Crabs : a global natural history / Peter J. F. Davie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davie, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crabs--Pictorial works.

Crabs.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Summary:

A richly illustrated natural history of the world's crabs that examines their diversity, ecology, anatomy, behavior, and moreThis lavishly illustrated book offers a remarkable look at the world’s crabs. More than 7,000 crab species, in 100 different families, are known today. Their unique physiology and complex behaviors have made them one of the most diverse and adaptable of all animal groups. They can thrive in the darkness of abyssal seas, on the edges of scalding hot volcanic hydrothermal vents, on sunlit coral reefs, on wave-washed rocky shores, and in tropical rainforests at the tops of mountains. They even persist in some of the harshest desert conditions. Playing a vital role in marine and coastal ecology, crabs have been identified as keystone species in habitats such as coral reefs and coastal tropical swamps.Crabs comprises five chapters: evolutionary pathways; anatomy and physiology; ecology; reproduction, cognition, and behavior; and exploitation and conservation. Individual chapters include a variety of subtopics, each illustrated by exceptional images, and followed by numerous double full-page species’ profiles. Each profile has been chosen to emphasize remarkable and intriguing aspects of the life of these fascinating creatures—some species may be familiar, but many are beyond anything you have seen before and will stretch your understanding of what it is to be a crab.Written by a world authority, Crabs offers an accessible overview of these fascinating crustaceans.More than 190 spectacular color photographsAccessible and well-organized chaptersFull profiles on 42 iconic species from across the world

Contents:

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Picture Credits

Acknowledgements

Striped box crab

Christmas Island red crab

Candy crab

Superb decorator crab

Arrowhead crab

Stalk-eyed shore crab

Thick-legged fiddler crab

Garfunkel's crab

5. EXPLOITATION AND CONSERVATION

Crabs as food

Crabs and disease

Crabs behaving badly

Crab conservation

Red king crab

Spanner crab

Tiger crab

Common European spider crab

Horsehair crab

Chinese mitten crab

European edible crab

Little red vampire crab

Glossary

Further Reading

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

Lopsided crab

Pretty crested reef crab

Rough-shelled porter crab

Guinot's agile reef crab

Malaysian face-stripe mangrove crab

Horn-eyed ghost crab

3. CRAB ECOLOGY

A most successful group...

Crab environments

Living with others: symbioses

Christmas Island blind cave crab

Gaimard's spider crab

Hourdezi's hydrothermal vent crab

Sally Lightfoot crab

Red-kneed soldier crab

Lewinsohn's sponge crab

Harlequin swimming crab

Sculptured crab

Adams zebra crab

4. REPRODUCTION, COGNITION AND BEHAVIOUR

Reproduction

Behaviour and intelligence

Cover

Contents

Introducing crabs

Classification chart

1. EVOLUTIONARY PATHWAYS

What's in a name? Crab precursors and impostors

Crabs in prehistory

Evolutionary trends within brachyurans

Robber crab

Halloween hermit crab

Puget Sound king crab

Durian crab

Slender frog crab

Shaggy shore crab

Green-spotted gall crab

Spiny-clawed deep-sea crab

2. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

How crabs are put together: external anatomy

What's hidden inside: internal anatomy and physiology

Yellowline arrow crab

Slender-clawed boxer crab

Gaudy clown crab

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Davie, Peter J. F. Crabs

ISBN:

0-691-23013-7

OCLC:

1285169320