Morphology, Molecules, Evolution and Phylogeny in Polychaeta and Related Taxa

Book Overview

Recently, evidence has been accumulated which shows that some of the groups formerly regarded as independent "phyla" such as Pogonophora (now recognized as Siboglinidae), Echiura, Myzostomida and perhaps Sipuncula, are most probably nothing else than greatly modified Annelida. The extreme morphological diversity found especially in Polychaeta displays the plasticity of a simple segmented organisation that basically is nothing else but a serial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 904816754X
• ISBN13: 9789048167548
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 387 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"