Evolution and Biogeography: Volume 8
Martin Thiel and Gary Poore
Abstract
This volume examines Evolution and Biogeography of Crustacea, one of the dominant groups of animals, especially in aquatic environments. The first part of this volume is dedicated to the explanation of the origins and successful establishment of the Crustacea in the oceans. In the second part the biogeography of the Crustacea is explored in order to infer how they conquered different biomes globally, while adapting to a wide range of aquatic and terrestrial conditions. A final section examines more general patterns and processes, and looks to the future. Collectively, these eighteen chapters p ... More
This volume examines Evolution and Biogeography of Crustacea, one of the dominant groups of animals, especially in aquatic environments. The first part of this volume is dedicated to the explanation of the origins and successful establishment of the Crustacea in the oceans. In the second part the biogeography of the Crustacea is explored in order to infer how they conquered different biomes globally, while adapting to a wide range of aquatic and terrestrial conditions. A final section examines more general patterns and processes, and looks to the future. Collectively, these eighteen chapters provide a thorough exposition of present knowledge across the major themes in evolution and biogeography of crustaceans. They do this by summarizing what is known and providing novel analyses of patterns.
Keywords:
Crustacean origins,
crustacean evolution,
crustacean biogeography,
crustacean radiation,
crustacean colonization,
habitat colonization,
invasive crustaceans,
marine crustaceans,
freshwater crustaceans,
terrestrial crustaceans
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2020 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780190637842 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2021 |
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190637842.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Martin Thiel, editor
Professor of Marine Biology, Universidad Católica del Norte
Gary Poore, editor
Curator Emeritus, Museum Victoria
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