Invertebrates / created by Richard Brusca.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classification, systematics, and phylogeny
Animal architecture and the bauplan concept
Animal development, life histories, and origins
The protists
Phylum Porifera : the sponges
Four phyla of uncertain affinity
Phylum Cnidaria
Phylum Ctenophora : the comb jellies
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Phylum Nemertea : the ribbon worms
Blastocoelomates and other phyla
Phylum Annelida : the segmented worms
Sipuncula and Echiura
The emergence of the arthropods : onychophorans, tardigrades, trilobites, and the arthropod bauplan
Phylum Arthropoda : the Crustacea
Phylum Arthropoda : the Hexapoda (insects and their kin)
Phylum Arthropoda : the myriapods (centipedes, millipedes, and their kin)
Phylum Arthropoda : the Cheliceriformes
Phylum Mollusca
Lophophorates
Phylum Echinodermata
Other deuterostomes : Chaetognatha, Hemichordata, Chordata
Perspectives on invertebrate phylogeny

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.