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Main Title Natural history of marine animals
Author MacGinitie, G. E.
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Author Title of a Work
MacGinitie, Nettie,
Publisher McGraw-Hill
Year Published 1968
OCLC Number 00812497
ISBN 0070445494; 9780070445499
Subjects Marine animals ; Marine Biology ; Meerestiere ; Zoologia Geral ; Animaux marins
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ESBM Newport QL121.M2 1968 CPHEA/PESD Library/Corvallis,OR 01/27/2020 STATUS
Edition 2d ed.
Collation xii, 523 pages illustrations 23 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Notes
Introduction -- Food -- Comparison between the fauna of land and of ocean -- Groupings of animals -- Animal relationships -- Sense organs -- Luminescence -- Marine animal habitats -- Growth rates -- Burrowing -- Variation and succession -- Geological records left by animal activities -- Protozoa (single-celled animals) -- Porifera (sponges) -- Coelenterata (anemones, jellyfishes, corals) -- Ctenophora (sea gooseberries) -- Platyhelminthes (flatworms) -- Nemertea (ribbon worms) -- Nematoda and chaetognatha -- Phoronida (tufted tube worms) -- Bryozoa (moss animals) -- Brachiopoda (lamp shells) -- Sipunculoidea (peanut worms) -- Echiuroidea (sea sausages) -- Annelida (segmented worms) -- Echinodermata -- Arthropoda (insects, spiders, shrimps, crabs, etc.) -- Mollusca -- Protochordata -- Vertebrata -- Relation of higher vertebrates to shore conditions.