Evolutionary Developmental Biology Of Invertebrates 4: Ecdysozoa Ii: Crustacea

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This multi-author, six-volume work summarizes our current knowledge on the developmental biology of all major invertebrate animal phyla. The main aspects of cleavage, embryogenesis, organogenesis and gene expression are discussed in an evolutionary framework. Each chapter presents an in-depth yet concise overview of both classical and recent literature, supplemented by numerous color illustrations and micrographs of a given animal group. The largely taxon-based chapters are supplemented by essays on topical aspects relevant to modern-day EvoDevo research such as regeneration, embryos in the fossil record, homology in the age of genomics and the role of EvoDevo in the context of reconstructing evolutionary and phylogenetic scenarios. A list of open questions at the end of each chapter may serve as a source of inspiration for the next generation of EvoDevo scientists. Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates is a must-have for any scientist, teacher or student interested in developmental and evolutionary biology as well as in general invertebrate zoology.

This second volume on ecdysozoans covers all animals commonly known as crustaceans. While “Crustacea” is currently not considered a monophylum, it still appears reasonable to combine its representatives in one joint volume due to their numerous shared morphological and developmental characteristics. Because of the huge variation in the amount of available developmental data between the various taxa, only the Dendrobranchiata, Astacida and Cirripedia are treated in individual chapters. The remaining data on crustacean development, usually incomplete and often patchy, is presented in two chapters summarizing early development and larval diversity, thereby also taking into account the data on fossil larval forms.


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Andreas Wanninger Editor Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates Vol. 4 Ecdysozoa II: “Crustacea” Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates 4 Andreas Wanninger Editor Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates 4 Ecdysozoa II: “Crustacea” Editor Andreas Wanninger Department of Integrative Zoology University of Vienna Faculty of Life Sciences Wien Austria ISBN 978-3-7091-1852-8 ISBN 978-3-7091-1853-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-7091-1853-5 (eBook) Library of Congress Control Number: 2015947925 Springer Wien Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer-Verlag Wien 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: Scanning electron micrograph of a cypris larva of a cirripede crustacean. See Chapter 5 for details Printed on acid-free paper Springer-Verlag GmbH Wien is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Preface The evolution of lif