| Description |
xiv, 392 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Central nervous system and sensory systems: an outline -- 3. Nautilidae -- 4. Spirulidae -- 5. Sepiidae -- 6. Spiolidae -- 7. Idiosepiidae -- 8. Pickfordiateuthidae and Loliginidae -- 9. Chtenopterygidae -- 10. The 'Enoploteuthid group' -- 11. Neoteuthidae -- 12. Lycoteuthidae -- 13. Histioteuthidae -- 14. Bathyteuthidae -- 15. Architeuthidae -- 16. Ommastrephidae -- 17. Onychoteuthidae -- 18. Gonatidae -- 19. Brachioteuthidae -- 20. Lepidoteuthidae and Pholidoteuthidae -- 21. Octopoteuthidae -- 22. Thysanoteuthidae -- 23. Cycloteuthidae -- 24. The 'Chiroteuthid lineage' -- 25. Cranchiidae -- 26. Vampyroteuthidae -- 27. Cirroctopodida -- 28. Amphitretidae -- 29. Bolitaenidae -- 30. Vitreledonellidae -- 31. Octopodidae -- 32. Tremoctopodidae -- 33. Argonautidae -- 34. Alloposidae -- 35. Ocythoidae |
| Summary |
"This books describes the brains and sense organs of 57 of the 139 genera of the class Cephalopoda, many in great detail, as well as a variety of morphological features, all dealt with systematically. The text is well-illustrated with fully labelled line drawings and photomicrographs."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cephalopoda.
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Cephalopoda -- Nervous system.
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| Author |
Young, J. Z. (John Zachary), 1907-1997.
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| LC no. |
2002041659 |
| ISBN |
0198527616 : |
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