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Oceanic anglerfishes : extraordinary diversity in the deep sea / Theodore W. Pietsch.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pietsch, Theodore W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anglerfishes.
- Anglerfishes--Classification.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (571 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- No environment on Earth imposes greater physical and biological constraints on life than the deep oceanic midwaters. Near-freezing temperatures, the absence of sunlight, enormous pressure, and a low food supply make habitation by any living thing almost inconceivable. Yet 160 species of anglerfishes are found there in surprising profusion. Monstrous in appearance, anglerfishes possess a host of unique and spectacular morphological, behavioral, and physiological innovations. In this fully illustrated book, the first to focus on these intriguing fish, Theodore W. Pietsch delivers a comprehensive summary of all that is known about anglerfishes-morphology, diversity, evolution, geographic distribution, bioluminescence, and reproduction.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 1. Introduction and Historical Perspective
- 2. What Makes an Anglerfish?
- 3. Biodiversity
- 4. Evolutionary Relationships
- 5. Geographic Distribution
- 6. Bioluminescence and Luring
- 7. Locomotion, Food, and Feeding
- 8. Reproduction and Early Life History
- Introduction
- Families, Genera, and Species of the Ceratioidei
- REALLOCATION OF NOMINAL SPECIES OF THE CERATIOIDEI BASED ON FEMALES
- REALLOCATION OF NOMINAL SPECIES OF THE CERATIOIDEI BASED ON FREE-LIVING MALES
- SYMBOLIC CODES FOR INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS
- GLOSSARY
- REFERENCES
- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 527-545) and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9786613277152
- 9781283277150
- 1283277158
- 9780520942554
- 0520942558
- OCLC:
- 703138063
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