Cephalopods of Australia and sub-Antarctic territories / Amanda Reid

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Clayton South, VIC CSIRO Publishing [2016]Description: 446 p. illustrations (some colour colour), maps ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781486303939
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 594.50994 23
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available via the World Wide Web.
Contents:
General biology -- Class Cephalopoda -- Order Nautilida -- Order Bathyteuthida -- Order Idiosepiida -- Order Myopsida -- Order Oegopsida -- Order Sepiida -- Order Sepiolida -- Order Spirulida -- Order Octopoda -- Order Vampyromorphida.
Summary: 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.
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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.