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xii, 684 p. : 29 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. [629]-644) Machine generated contents note: PART I -- THE CRAFT AND SCIENCE OF -- CLASSIFICATION -- CHAPTER I -- 'So many goodly creatures' 3 -- CHAPTER 2 -- Classification and the search for order 17 -- CHAPTER 3 -- The natural order: Darwin's dream and Hennig's solution 33 -- CHAPTER 4 -- Data 63 -- CHAPTER 5 -- Clades, grades, and the naming of parts: a plea for -- Neolinnaean Impressionism s8 -- PART II -- A SURVEY OF ALL LIVING CREATURES -- How to use this book 92 -- 1 From two kingdoms to three domains 95 -- 2 The domains of the prokaryotes 107 -- BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA -- 3 The realm of the nucleus 127 -- DOMAIN EUCARYA -- 4 Mushrooms, moulds, and lichens; rusts, smut, and rot 159 -- KINGDOM FUNGI -- 5 The animals I8s -- KINGDOM ANIMALIA -- 6 Anemones, corals, jellyfish, and sea pens 211 -- PHYLUM CNIDARIA -- 7 Clams and cockles, snails and slugs, octopuses and squids 225 -- PHYLUM MOLLUSCA -- 8 Animals withjointed legs 247 -- PHYLUM ARTHROPODA -- 9 Lobsters, crabs, shrimps, barnacles, and many more besides 269 -- SUBPHYLUM CRUSTACEA* -- 10 The insects 287 -- SUBPHYLUM INSECTA -- 11 Spiders, scorpions, mites, -- euryp

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Author

Tudge, Colin

Publisher

London ; New York : Oxford University Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780198503118

Category

science

Subjects

Fiction, Science, Biology

Rating

4.38 / 5 (115 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14