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Invertebrates Zoology

The diversity of metazoans that parasitize humans, livestock, and other animals (both vertebrate and invertebrate). The morphology, form and function, physiology, systematics and evolution, lifecycles and pathogenesis of several major parasitic groups. The biology of invertebrates is highly regarded for its accuracy and strong research base. This thorough revision provides a survey by animal group, emphasizing evolutionary origins, adaptive morphology and physiology, while covering anatomical ground plans and basic developmental patterns. Invertebrates are a vast and very diverse group of animals that includes sponges, echinodermse, tunicates, numerous different phyla of worms, molluscs, arthropods and many additional phyla. Single-celled organisms or protists are usually not included within the same group as invertebrates. The book invertebrate zoology will be use university and all interested in zoology. CONTENTS : (1) Classification of Animals (2) Phylum Platyhelminthes (3) Phylum Nematoda (4) Protozoa (5) Intestinal Protozoa: Amebas (6) Phylum Porifera (7) Parasitic Worm (8) Polymorphism in Hydrozoa (9) The Phylum Coelenterata (10) The Phylum Annelida (11) Mollusca (12) The Phylum Coelenterata.