HDBK OF ANIMAL DIVERSITYThis book is a summary of the diversity between and within the classes of animals. It is intended for reference on all aspects of animals that can be studied comparatively, but such comparisons requires that the occurrence of the feature in question beknown for more than just one or two groups. It is in large part a book on invertebrate animals because the vertebrates from only a small part of the diversity of animals. |
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Acanthocephala adult amoebocytes animals Annelida Arthropoda asexual reproduction bisexual blood body cavity body wall Brachiopoda Bryozoa budding called Calyssozoa cells Cephalochordata Chaetognatha Chapter cilia cited cleavage Coelenterata coelom colony Crustacea Ctenophora cuticle cycle digestive tract diploid diversity duct Echinodermata Echiuroidea embryo endoderm Enteropneusta epidermis epitoky excretory female fertilization fluid fragments function fusion gametes ganglia Gastropoda Gastrotricha gills glands gonads Gordioidea groups haemocoel haploid Hirudinea hormones Hydrozoa individuals Insecta integument intestine invertebrates karyogamy larva layers lymph male Mammalia meiosis membrane mesoderm metabolism metamorphosis Mollusca movement muscle Nematoda nerve neurons nucleus occur Oligochaeta Onychophora organs ovum oxygen pairs parasitic parthenogenesis Phoronida phyla Platyhelminthes Pogonophora Polychaeta polyembryony Porifera Priapuloidea processes produced protoplasm Protozoa Pterobranchia receptors respiratory Rhynchocoela Rotifera secreted segments sequence sexual Sipunculoidea sometimes species spermatozoa spiral stage structures surface Tardigrada term tissues tracheae Trematoda tube Tunicata Turbellaria types usually Vertebrata vertebrates vessels yolk zygote