Identification.
Stomatopoda > Australia > Classification.
Décapodes (Crustacés) > Australie > Identification.
Décapodes (Crustacés) > Australie > Classification.
Stomatopodes > Australie > Identification.
Stomatopodes > Australie > Classification.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Decapoda (Crustacea)
Stomatopoda
Australia
Classification
Field guides
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; What is a crustacean?; Scope of this work; Crustaceans of special interest; History and resources; Environment, ecology and biogeography; Structure of this book, and some advice!; 2. Systematics; Classification of the Decapoda; Key to suborders and infraorders of Decapoda and similar Crustacea; 3. Dendrobranchiata
  • prawns and midwater shrimps; Penaeoidea; Sergestoidea; 4. Caridea
  • shrimps; Box: Simple key to common shallow-water caridean families; Pasiphaeoidea; Oplophoroidea; Atyoidea; Bresilioidea; Nematocarcinoidea; Stylodactyloidea.

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