Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Comments on Crustacean Biodiversity and Disparity of Body Plans
Frederick S. Schram

Chapter 2: Evolution of Crustacean Appendages
Joachim T. Haug, Andreas Maas, Carolin Haug and Dieter Waloszek

Chapter 3: Mechanisms of Limb Patterning in Crustaceans
Terri A. Williams

Chapter 4: The Crustacean Carapace - Morphology, Function, Development, and Phylogenetic History
Jørgen Olesen

Chapter 5: The Crustacean Integument: Structure and Function
Richard Dillaman, Robert Roer, Thomas Shafer and Shannon Modla

Chapter 6: The Crustacean Integument: Setae, Setules and other Ornamentation
Anders Garm and Les Watling

Chapter 7: Antennules and Antennae in the Crustacea
Geoff Boxshall & Damià Jaume

Chapter 8: Feeding and Digestive System
Les Watling

Chapter 9: Appendage Diversity and Modes of Locomotion: Walking
Jim Belanger

Chapter 10: Morphological Adaptations of Crustaceans for Digging and Burrowing
Zen Faulkes

Chapter 11: Appendage Diversity and Modes of Locomotion: Swimming at Intermediate Reynolds Numbers
Jeannette Yen

Chapter 12: Swimming Fast and Furious: Body and Limb Propulsion at Higher Reynolds Numbers
Michel Boudrias

Chapter 13: Adaptive Modification of Appendages for Grooming (Cleaning; Antifouling) and Reproduction in the Crustacea
Raymond T. Bauer

Chapter 14: Circulatory System and Respiration
Christian S. Wirkner & Stefan Richter

Chapter 15: Functional Anatomy of the Reproductive System
Laura S. López Greco

Chapter 16: Structure of the Nervous System: General Design and Gross Anatomy
Jeremy M. Sullivan & Jens Herberholz

About the Author

Les Watling is Professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii.

Martin Thiel is Professor of Marine Biology at the Universidad Catolica del Norte in Chile.