Martin Thiel

Les Watling

Explores the functional morphology of crustaceans, which cover the main body parts and systems.

Functional Morphology and Diversity

"This volume is aimed at providing a broad view of crustacean lifestyles, and, from this vantage point, increasing our understanding of the significance of features of crustacean morphology. Crustaceans are probably the most diverse of all groups, whether insects are included or not. As a result, it would seem that crustaceans should make ideal target organisms for studies of evolutionary development, physiology, or evolutionary ecology and not just phylogeny, as has often been the case in the past. The chapters included here summarize the main ecological details of crustacean lifestyles in all habitat types that crustaceans occupy. In that sense, it is also a modern natural history book, and we hope the stories included will be of interest to crustacean biologists who would like to know more about the animals they study, especially if that study occurs primarily in the laboratory"--Preface.

Lifestyles and Feeding Biology

Jeroen Ingels

Sandra Brooke

Christopher Kim Pham

Kerry Howell

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems and Deep-Sea Fisheries

Crustaceans are increasingly used as model organisms in all fields of biology, including neurobiology, developmental biology, animal physiology, evolutionary ecology, biogeography, and resource management. One reason for the increasing use of crustacean examples is the wide range of phenotypes found in this group and the diversity of environments they inhabit; few other taxa exhibit such a variety of body shapes and adaptations to particular habitats and environmental conditions. A good overview of their functional morphology is essential to understanding many aspects of their biology. This volume is the first in The Natural History of Crustacea series, a ten-volume series that will treat all aspects of crustacean biology, physiology, behavior, and evolution. The series updates and synthesizes a growing wealth of information on the natural history of this remarkable group. Functional Morphology and Diversity explores the functional morphology of crustaceans, which cover the main body parts and systems. The book brings together a group of internationally recognized-and up-and-coming-experts in fields related to systematics and morphology. Contributing authors study a range of crustacean taxa and topics, and thus the volume provides a compact overview of the great phenotypic diversity and their function found among crustaceans. The first broad treatment of Crustacea in decades, the book will be invaluable for researchers and students in this and related fields.

Les Watling

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