Hydroides of the World

This is the first ever fully-illustrated guide to the species of the notorious biofouling and bioinvasive genus of calcareous tubeworms.

Sommario

Introduction. General body morphology. Tubes. Tube morphology. Tube composition and mineralogy. Tube ultrastructure. Organic tube lining. Tube formation. Fossil record. History of studies. Taxonomic studies. Reproduction, development and life history. Reproduction. Larval development. Settlement. Juvenile growth and maturation. Ontogeny: reversible asymmetry, compensatory regeneration and duplicity. Reversible asymmetry and compensatory regeneration. Duplicity. Malformations. Bioperculate chimaera. Economic and ecological impacts. Nuisance fouling species. Invasive species. Model organisms for research. Barcoding, phylogeny and genome structure. Barcoding. Phylogeny. Genome structure. Biogeography. Patterns of geographical distribution. Methods of collecting, examination, preservation and identification. Collecting. Examination and preservation. Identification. Diagnostic characters used for identification. Key to the species of Hydroides worldwide. Taxonomic account. Abbreviations of institutions where type material is deposited. Glossary. References. Index.

Info autore

Elena Kupriyanova is a Senior Research Scientist at The Australian Museum, whose research interests are centred on taxonomy, biodiversity, systematics, phylogeny, life history, reproduction, and evolution of marine invertebrates, especially of the polychaete family Serpulidae (calcareous tubeworms).
Yanan Sun is a research student in the Marine Ecology Group at Macquarie University, Australia.
Eunice Wong is a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA
Harry ten Hove is an annelidologist working in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Riassunto

This is the first ever fully-illustrated guide to the species of the notorious biofouling and bioinvasive genus of calcareous tubeworms.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Elena Kupriyanova, Elena Sun Kupriyanova, Yanan Sun, Sun Yanan, Harry A. ten Hove, Eunice Wong, Wong Eunice
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9781032436692
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3243669-2
• Pagine: 288
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Agricoltura, giardinaggio; silvicoltura, pesca, alimentazione; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Invertebrates, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fisheries & Aquaculture, Agricultural science, Animal Ecology, Agriculture & Related Industries, Marine Biology, Agribusiness and primary industries, Zoology: invertebrates, Aquaculture & Fish-Farming: Practice & Techniques, Aquaculture and fish-farming