Pelagic Snails: The Biology of Holoplanktonic Gastropod MollusksLucid line drawings and photos, 16 in fine color. Based on some 15 years of study and collection in both polar regions and most areas of the tropics and temperate zones. Detailed treatment is given on all known pelagic snails (aoubt 140 species) including: external anatomy, swimming and buoyancy mec |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Janthinid Snails | 8 |
The Heteropods | 27 |
The Thecosomes | 58 |
The Gymnosomes | 167 |
The Planktonic Nudibranchs | 214 |
Glossary | 239 |
| 249 | |
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adult anatomy animals aragonite atlantids attached benthic Biol body buccal cones buoyancy capture carbonate Cardiapoda Carinaria Cavolinia cavoliniids Cephalopyge ciliary Clio pyramidata Clione Clione limacina coelenterate Color Fig Conover copepods Corolla Creseis Cuvierina Cymbulia cymbuliids depth dorsal egg masses euthecosomes feeding female Fiona fish float footlobes Foraminifera free-swimming gastropods genus Gilmer Gilmer and Harbison gland Gymnosomata gymnosomes helicina hermaphrodite heteropods hydroid Hydromyles individuals ingested Janthina janthinids Lalli larvae Limacina Limacina helicina Limacina retroversa male mantle cavity mantle lobes mating medusae Meisenheimer Mollusca mollusks mucous mucus nematocysts nudibranchs observed Ocean organ Paedoclione Paedoclione doliiformis parasitic pelagic Peraclis Phylliroe planktonic Pneumodermopsis posterior predators prey proboscis Pruvot-Fol pseudoconch Pseudothecosomata pseudothecosomes pteropods Pterotrachea radula radular teeth rates Recluzia reproductive Richter sacs Scale lines represent sediments siphonophore snails spawning species specimens sperm spermatophore Spoel surface swimming tentacles Tesch Thecosomata thecosomes Velella veliger velum ventral wingplate wings zooplankton
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Pelagic Snails: The Biology of Holoplanktonic Gastropod Mollusks |
| Authors | Carol M. Lalli, Ronald W. Gilmer |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Stanford University Press, 1989 |
| ISBN | 0804714908, 9780804714907 |
| Length | 259 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Science / Life Sciences / Biology Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / General |
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