E-Book, Englisch, 440 Seiten
Reihe: Crustacean Issues
Koenemann / Jenner Crustacea and Arthropod Relationships
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-1-4200-3754-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
E-Book, Englisch, 440 Seiten
Reihe: Crustacean Issues
ISBN: 978-1-4200-3754-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Compared to other arthropods, crustaceans are characterized by an unparalleled disparity of body plans. Traditionally, the specialization of arthropod segments and appendages into distinct body regions has served as a convenient basis for higher classification; however, many relationships within the phylum Arthropoda still remain controversial.
Can Crustacea even be considered a monophyletic group?
If so, then which are their closest relatives within the Arthropoda?
The answers to questions such as these will play a key role in understanding patterns and processes in arthropod evolution, including the disappearance of certain body plans from the fossil record, as well as incidences of transition from aquatic to terrestrial environments.
Crustacea and Arthropod Relationships, written by a team of internationally recognized experts, presents a wide variety of viewpoints, while offering an up-to-date summary of recent progress across several disciplines. With rich detail and vibrancy, it addresses the evolution and phylogenetic relationships of the Arthropoda based upon molecular, developmental, morphological, and paleontological evidence.
Volume 16 is the first in the series to not be exclusively dedicated to discussions specific to crustaceans. While it is still crustaceo-centric, the focus of this volume has been extended to include other groups of arthropods along with the Crustacea. This wider focus offers challenging opportunities to evaluate higher-level relationships within the Arthropoda from a carcinologic perspective.
This volume is dedicated to the career of Frederick R. Schram, the founding editor of CrustaceanIssues in 1983, in recognition of his many stimulating and wide-ranging contributions to the evolutionary biology of arthropods in general, and of crustaceans in particular.
Zielgruppe
Zoologists, entomologists, evolutionary biologists, marine biologists, and crustacean scientists.
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INTRODUCTION
Gould, Schram, and the paleontological perspective in evolutionary biology; C. Baron & J.T. Høeg
PALEOZOOLOGY
Decapod crustaceans, the K/P event, and Palaeocene recovery; C.E. Schweitzer & R.M. Feldmann
Oelandocaris oelandica and the stem lineage of Crustacea; M. Stein, D. Waloszek & A. Maas
Early Palaeozoic non-lamellipedian arthropods; J. Bergström & X.-G. Hou
Comparative morphology and relationships of the Agnostida; T.J. Cotton & R.A. Fortey
DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION
Heads, Hox and the phylogenetic position of trilobites; G. Scholtz & G.D. Edgecombe
Resolving arthropod relationships: Present and future insights from evo-devo studies; S. Hrycaj & A. Popadi
COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGY
Evolution of eye structure and arthropod phylogeny; C. Bitsch & J. Bitsch
Appendage loss and regeneration in arthropods: A comparative view; D. Maruzzo, L. Bonato, C. Brena, G. Fusco & A. Minelli
ARTHROPOD PHYLOGENETICS
What are Ostracoda? A cladistic analysis of the extant superfamilies of the subclasses Myodocopa and Podocopa (Crustacea: Ostracoda); D.J. Horne, I. Schön, R.J. Smith & K. Martens
Relationships within the Pancrustacea: Examining the influence of additional Malacostracan 18S and 28S rDNA; C.C. Babbit & N.H. Patel
Relationships between hexapods and crustaceans based on four mitochondrial genes; A. Carapelli, F. Nardi, R. Dallai, J.L. Boore, P. Liò & F. Frati
The position of crustaceans within the Arthropoda - Evidence from nine molecular
loci and morphology; G. Giribet, S. Richter, G.D. Edgecombe & W.C. Wheeler
METAZOAN PHYLOGENETICS
Playing another round of metazoan phylogenetics: Historical epistemology, sensitivity analysis, and the position of Arthropoda within the Metazoa on the basis of morphology; R.A. Jenner & G. Scholtz
Appendices: Publications of Frederick R. Schram; Taxa erected by or in collaboration with F.R. Schram
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