Cephalopods of Australia and sub-Antarctic territories / Amanda Reid
Material type: TextPublisher: Clayton South, VIC CSIRO Publishing [2016]Description: 446 p. illustrations (some colour colour), maps ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781486303939
- 594.50994 23
- Also available via the World Wide Web.
Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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MAIN LIBRARY Noumea | 594.50994 REI 2016 | Checked out | 27/01/2017 | 46747 |
"Edited by Joy Window (Living Language)"--Verso title page.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-437) and index.
General biology -- Class Cephalopoda -- Order Nautilida -- Order Bathyteuthida -- Order Idiosepiida -- Order Myopsida -- Order Oegopsida -- Order Sepiida -- Order Sepiolida -- Order Spirulida -- Order Octopoda -- Order Vampyromorphida.
Australian waters contain the highest diversity of cephalopods (squid, cuttlefish and octopus) found anywhere in the world. They are highly significant ecologically, both as top-level predators and as prey for numerous vertebrates, including fishes, seals, cetaceans and seabirds. Cephalopods of Australia and Sub-Antarctic Territories is a comprehensive guide covering 226 species, which represent over a quarter of the world’s cephalopod fauna. With an emphasis on identification, this book includes keys, species descriptions, full-colour illustrations and distribution maps, as well as a summary of the biology and behaviour of cephalopods and fisheries information.
Also available via the World Wide Web.