The animal kingdom
Subtitle: a very short introduction
By: Peter Holland
Series: Very short introductions -- 293; Very short introductions -- 293.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9780199593217
Subjects: Zoology; Animals; Evolution (Biology); Popular works
Description: Molecular biology has revolutionized our understanding of animals and their evolution. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Holland provides an authoritative summary of the modern view of animal life, its origins, and the new classification resulting from DNA studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-120) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is an animal?; title: Animal phyla; title: The evolutionary tree of animals; title: Basal animals : sponges, corals, and jellyfish; title: The bilaterians : building a body; title: Lophotrochozoa : wondrous worms; title: Ecdysozoa : insects and nematodes; title: Deuterostomes I : starfish, sea squirts and amphioxus; title: Deuterostomes II : the rise of vertebrates; title: Deuterostomes III : vertebrates on land; title: Enigmatic animals.