Multicellular Animals - The Phylogenetic System of the Metazoa

Those who wish for permanence in classifi cation must pay the price of stasis - as if for ever condemned to confound whales with fish. M. T. Ghiselin 1981, p. 283 Scientific argument is a debate concerned with the solution of unresolved problems. Before continuing with the phylogenetic system of the Metazoa this foreword gives me the opportunity to discuss some controversial ques tions, to state selected positions more precisely and to remedy omissions. I would like to draw special attention to serious problems for phylogenetic systematics resulting from the inevitable confrontation with the current rules of nomenclature 1. In carrying out this debate, I hope not to lose the goodwill of those readers who are experts within the first few pages. A textbook for students? - Critics who ask that question and answer in the negative probably underestimate the open-mindedness of young people who are not troubled by, or can easily free themselves from, the restraints and arbitrariness of traditional classifications - and to whom systematics is offered as a scientific product in such a form that arguments for every single decision are comprehensible and checkable and can therefore be fully analyzed.

List of contents

Trochozoa.- Lacunifera.- Kamptozoa - Mollusca.- Aplacophora - Eumollusca.- Solenogastres - Caudofoveata.- Polyplacophora - Conchifera.- Neopilinida - Ganglioneura.- Rhacopoda - Ancyropoda.- Gastropoda - Cephalopoda.- Scaphopoda - Bivalvia.- Sipunculida - Articulata.- Annelida - Arthropoda.- Polychaeta - Clitellata.- Scolecida - Palpata.- Aciculata - Canalipalpata.- Branchiobdellida - Hirudinea.- Acanthobdella peledina - Autobdella.- Rhynchobdellida - Arhynchobdellida.- Onychophora - Euarthropoda.- Chelicerata - Mandibulata.- Pantopoda - Euchelicerata.- Xiphosura - Arachnida.- Scorpiones - Lipoctena.- Megoperculata - Apulmonata.- Uropygi - Labellata.- Amblypygi - Araneae.- Mesothelae - Opisthothelae.- Mygalomorphae - Araneomorphae.- Palaeocribellatae - Neocribellatae.- Austrochiloidea - Araneoclada.- Haplogynae - Entelegynae.- Palpigradi - Holotracheata.- Haplocnemata - ? Cryptoperculata.- Pseudoscorpiones - Solifugae.- Opiliones - Acarinomorpha.- Ricinulei - Acari.- Crustacea - Tracheata.- Remipedia - Eucrustacea.- Thoracopoda - Maxillopoda.- Cephalocarida - Phyllopodomorpha.- Anostraca - Ostraca.- Phyllopoda - Malacostraca.- Onychura - Notostraca.- Cyclestheria hislopi - Cladocera.- Leptostraca - Eumalacostraca.- Stomatopoda - Caridoida.- Decapoda - Xenommacarida.- Syncarida - N. N. (Euphausiacea, Pancarida+Peracarida).- N. N.: Euphausiacea, Pancarida+Peracarida.- Pancarida - Peracarida.- Copepodomorpha - Progonomorpha.- Copepoda - Mystacocarida.- Tantulocarida - Thecostracomorpha.- Thecostraca - Ostracoda.- Ascothoracida - Cirripedia.- Myriapoda - Insecta.- Chilopoda - Progoneata.- Geophilomorpha - Heteroterga.- Scolopendromorpha - Triakontapoda.-Craterostigmomorpha - Gonopodophora.- Lithobiomorpha - Scutigeromorpha.- Symphyla - Dignatha.- Pauropoda - Diplopoda.- Penicillata - Chilognatha.- Pentazonia - Helminthomorpha.- Entognatha - Ectognatha.- Diplura - Ellipura.- Protura - Collembola.- Archaeognatha - Dicondylia.- Zygentoma - Pterygota.- Palaeoptera - Neoptera.- Ephemeroptera - Odonata.- Plecoptera - N. N. (All Other Neoptera).- Paurometabola - Eumetabola.- Embioptera - Orthopteromorpha.- Blattopteriformia - Orthopteroidea.- Notoptera - N. N. (All Other Roach-Like Paurometabola).- Dermaptera - Dictyoptera.- Mantodea - Blattodea.- Saltatoria - Phasmatodea.- Ensifera - Caelifera.- Paraneoptera - Holometabola.- Zoraptera - Acercaria.- Psocodea - Condylognatha.- "Psocoptera" - Phthiraptera.- Thysanoptera - Hemiptera.- Aphidomorpha - Psyllomorpha.- Cicadomorpha - N. N. (Fulgoromorpha+Heteropteroidea).- N. N.: Fulgoromorpha+Heteropteroidea.- Coleorrhyncha - Heteroptera.- Neuropteriformia - Mecopteriformia.- Neuropteroidea - Coleopteroidea.- Planipennia - N. N. (Megaloptera+Raphidioptera).- N. N.: Megaloptera+Raphidioptera.- Coleoptera - ? Strepsiptera.- Hymenoptera - Mecopteroidea.- Amphiesmenoptera - Antliophora.- Trichoptera - Lepidoptera.- N. N. (Mecoptera+Siphonaptera) - Diptera.- References.

About the author

Prof. Dr. Peter Ax ist Professor für Zoologie an der Universität Göttingen. Schwerpunkte in Forschung und Lehre: Morphologie, Systematik und Stammesgeschichte der Tiere; Mitglied der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz, der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen und der Joachim-Jungius-Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in Hamburg.

Summary

Those who wish for permanence in classifi cation must pay the price of stasis - as if for ever condemned to confound whales with fish. M. T. Ghiselin 1981, p. 283 Scientific argument is a debate concerned with the solution of unresolved problems. Before continuing with the phylogenetic system of the Metazoa this foreword gives me the opportunity to discuss some controversial ques tions, to state selected positions more precisely and to remedy omissions. I would like to draw special attention to serious problems for phylogenetic systematics resulting from the inevitable confrontation with the current rules of nomenclature 1. In carrying out this debate, I hope not to lose the goodwill of those readers who are experts within the first few pages. A textbook for students? - Critics who ask that question and answer in the negative probably underestimate the open-mindedness of young people who are not troubled by, or can easily free themselves from, the restraints and arbitrariness of traditional classifications - and to whom systematics is offered as a scientific product in such a form that arguments for every single decision are comprehensible and checkable and can therefore be fully analyzed.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Ax
• Assisted by: S. Kinsey (Editor), S. Kinsey (Translation)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.10.2010
• EAN: 9783642086816
• ISBN: 978-3-642-08681-6
• No. of pages: 396
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 22 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 640 g
• Illustrations: XXIV, 396 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Zoologie, C, Systematik, Classification, Phylogenie, Mollusca, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Zoology, phylogeny, Insecta, Onychophora, Euarthropoda, Myriapoda, Metazoa, Kamptozoa