| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 363 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Gary C.B. Poore, Shane T. Ahyong and Joanne Taylor; List of contributors; Credits; 1Morphology of marine squat lobsters; Keiji Baba, Shane T. Ahyong and Enrique Macpherson; 2Taxonomy of squat lobsters; Enrique Macpherson and Keiji Baba; 3Phylogeny and fossil record of marine squat lobsters; Shane T. Ahyong, Kareen E. Schnabel and Enrique Macpherson; 4Developmental biology of squat lobsters; Keiji Baba, Yoshihisa Fujita, Ingo S. Wehrtmann and Gerhard Scholtz; 5Worldwide distribution patterns of squat lobsters |
| Summary |
Squat lobsters of the superfamilies Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea are highly visible crustaceans on seamounts, continental margins, shelf environments, hydrothermal vents and coral reefs. About 1000 species are known. They frequently feature in deep-sea images taken by submersibles and are caught in large numbers by benthic dredges. Some species are so locally abundant that they form 'red tides'. Others support a variety of important fisheries. The taxonomy of squat lobsters has been intensively studied over the past few decades, making them one of the best known deepwater crustacean groups |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Lobsters.
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Decapoda (Crustacea)
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
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Decapoda (Crustacea)
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Lobsters
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Poore, Gary C. B.
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Ahyong, Shane T.
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Taylor, Joanne, 1949-
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CSIRO (Australia)
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| ISBN |
9780643104341 |
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0643104348 |
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1283395215 |
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9781283395212 |
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0643101721 |
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9780643101722 |
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1439866147 |
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9781439866146 |
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