Abstract The Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae is the most comprehensive guide to larval
form and anatomy ever produced. Each chapter provides a referenced overview of life …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the role of larvae in the development and
evolution of invertebrates. The larvae of marine invertebrates are intricately functioning …

More than seventy percent of the earth's surface is covered by ocean-the home to a
staggering and sometimes overwhelming diversity of organisms, a majority of which reside …

This is the first book to provide a detailed treatment of the field of larval ecology. The 13
chapters use state-of-the-art reviews and critiques of nearly all of the major topics in this …

An illustrated guide to the sweeping diversity of crustacean larval forms. Winner of the
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL Crustaceans—familiar to the …

This chapter examines the origin and diversification of metazoan larvae and developmental
modes. It discusses the major features of larval evolution, and considers their developmental …

(i) Varied origins of larval forms and metamorphoses are indicated by comparisons among
extant animals.(ii) Size-specific and stage-specific constraints on survival and growth may …

Larvae represent one of the classic problems of evolutionary biology and may explain how
new body plans originate. It has often been suggested that many entirely unique body plans …

This book presents an overview of the major reproductive and developmental strategies of
the invertebrates. Both parasitic and free-living species are dealt with, and animals from …

This reference work is designed to provide background information on an array of
northeastern Pacific marine invertebrate species so that they can be more easily included in …