Invertebrates

Introduction.- Classification, Systematics, Phylogeny.- The Protists: Kingdom Protista.- Introduction to Metazoa: Animal Architecture.- Introduction to Metazoa: Animal Development, Life Histories, and Origins.- Introduction to the Animal Kingdom Two Basal Metazoan Phyla: Porifera and Placozoa.- Phylum Cnidaria: Anemones, Corals, Jellyfish, and Their Kin.- Phylum Ctenophora: The Comb Jellies.- Introduction to the Bilateria, and the Phylum Xenacoelomorpha: Triploblasty and Bilateral Symmetry Provide New Avenues for Animal Radiation.- Phylum Platyhelminthes: Flatworms and Their Kin.- Four Enigmatic Protostome Phyla: Rhombozoa, Orthonectida, Chaetognatha, Gastrotricha.- Phylum Nemertea: The Ribbon Worms.- Phylum Mollusca: Snails, Clams, Cephalopods, and Their Kin.- Phylum Annelida: The Segmented (and Some Unsegmented) Worms.- Two Enigmatic Spiralian Phyla: Entoprocta and Cycliophora.- The Gnathifera: Phyla Gnathostomulida, Rotifera (including Acanthocephala), and Micrognathozoa.- The Lophophorates: Phyla Phoronida, Bryozoa, and Brachiopoda.- The Nematoida: Phyla Nematoda and Nematomorpha.- The Scalidophora: Phyla Kinorhyncha, Priapula, and Loricifera.- The Emergence of the Arthropods: Onychophora, Tardigrada, Trilobites, and the Arthropod Body Plan.- Phylum Arthropoda: The Crustacea.- Phylum Arthropoda The Hexapoda: Insects and Their Kin.- Phylum Arthropoda The Myriapods: Centipedes, Millipedes, and Their Kin.- Phylum Arthropoda: The Chelicerata.- Introduction to Deuterostomes, and the Phylum Echinodermata.- Phylum Hemichordata: Acorn Worms and Pterobranchs.- Phylum Chordata: Urochordata and Cephalochordata.- Perspectives on Invertebrate Phylogeny.

Richard C. Brusca is Executive Director, Emeritus of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and a Research Scientist at the University of Arizona. Rick is the author of nearly 200 research publications and 13 books, including the popular field guides Common Intertidal Invertebrates of the Gulf of California, A Seashore Guide to the Northern Gulf of California, and A Natural History the Santa Catalina Mountains, with an Introduction to the Madrean Sky Islands. He has been the recipient of more than 100 research grants from the National Science Foundation, NOAA, the National Geographic Society, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and many other agencies and foundations. He has served on panels for the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, Smithsonian Institution, PEW Program in Conservation and the Environment, Public Broadcasting Service, IUCN Species Survival Commission, and many others. Wendy Moore is Associate Professor of Entomology and Curator of the UA Insect Collection, University of Arizona. Her degrees were earned at Vanderbilt University (B.S., General Biology), the College of Charleston (M.S., Marine Biology), and the University of Arizona (Ph.D., Entomology/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology). Dr. Moore's long-term research interest is the evolution of biotic diversity-especially the evolution of symbiotic lifestyles and how major biotic, climatic, and tectonic events may have influenced the timing and patterns of diversification. Much of her current research is on the carabid beetle subfamily Paussinae, many species of which are obligate symbionts with ants. She is also deeply committed to collections care and enhancement, and the use of bioinformatics to make collections-based data widely available to diverse user communities. Stephen M. Shuster is Professor of Invertebrate Zoology and Curator of Marine Invertebrates and Molluscs at Northern Arizona University. He earned a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Michigan, an M.S. in Biology