Such is the pressure on teaching time in schools and universities that students are taught less and less of the diversity that is life on this planet. Most students, and indeed most professional biologists that these students become, know far more of cell function than of biodiversity. This text is a profusely illustrated, quick-reference guide to all types of living organisms, from the single-celled prokaryotes and eurkaryotes to the multicellular fungi, plants and animals. All surviving phyla and their component classes are characterised and described, as are their lifestyles, ecology, relationships, and within-group diversity (with orders displayed in list form). Overall, the book's aim is to provide biologists and others with a clear, concise picture of the nature of all groups of organisms with which they may be unfamiliar.
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Such is the pressure on teaching time in schools and universities that students are taught less and less of the diversity that is life on this planet. Most students, and indeed most professional biologists that these students become, know far more of cell function than of biodiversity. This text is profusely illustrated, quick reference guide to all types of living organism from the single-celled prokaryotes and eurkaryotes to the multicellular fungi, plants and animals. All surviving phyla and their component classes are characterised and described, as are their life-styles, ecology, relationships and within-group diversity (with orders displayed in list form). Overall, the book's aim is to provide biologists and others with a clear, concise picture of the nature of all groups of organisms with which they may be unfamiliar.
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The bacterial kingdom includes all the bacteria, also known as monerans or prokaryotes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
protoctist phyla, body cavity pressure, limbless abdomen, pharyngeal perforations, collagenous cuticle, single gonad, circinate vernation, true arthropods, trilete spores, asexual multiplication, purple sulphur bacteria, abdominal limbs, body wall musculature, offspring cells, individual zooids, multiple fission, thoracic limbs, polar filament, trunk segments, feeding stage, shell valves, mantle cavity, tube feet, male gametophytes, excretory organs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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protoctist phyla, body cavity pressure, limbless abdomen, pharyngeal perforations, collagenous cuticle, single gonad, circinate vernation, true arthropods, trilete spores, asexual multiplication, purple sulphur bacteria, abdominal limbs, body wall musculature, offspring cells, individual zooids, multiple fission, thoracic limbs, polar filament, trunk segments, feeding stage, shell valves, mantle cavity, tube feet, male gametophytes, excretory organs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Introductory Mycology by Constantine J. Alexopoulos on page 333
- Diversity and Evolution of Land Plants by M. Ingrouille on page 333
- Algae: An Introduction to Phycology by Christiaan van den Hoek on page 333
- Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa, Second Edition by J J Lee on page 333
- Vertebrate Life (7th Edition) by F. Harvey Pough on page 334
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- Nature's Flyers: Birds, Insects, and the Biomechanics of Flight by David E. Alexander in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- on page 25, and page 46
- The Invertebrates: A Synthesis by R. S. K. Barnes on page 34, and page 37
- Modern Approaches to the Study of Crustacea by Elva Escobar-Briones on page 221
- Invertebrate Zoology: The Mideastern Invertebrate Fauna, Part II--The Coelomates by Gamil N. Soliman in Back Matter
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