Post-embryonic development of the Copepoda / / by Frank D. Ferrari and Hans-Uwe Dahms.

• Superior document: Crustaceana monographs, 8
• Author: Ferrari, Frank D.
• TeilnehmendeR: Dahms, H.-U.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2007.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Crustaceana Monographs 8.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; An Introduction To Copepods With A Brief History Of Studies Of Their Development /; Methods And Constraints /; The Nauplius And Naupliar Development /; The Copepodid Phase Of Development /; Patterning The Copepod Body /; Patterning The Appendages Of Copepods /; The Molt From The Last Nauplius To The First Copepodid And The Number Of Naupliar Somites /; Implications Of Development For Phylogeny /; Summary And Recommended Studies /; Bibliography /; Appendix I /; Glossary /; Taxonomic Index /; Subject Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [126]-210) and indexes.
• ISBN: 9047422333
• ISSN: 1570-7024
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Frank D. Ferrari and Hans-Uwe Dahms.

Crustaceans that are now called copepods have been known, not necessarily by that name, since Aristotle. Published reports of their post-embryonic development, however, date only from the last 250 years. This monograph is a first attempt to gather all published information about copepod post-embryonic development. Careful diagnoses of nauplius and copepodid allow comparisons of specific developmental stages among species. Changes from the last naupliar stage to the first copepodid stage are used to interpret the naupliar body. Body and limb patterning are discussed, and models of limb patterning are used to generate segment homologies for the protopod and both rami. Contributions of post-embryonic development to phylogenetic hypotheses are considered and suggestions for future studies are provided.