The origins of larvae
The author of this book draws attention to these, and presents his alternative hypothesis that larvae have been transferred from one taxon to another.In his previous book (Larvae and Evolution, 1992), the author used larval transfer to explain developmental anomalies in eight animal phyla.
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Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, ©2003
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1. Introduction.- I. Overview.- 2. Larvae.- 3. The Issues in Context.- II. Examples.- 4. Blastulas, Gastrulas and the First Animals.- 5. Coelenterate Animals.- 6. Trochophorate Animals: Polychaetes, Echiurans, Sipunculans, Molluscs.- 7. Near-Trochophorate Animals: Flatworms, Nemerteans, Bryozoans, Lophophorates.- 8. Echinoderms: Adults and Larvae.- 9. Echinoderms and Hemichordates.- 10. Echinoderms: Metamorphosis.- 11. Echinoderms: Sea-Urchins and Brittle-Stars.- 12. Echinoderms: Fossil Record.- 13. Urochordates.- 14. Arthropods.- III. Solutions.- 15. Hybrids.- IV. Conclusions.- 16. Toward a New Zoology.
Revised edition of: Larvae and evolution. 1992