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"Among aquatic invertebrates, Platyhelminthes ranks first, as they are harmful to man and his food basket. The book may also have a relevance for turbellarian stem cells for studies on cancer and senescence as well as that of parasitic trematodes and cestodes on the cost of human health and loss to his food basket from livestock and fishes"--
List of contents
1. General Introduction. 2. Turbellaria. 3. Monogenea. 4. Digenea. 5. Cestoda. 6. Summary and Highlights. 7. References
About the author
Recipient of the S.S. Bhatnagar Prize, the highest Indian award for scientists, one of the ten National Professorships, T.J. Pandian has served as editor/ member of editorial boards of many international journals. His books on Animal Energetics (Academic Press) identify him as a prolific but precise writer. His five volumes on Sexuality, Sex Determination and Differentiation in Fishes, published by CRC Press, are ranked with five stars. He is presently authoring a multi-volume series on Reproduction and Development of Aquatic Invertebrates, of which the volumes on Crustacea, Mollusca, Echinodermata and Prochordata, and Annelida have already been published. The next one, Platyhelminthes, is in your hands and Minor Phyla is being prepared.
Summary
This book provides a comprehensive synthesis of all aspects of Reproduction and Development in Platyhelminths covering from Acoela in Turbellaria to Taenioidea in Cestoda. It elaborates the life cycle and characteristics of different platyhelminthic taxa.
