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With this edition, the texts of the famous Traité de Zoologie have now beome available to a worldwide readership. Parts 1, 2, and 3A of volume VII, i.e., the Crustacea, were published in French in, respectively, 1994, 1996, and 1999. As the current standard works on Crustacea in English date back from the 1960s through to the 1980s, it seems obvious that the Crustacea published in this Treatise on Zoology will take over as a standard reference to the biology and systematics of the group for the next decades.
The English edition is planned to comprise at least 8 volumes of approx. 400 pp. each, based on the French parts hitherto published.
About this volume
This first volume in the Treatise on Zoology contains chapters on:
- The Crustacea: definition, primitive forms, and classification
- Segmentation, tagmata, and appendages
- The integument: morphology and biochemistry
- Chromatophores and pigmentation
- Moulting, autotomy, and regeneration
- Eyes and vision
- The non-visual sense organs
- Luminous organs and luminescence
All chapters have been carefully reviewed, either by the original authors or by specialists selected and invited by the editors, and updated accordingly. Taxonomic and subject indices are supplied, as is a list of contributors.
The English edition is planned to comprise at least 8 volumes of approx. 400 pp. each, based on the French parts hitherto published.
About this volume
This first volume in the Treatise on Zoology contains chapters on:
- The Crustacea: definition, primitive forms, and classification
- Segmentation, tagmata, and appendages
- The integument: morphology and biochemistry
- Chromatophores and pigmentation
- Moulting, autotomy, and regeneration
- Eyes and vision
- The non-visual sense organs
- Luminous organs and luminescence
All chapters have been carefully reviewed, either by the original authors or by specialists selected and invited by the editors, and updated accordingly. Taxonomic and subject indices are supplied, as is a list of contributors.
Price: $405.00
Pages: 446
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology - The Crustacea
Publication Date:
21 May 2004
ISBN: 9789004129184
Format: Hardcover
"I would [...] recommend that one urge your institutional librarian to subscribe to the series. While the treatment of several topics is not at the depth seen in the old series edited by Bliss (Academic Press), this series does include much of the French and other European literature that is overlooked by Americans." - Les Watling, in: Journal of Crustacean Biology, 26 (2006) pp.444-445
"The best point of this issue is that most of chapters has been carefully revised by specialists, thus giving to this volume the same level of the previous ones of the series." - Maria Lucia Negreiros Fransozo
"This excellent publication is the first in what will be a six- to eight-volume series on the crustacea, [...] Students and researchers worldwide will welcome this outstanding reference. Well organized and clearly written […] it offers lengthy bibliographies and both taxonomic and subject indexes. Summing up: Highly recommended. Library collections supporting research on the crustacea at the upper-level undergraduate level and above." - R.C. Graves, emeritus, Bowling Green State University, in: CHOICE (March 2005)
"The best point of this issue is that most of chapters has been carefully revised by specialists, thus giving to this volume the same level of the previous ones of the series." - Maria Lucia Negreiros Fransozo
"This excellent publication is the first in what will be a six- to eight-volume series on the crustacea, [...] Students and researchers worldwide will welcome this outstanding reference. Well organized and clearly written […] it offers lengthy bibliographies and both taxonomic and subject indexes. Summing up: Highly recommended. Library collections supporting research on the crustacea at the upper-level undergraduate level and above." - R.C. Graves, emeritus, Bowling Green State University, in: CHOICE (March 2005)
J. Forest (†) was well known for his work on decapod crustacean taxonomy. As editor of the original French edition he acted as Supervisory Editor.
J.C. von Vaupel Klein, the principal translator of this series, until recently was associate professor at the University of Leiden (now retired) and has been Managing Editor of Crustaceana since 1985.
F.R. Schram used to be a full professor at the University of Amsterdam; now emiritus, he is still active in many fields of crustacean research as a research associate at the University of Washington, Seattle, and is Advisory Editor for this series.
J.C. von Vaupel Klein, the principal translator of this series, until recently was associate professor at the University of Leiden (now retired) and has been Managing Editor of Crustaceana since 1985.
F.R. Schram used to be a full professor at the University of Amsterdam; now emiritus, he is still active in many fields of crustacean research as a research associate at the University of Washington, Seattle, and is Advisory Editor for this series.