About the book:

This book provides a long-awaited general introduction to the eleven orders (two fossil, nine extant) of the class Branchiopoda. All are characterised morphologically, with descriptions and keys down to family-level. Phylogenies are discussed on morphological, and, wherever possible, molecular grounds. The book is copiously illustrated with line drawings, photographs and SEM micrographs, many of which are original, and often offer new insights into the morphology of these animals. Separate chapters deal with the ecology of extant groups, and with their geographical distribution. A comprehensive bibliography of more than 2.000 titles provides further access to the world literature.

 

Contents:

1. INTRODUCTION.
2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
3. ABBREVIATIONS.
4. HISTORY OF RESEARCH.
4.01. History of Research on the“Phyllopods”.
4.01.01. The First Phase (1758-1910).
4.01.02. The Second Phase (1910-1991).
4.01.03. The Current Phase (1991-….).
4.02. History of Research on the “Cladocera”.
4.02.01. The First Phase (1662-1776).
4.02.02. The Second Phase (1776-1959).
4.02.03. The Third Phase (1959-….).
5. EXTERNAL MORPHOLOGY.
5.01. Body.
5.01.01. Body Size.
5.01.02. Shape and Divisions of the Body.
5.02. Carapace.
5.03. Head.
5.04. The Trunk.
5.04.01. Thorax and Abdomen.
5.04.02. Telson (Postabdomen).
5.05. Appendages.
5.05.01. Antennules.
5.05.02. Antennae.
5.05.03. Mouth Parts.
5.05.04. The Thoracic and Abdominal Appendages.
6. INTERNAL ANATOMY.
6.01. Integument.
6.02. Colour and pigmentation.
6.03. Muscular System.
6.04. Alimentary and Digestive System.
6.05. Circulatory System.
6.06. Respiratory System.
6.07. Nuchal Gland and Osmoregulation.
6.08. Excretory System.
6.09. Nervous System.
6.10. Neurosecretions.
6.11. Sense organs.
6.11.01. The Nauplius Eye.
6.11.02. The Compound Eyes.
6.11.03. Other Sense Organs.
6.12 Reproductive system.
6.12.01. Male reproductive system.
6.12.02. Female reproductive system.
7. REPRODUCTION.
7.01. Sex Determination.
7.02. Number of Chromosomes.
7.03. Sex-Ratios and Androdioecy.
7.04. Gynandromorphism.
7.05. Secondary Sexual Characters.
7.06. Parthenogenesis and Gamogenesis.
7.07. Ovoviviparity.
7.08. Oogenesis.
7.09. Spermatogenesis.
7.10. Mating, Insemination and Fecundation.
8. DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH.
8.01. Embryonic Development of the Phyllopoda.
8.01.01. Eggs and Cysts.
8.01.02. The Embryo and its Envelopes; Cryptobiosis.
8.02. Embryonic Development of the Leptodorida and Cladocera.
8.02.01. The Parthenogenetic Egg, the Sexual Egg, and the Ephippium.
8.02.02. Segmentation and Eclosion.
8.03. Postembryonic Development of the Phyllopoda.
8.03.01. The Nauplius and Metanauplius Larva.
8.03.02. The Heilophora Larva.
8.03.03. Growth and Moulting.
8.03.04. Regeneration.
8.04.Postembryonic Development of Leptodorida and Cladocera.
8.04.01. Development with Larval Stages.
8.04.02. Development without Larval Stages and Growth by Moulting.
9. FEEDING ECOLOGY AND ETHOLOGY.
9.01. Food and Feeding: Filtration, Particle Gathering, and Raptorial Predation.
9.02. Locomotion.
10. ECOLOGY.
10.01. Habitats.
10.02. Life span.
10.03. Fecundity.
10.04. Morphological Variability: Cyclomorphosis and other Polymorphisms.
10.05. The Causes of Cyclomorphotic Polymorphism.
10.06. Predation.
