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.

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-embryon...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / Ferrari and H.U. Dahms
• An Introduction To Copepods With A Brief History Of Studies Of Their Development / Ferrari and H.U. Dahms
• Methods And Constraints / Ferrari and H.U. Dahms
• The Nauplius And Naupliar Development / Ferrari and H.U. Dahms
• The Copepodid Phase Of Development / Ferrari and H.U. Dahms
• Patterning The Copepod Body / Ferrari and H.U. Dahms
• Patterning The Appendages Of Copepods / Ferrari and H.U. Dahms
• The Molt From The Last Nauplius To The First Copepodid And The Number Of Naupliar Somites / Ferrari and H.U. Dahms
• Implications Of Development For Phylogeny / Ferrari and H.U. Dahms
• Summary And Recommended Studies / Ferrari and H.U. Dahms
• Bibliography / Ferrari and H.U. Dahms
• Appendix I / Ferrari and H.U. Dahms
• Glossary / Ferrari and H.U. Dahms
• Taxonomic Index / Ferrari and H.U. Dahms
• Subject Index / Ferrari and H.U. Dahms.