Marine BiologyThe new, sixth edition of Marine Biology covers the basics of marine biology and takes a global, non-regional perspective, emphasizing that the world's oceans and seas are an integrated system that cannot be understood by looking in any one person's own backyard. For many students this is a new perspective. This introductory, one-semester text is designed for non-majors. |
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Page 164
... MOLLUSCS : THE SUCCESSFUL SOFT BODY Snails , clams , octopuses , and other familiar forms are grouped as the phy- lum Mollusca . Molluscs have been very successful - there are more species of molluscs in the ocean than of any other ...
... MOLLUSCS : THE SUCCESSFUL SOFT BODY Snails , clams , octopuses , and other familiar forms are grouped as the phy- lum Mollusca . Molluscs have been very successful - there are more species of molluscs in the ocean than of any other ...
Page 165
... molluscs are surpassed only by the arthropods as the largest phylum of animals . Molluscs highlight a soft body protected by a calcium carbonate shell . The body is covered by a mantle , a thin layer of tissue that produces the shell ...
... molluscs are surpassed only by the arthropods as the largest phylum of animals . Molluscs highlight a soft body protected by a calcium carbonate shell . The body is covered by a mantle , a thin layer of tissue that produces the shell ...
Page 169
... Molluscs . About 650 species of chitons ( class Polyplacophora ) are known , all marine . They can be readily identified by the eight overlap- ping shell plates that cover their slightly arched dorsal surface ( Figure 6-33 ) . Their ...
... Molluscs . About 650 species of chitons ( class Polyplacophora ) are known , all marine . They can be readily identified by the eight overlap- ping shell plates that cover their slightly arched dorsal surface ( Figure 6-33 ) . Their ...
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The Sea Floor | 22 |
Chemical and Physical Features | 51 |
Part Life in the Marine | 85 |
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