Crustacea [Hardcover]

Frederick R. Schram (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0195037421 | ISBN-13: 978-0195037425 | Publication Date: May 22, 1986 | Edition: 1St Edition

This is the first single-author overview of all crustacean groups, fossil and living, since 1909, and the first phylogenetic systematic review. Lavishly illustrated, the book covers all known aspects of the anatomy, feeding, locomotion, reproductive biology, biogeography, development, fossil record, and higher taxonomy of every currently recognized group. An introductory chapter explains what a crustacean is, and examines the relationships of old data to arrive at original conclusions about crustacean evolution. Concluding chapters survey crustacean phylogeny and systematics using cladistic methods. A comprehensive international bibliography is also included.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Anyone wishing to study a crustacean group about which they have limited knowledge can quickly gain entree into the pertinent literature and current status of research by reading the appropriate chapter in this book....A superb and much needed volume on crustaceans. It should be a standard reference work in the personal libraries of all scientists interested in invertebrate animals. Because of its thorough treatment of crustaceans another volume such as this should not be needed for a long time. "--American Zoologist

"An important reference work."--Biologist

"I can think of no one with better credentials to author this book....The discussions of phylogeny within the crustacea have greater depth than those of previous texts....It contains a great deal of information not readily available elsewhere in a single volume."--Thomas Bowman, Curator of Crustacea, Smithsonian Institution

"Ambitious....As a single-authored work, this book offers a coherence and unity more difficult to achieve in collective works."--SciTech Book News

"An important book. The treatise-like compilation on crustacean taxa makes it an indispensable first source of data. The accompanying thesis on phylogeny and classification serves as a provocative stimulus to future research. What more could one want?!"--Palaeontological Association Circular

"The most complete summary of crustacean morphology and development that is available today."--American Scientist

"There has been a real need for a comprehensive textbook dealing with crustacean biology, which gives a descriptive account of the major groups, attempts to arrange them in a coherent taxonomic and evolutionary pattern, and gives at least some coverage of feeding, locomotion, reproduction and embryology. It is this that Schram attempts to provide, and he has done a very good job indeed...An excellent textbook...Essential for all carcinologists...Original enough to provoke further research and debate."--Quarterly Review of Biology

"This is a superb and much needed volume on crustaceans. It should be a standard reference work in the personal libraries of all scientists interested in invertebrate animals."--Quarterly Review of Biology

"Comprehensive, well-illustrated....Schram's peers, and students for at least a generation, will be grateful for his vision and dedication in producing such a remarkable and stimulating book at this time. Its impact ranks with the insights of the Claus-Manton series, and is a must for the bookshelf of every serious student of carcinology."--Journal of Crustacean Biology

"It is a pleasure to welcome this concise, single volume work which presents a comprehensive overview of the Crustacea as a whole. The author has done a fine job indeed compiling, in a remarkably even manner, basic data on all groups of crustaceans. . . .Needless to say that this book should be on the shelf of every self-respecting carcinologist!" --Crustaceana

About the Author

Frederick R. Schram, Professor of Systematic Zoology and Zoogeography, Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoologie, Universiteit van Amsterdam.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 620 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1St Edition edition (May 22, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195037421
• ISBN-13: 978-0195037425
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #848,283 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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