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A thorough review of the evolution and biogeography of crustaceans to determine how crustaceans have been able to evolve in a number of climates and habitats; this volume also examines the ecological and biogeographical implications of that evolutionary process.
List of contents
- Chapter 1. What the Ur-crustacean Looked Like Stefan Richter and Christian Wirkner
- Chapter 2. The Fossil Record of the Pancrustacea Thomas A. Hegna, Javier Luque, and Joanna M. Wolfe
- Chapter 3. Evolution and Radiation of Crustacea Shane T. Ahyong
- Chapter 4. The Pancrustacean Conundrum: A Conflicted Phylogeny with Emphasis on Crustacea Heather Bracken-Grissom and Joanna M. Wolfe
- Chapter 5. Crustaceans and Insect Origins Björn M. von Reumont and Gregory D. Edgecombe
- Chapter 6. Biogeography of the Oceans Claudia Halsband, Shane T. Ahyong, Angelika Brandt, Ksenia Kosobokova, Peter Ward, Will P. Goodall-Copestake, and Enrique Macpherson
- Chapter 7. Conquering the Ocean Depths Over Three Geological Eras Torben Riehl, Simone Nunes Brandão, and Angelika Brandt
- Chapter 8. Biogeography and Host Usage of Coral-associated Crustaceans - Barnacles, Copepods and Gall Crabs as Model Organisms Benny K.K. Chan, Kingsley J.H. Wong, and Yu-Rong Cheng
- Chapter 9. Invasion of the Poles Joanna Legezynska, Claude De Broyer, and Jan Marcin Weslawski
- Chapter 10. Colonization of Coastal and Estuarine Environments Joseph L. Staton, Brian A. Canada, Stephen A. Borgianini, and Karen M. Barkel
- Chapter 11. Standing Waters, especially Ancient Lakes Kristina von Rintelen, Patricio De los Ríos, and Thomas von Rintelen
- Chapter 12. Colonization, Adaptation, Radiation, and Diversity in Freshwater Shane T. Ahyong and Chao Huang
- Chapter 13. Subterranean and Anchialine Waters Renée E. Bishop, William Humphreys, and Damià Jaume
- Chapter 14. Terrestrial Environments Spyros Sfenthourakis, Alan A. Myers, Stefano Taiti, and James K. Lowry
- Chapter 15. Latitudinal Gradient of Diversity of Marine Crustaceans: Towards a Synthesis Marcelo M. Rivadeneira and Gary C. B. Poore
- Chapter 16. Intertidal to Abyss: Crustaceans and Depth Anna McCallum and Torben Riehl
- Chapter 17. Population Connectivity and Phylogeography of Crustaceans Christine Ewers-Saucedo and John P. Wares
- Chapter 18. Outlook: Crustaceans in the Anthropocene Karolina Bacela-Spychalska, Gary C. B. Poore, and Michal Grabowski
- Index
About the author
Martin Thiel is Professor of Marine Biology at Universidad Católica del Norte in Coquimbo, Chile.
Gary Poore is Curator Emeritus of Marine Biology at Museum Victoria in Melbourne, Australia.
Summary
A thorough review of the evolution and biogeography of crustaceans to determine how crustaceans have been able to evolve in a number of climates and habitats; this volume also examines the ecological and biogeographical implications of that evolutionary process.
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Its breadth is immense, covering the broad sweep of evolution and geographic biology of an immense animal group.
