1. Introduction2. Systematics, Phylogeny, and Classification3. The Protists: Kingdom Protista4. Introduction to the Animal Kingdom: Animal Architecture and Body Plans5. Introduction to the Animal Kingdom: Development, Life Histories, and Origin6. Two Basal Metazoan Phyla: Porifera and Placozoa7. Phylum Cnidaria: Anemones, Corals, Jellyfish, and Their Kin8. Phylum Ctenophora: The Comb Jellies9. Introduction to the Bilateria, and the Phylum Xenacoelomorpha: Triploblasty and Bilateral Symmetry Provide New Avenues for Animal Radiation10. Phylum Platyhelminthes: The Flatworms11. Four Enigmatic Protostome Phyla: Rhombozoa, Orthonectida, Chaetognatha, Gastrotricha12. Phylum Nemertea: The Ribbon Worms13. Phylum Mollusca14. Phylum Annelida: The Segmented (and Some Unsegmented) Worms15. Two Enigmatic Spiralian Phyla: Entoprocta and Cycliophora16. The Gnathifera: Phyla Gnathostomulida, Rotifera (including Acanthocephala), and Micrognathozoa17. The Lophophorates: Phyla Phoronida, Bryozoa, and Brachiopoda18. The Nematoida: Phyla Nematoda and Nematomorpha19. The Scalidophora: Phyla Kinorhyncha, Priapula, and Loricifera20. The Emergence of the Arthropods: Tardigrades, Onychophorans, and the Arthropod Body Plan21. Phylum Arthropoda: Crustacea: Crabs, Shrimps, and Their Kin22. Phylum Arthropoda: The Hexapoda: Insects and Their Kin23. Phylum Arthropoda: The Myriapods: Centipedes, Millipedes, and Their Kin24. Phylum Arthropoda: The Chelicerata25. Introduction to Deuterostomes and the Phylum Echinodermata26. Phylum Hemichordata: Acorn Worms and Pterobranchs27. Phylum Chordata: Cephalochordata and Urochordata28. Perspectives on Invertebrate Phylogeny
Richard C. Brusca is Executive Director, Emeritus of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and a Research Scientist at the University of Arizona. Rick is the author of nearly 200 research publications and 13 books, including the popular field guides Common Intertidal Invertebrates of the Gulf of California, A Seashore Guide to the Northern Gulf of California, and A Natural History the Santa Catalina Mountains, with an Introduction to the Madrean Sky Islands. He has been the recipient of more than 100 research grants from the National Science Foundation, NOAA, the National Geographic Society, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and many other agencies and foundations. He has served on panels for the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, Smithsonian Institution, PEW Program in Conservation and the Environment, Public Broadcasting Service, IUCN Species Survival Commission, and many others. Wendy Moore is Associate Professor of Entomology and Curator of the UA Insect Collection, University of Arizona. Her degrees were earned at Vanderbilt University (B.S., General Biology), the College of Charleston (M.S., Marine Biology), and the University of Arizona (Ph.D., Entomology/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology). Dr. Moore's long-term research interest is the evolution of biotic diversity—especially the evolution of symbiotic lifestyles and how major biotic, climatic, and tectonic events may have influenced the timing and patterns of diversification. Much of her current research is on the carabid beetle subfamily Paussinae, many species of which are obligate symbionts with ants. She is also deeply committed to collections care and enhancement, and the use of bioinformatics to make collections-based data widely available to diverse user communities. Stephen M. Shuster is Professor of Invertebrate Zoology and Curator of Marine Invertebrates and Molluscs at Northern Arizona University. He earned a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Michigan, an M.S. in Biology from the University of New Mexico, and a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of California, Berkeley. The author or coauthor of over seventy-five journal articles, encyclopedia entries, book reviews, and contributed book chapters, Dr. Shuster collaborated with Michael J. Wade on the book Mating Systems and Strategies (2003). His research broadly concerns mating system evolution, male and female reproductive behavior, community and ecosystem genetics, and the population biology of marine organisms. His recent work focuses on the measurement of selection within and among species, and the maintenance of genetic variation in natural populations of marine crustaceans and terrestrial arthropods.
"A wonderful book, and one remains amazed at the perfection of this edition, full color, and the precision and detail of the figures. A masterpiece that will dominate the phylogeny for many, many years."--Pierre Jolivet, L'Entomologiste (from the original French)"I am so thrilled that we finally getting a third edition of Invertebrates! I've been teaching invertebrate zoology for over fifteen years and this text is superior to any other on the market!"--Tamara J. Cook, Sam Houston State University
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