Crabs (eBook)

A Global Natural History

Peter J. F. Davie (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2021
224 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-23013-9 (ISBN)

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A richly illustrated natural history of the world's crabs that examines their diversity, ecology, anatomy, behavior, and moreThis lavishly illustrated book offers a remarkable look at the world's crabs. More than 7,000 crab species, in 100 different families, are known today. Their unique physiology and complex behaviors have made them one of the most diverse and adaptable of all animal groups. They can thrive in the darkness of abyssal seas, on the edges of scalding hot volcanic hydrothermal vents, on sunlit coral reefs, on wave-washed rocky shores, and in tropical rain forests at the tops of mountains. They even persist in some of the harshest desert conditions. Playing a vital role in marine and coastal ecology, crabs have been identified as keystone species in habitats such as coral reefs and coastal tropical swamps.Crabs comprises five chapters: evolutionary pathways; anatomy and physiology; ecology; reproduction, cognition, and behavior; and exploitation and conservation. Individual chapters include a variety of subtopics, each illustrated by exceptional images, and followed by numerous double full-page species' profiles. Each profile has been chosen to emphasize remarkable and intriguing aspects of the life of these fascinating creatures. Some species may be familiar, but many are beyond anything you have probably seen before and will stretch your understanding of what a crab is.Written by a world authority, Crabs offers an accessible overview of these fascinating crustaceans.More than 190 spectacular color photographsAccessible and well-organized chaptersFull profiles on 42 iconic species from across the world

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.12.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 190+ color photos + illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Schlagworte: Achaeus japonicus • algae • American white ibis • Anomura • Arachnid • Arthropod • Atlantic horseshoe crab • Bacteria • barnacle • Brown hair • carapace • cephalothorax • Christmas Island red crab • Ciliopagurus • Coating • Cockle (bivalve) • Coenobita perlatus • Connective Tissue • Continental Shelf • coral reef • cornea • Crab • crustacean • Decapoda • Decorator crab • Deep sea • Detritus • Dry season • Echidna catenata • Echinoderm • Emerita analoga • Eocene • Erechtheus • Eubrachyura • exoskeleton • Feather • female • Fiddler crab • fishery • Fishing fleet • Fishing float • forehead • Fouling • freshwater crab • Gecarcinidae • Ghost crab • Halloween hermit crab • hermit crab • Hippidae • Hippoidea • horseshoe crab • Indo-Pacific • Invertebrate • Japanese spider crab • Johngarthia lagostoma • Large Numbers • larva • Lung • lybia • Maja squinado • Majidae • Mangrove • Mediterranean basin • mimicry • Northern Australia • nutrient • ocean • odor • Omnivore • Onchocerca volvulus • Ostracod • oviduct • Oyster reef • Pacific Coast of Mexico • Pacific Ocean • Pea crab • Phytoplankton • Plankton • Polyphyly • Portunus trituberculatus • Potamon fluviatile • predation • Quantity • Ranina ranina • Raninidae • Rocky Shore • saxitoxin • Scylla serrata • sea anemone • seagrass • Shrimp • Sieve • Sister group • South Vietnam • Sternum • Terrestrial crab • tire • Usambara Mountains • Vulva • wildlife
• ISBN-10: 0-691-23013-7 / 0691230137
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-23013-9 / 9780691230139