10.07. Competition.
10.08. Parasites and Malformations.
10.09. Epibionts: Friends or Foes?
10.10. An extraordinary Behaviour: Vertical Migration.
10.11. Population genetics, Molecular Genetics, and Hybridisation: the Expanding Contribution of Molecular Methods.
11. BIOGEOGRAPHY.
11.01. Dispersal.
11.02. Distribution.
11.03. Invasive Species.
12. MOLECULAR PHYLOGEOGRAPHY.
13. USES OF BRANCHIOPODS.
13.01. Economic uses of the Phyllopods.
13.02. Economic uses of Cladocera and Leptodorida.
14. RESEARCH METHODS.
14.01. Collection and Transportation.
14.02. Laboratory Culture Methods.
14.03. Laboratory Methods.
15. PALEONTOLOGY, PHYLOGENY AND EVOLUTION.
15.01. Fossils and Subfossils.
15.02. Phylogenetic Reconstruction and Evolutionary Lineages.
15.02.01. The Ancestor of the Branchiopoda.
15.02.02. Branchiopod Phylogeny according to Walossek (1993, 1995).
15.02.03. Branchiopod Phylogeny according to Negrea et al. (1999).
16. CLASSIFICATION.
16.01. History of Branchiopod Classification.
16.02. Current Phylogenetic Classification.
17. KEY TO THE SUPERORDERS, ORDERS AND FAMILIES.
17.01. Key to the Superorders of the Branchiopoda.
17.02. Key to the Orders of the Branchiopoda.
17.03. Key to the Families of the Branchiopoda.
17.03.01. Key to the Families of the Anostraca.
17.03.02. Key to the Families of the Spinicaudata.
17.03.03. Key to the Families of the Ctenopoda. 17.03.04 Key to the Families of the Anomopoda.
17.03.05. Key to the Families of the Onychopoda.
18. DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS OF SUPERORDERS, ORDERS AND FAMILIES.
18.01. Characters of the Superorders.
18.01.01. Sarsostraca Tasch, 1969.
18.01.02. Calmanostraca Tasch, 1969.
18.01.03. Conchostraca Sars,
1867. 18.01.04. Leptodorida Negrea, Botnariuc & Dumont, 1999.
18.01.05. Cladocera Milne-Edwards, 1840 (s.s.).
18.02. Characters of the Orders.
18.02.01. Anostraca Sars, 1867.
18.02.02. †Lipostraca Scourfield, 1926.
18.02.03. Notostraca Sars, 1867.
18.02.04. †Kazacharthra Novojilov, 1957. 18.02.05. Laevicaudata Linder, 1945.
18.02.06. Spinicaudata Linder, 1945.
18.02.07. Cyclestherida Negrea, Botnariuc & Dumont, 1999.
18.02.08. Haplopoda Sars, 1865.
18.02.09. Ctenopoda Sars, 1865.
18.02.10. Anomopoda Sars, 1865.
18.02.11. Onychopoda Sars, 1865.
18.03. Characters of the Currently Recognized Families. Anostraca. Artemiidae Grochowski, 1895. Parartemiidae Daday, 1910. Chirocephalidae Daday, 1910. Branchinectidae Daday, 1910. Thamnocephalidae Packard, 1883. Branchipodidae Milne-Edwards,
1840. Tanymastigidae Brtek, 1972. Streptocephalidae Daday, 1910. Notostraca. Triopidae Keilhack, 1909. Laevicaudata. Lynceidae Sayce, 1902. Spinicaudata. Leptestheriidaer Stebbing, 1902. Cyzicidae Stebbing, 1910. 3. Limnadiidae Burmeister, 1843. Cyclestherida. Cylestheridae Sars, 1887. Haplopoda. Leptodoridae Lilljeborg, 1861. Ctenopoda. Sididae Baird, 1850. Holopedididae Sars, 1865. Anomopoda. Daphniidae Straus, 1820. Bosminidae Baird, 1846. Ilyocryptidae Smirnov, 1992. Eurycercidae Kurz, 1875. Sayciidae Frey, 1967. Chydoridae Dybowski & Grochowski, 1894. Ophryoxidae Smirnov,1976. Acantholeberidae Smirnov, 1976. Macrothricidae Norman & Brady, 1867. Neothricidae Dumont & Silva-Briano, 1998. Onychopoda. Polyphemidae Baird, 1845. Podonidae Mordukhai-Boltovskoi, 1968. Cercopagidae Mordukhai-Boltovskoi, 1968.
19. REFERENCES.