| Description |
x, 706 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Partial table of contents: -- Ideas, Methods And Tools. -- Introduction to Functional Morphology (E. Savazzi). -- Comparative Issues: Homology, Homoplasy and Evolution in Functional Adaptation (A. Minelli). -- The Paradigm Method (C. Paul). -- Invertebrate Structural Colours (A. Parker). -- Conodonts: Functional Analysis of Disarticulated Skeletal Structures (M. Purnell). -- Mollusca. -- Terrestrial Gastropods (C. Paul). -- Anti-Predator Defences of Shelled Gastropods (A. Kohn). -- Life Habits of Ammonoids (G. Westermann C. Tsujita). -- Scaphopoda (E. Yochelson). -- Brachiopoda. -- Function of External Skeletal Characteristics of Articulate Brachiopods (R. Alexander). -- Function of Shell Microstructure and Internal Morphology of Articulate Brachiopods (R. Alexander). -- The Theoretical Enigma of Non-Biconvex Brachiopod Shell Form (G. McGhee). -- Morphological Consequences of Mass Extinction in Brachiopods: A Theoretical Perspective (G. McGhee). -- Arthropoda. -- Kazacharthra (K. McKenzie P. Chen). -- Ostracods (K. McKenzie, et al.). -- A Few Case Histories of Cirripeds (E. Savazzi). -- The Trilobite Exoskeleton (R. Fortey R. Owens). -- Other Phyla. -- Echinoderms and Calcichordates (S. Donovan). -- Serpulid Polychaetes (E. Savazzi). -- Fossil Colonial Corals: Colony Type and Growth Form (G. Young). -- Fossil Colonial Corals: Growth Patterns and Coral-Substrate Relationships (G. Young). -- Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Invertebrates -- Morphology.
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Skeleton.
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| Author |
Savazzi, Enrico.
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| LC no. |
98029969 |
| ISBN |
0471977764 (aicd-free paper) |
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