Invertebrates, Second Edition

Richard C. Brusca and Gary J. Brusca (late)

2003
895 pages, 612 illustrations
casebound

About This Title

A sample chapter from Invertebrates, Second Edition, as well as images from the Instructor's Resource CD, are available on the sample page.

Invertebrates, Second Edition presents a modern survey of the 34 animal phyla (plus the Protista) and serves as both a college course text and a reference on invertebrate biology. Thorough and up-to-date, it is organized around the themes of bauplans (body plans) and evolution (phylogenetics). Each phylum is organized in a standardized fashion, treating the systematics, bauplan (support and movement, feeding and digestion, circulation and gas exchange, excretion and osmoregulation, nervous system, reproduction and development), and phylogeny. Detailed classifications, phylogenetic trees, and references for all phyla are provided. Tables summarize each phylum's defining attributes. The text is accompanied by an abundance of detailed line drawings and—new to this edition—color photographs.

Other key changes from the First Edition (1990) include:

the incorporation of new developments in phylogenetics, developmental biology, and molecular genetics
major changes at the highest levels among the invertebrates. Three phyla that appeared in the original book—Pentastomida, Pogonophora, and Vestimentifera—no longer exist, and a new phylum, Cycliophora, has been erected. Moreover, this edition discusses recent work in molecular systematics that has shaken classic views on animal classification.
a large new section on "Kingdom Protista" (replacing "Protozoa") containing new contemporary views of these organisms (arranged in 18 phyla).

About the Author(s)

Richard C. Brusca is Director of Conservation and Research at the Arizona–Sonora Desert Museum, and also holds adjunct research positions at the University of Arizona and CIAD (Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo), Mexico. He earned a B.S. at California State Polytechnic University, an M.Sc. at California State University (Los Angeles), and a Ph.D. at the University of Arizona. The author of over 100 research publications, including six books, Dr. Brusca is a widely recognized invertebrate zoologist, marine biologist, and Sea of Cortez and Sonoran Desert naturalist. He is a Fellow in both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Linnean Society (London). Dr. Brusca has been the recipient of research grants from numerous organizations, including the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Geographic Society.

The late Gary J. Brusca was Professor Emeritus at Humboldt State University, retiring in 1998. Dr. Brusca earned his B.S. at California State Polytechnic University, his M.A. at the University of the Pacific, and his Ph.D. at the University of Southern California. For 35 years he focused his research on the ecology and systematics of hyperiid amphipods, also writing on a variety of other subjects in journals and textbooks. His main academic love, however, was teaching, for which he was recognized with numerous awards.

Reviews and Commentary

"Richard Brusca is applauded for completing this thoroughly revised second edition of the Invertebrates. In terms of cost, completeness and scholarship, I find this text to be the best available."
—Peter W. Glynn, Bulletin of Marine Science

"The second edition of Invertebrates ... combines old and new with great success and makes a strong and useful contribution to modern perspectives on the invertebrates. ... this edition is strengthened by many attractive color photographs of diverse organisms or structures. ... This book's strengths lie in its phylogenetic approach, description and illustration of structural anatomy, and discussion of organism traits. ... I can highly ... recommend this book to all biologists and students interested in a modern perspective on invertebrate structure and evolutionary relationships."
—Richard B. Emlet, Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin

1. Introduction
2. Classification, Systematics, Phylogeny
3. Animal Architecture and the Bauplan Concept
4. Animal Development, Life Histories, and Origins
5. The Protista
6. Phylum Porifera: The Sponges
7. Four Phyla of Uncertain Affinity
8. Phylum Cnidaria
9. Phylum Ctenophora: The Comb Jellies
10. Phylum Platyhelminthes
11. Phylum Nemertea: The Ribbon Worms
12. Blastocoelomates and Other Phyla
13. Phylum Annelida: The Segmented Worms
14. Sipuncula and Echiura
15. The Emergence of the Arthropods: Onychophorans, Tardigrades, and the Arthropod Bauplan
16. Phylum Arthropoda: The Crustacea
17. Phylum Arthropoda: The Hexapoda (Insects and Their Kin)
18. Phylum Arthropoda: The Myriapoda (Centipedes and Their Kin)
19. Phylum Arthropoda: The Chelicerates (Spiders and Their Kin)
20. Phylum Mollusca
21. The Lophophorate Phyla
22. Phylum Echinodermata
23. Other Deuterostomes: Chaetognatha, Hemichordata, Chordata
24. Perspectives on Invertebrate Phylogeny

Media and Supplements

**Instructor’s Resource CD** (Updated July 2005)
Available to qualified instructors using the text for their course, the newly updated and expanded Invertebrates, Second Edition Instructor’s Resource CD contains an extensive collection of images for use in teaching the course. The IRCD contains:

Textbook Artwork and Tables: NEW! All of the line art drawings and all of the tables from the textbook are now included on the IRCD. This collection of over 1,100 images is an excellent, easy-to-use resource that can be used to enhance lecture presentations and other course documents.
Photo Collection: This collection of over 800 photographs depicts organisms that span the entire range of phyla covered in the textbook. A convenient browser interface allows you to quickly search the collection taxonomically or by textbook chapter.
PowerPoint Presentations: Two ready-to-use PowerPoint presentations are provided for each chapter of the textbook: one that contains all of the textbook artwork and tables, and one that contains all of the relevant photos from the photo collection.

Click here for sample images from the IRCD.

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