Coelenterate biology: reviews and new perspectives

Abstract

This vol highlights research areas in which coelenterates have proven to be exceptionally useful and interesting experimental animals. These relatively primative metazoans offer valuable material for studies at many levels of inquiry-from the population and organismic to the cellular, subcellular and molecular- and especially for studies in developmental biology and behavior. The book outlines the present boundaries of coelenterate research and calls particular attention to the challenging problems for future studies. To achieve these aims, the editors have solicited contributions from active investigators-each of whom describes significant contributions to one or more areas of coelenterate research, e.g., histology (including ultrastructure), supportive tissue, menatocysts, development, feeding, neurobiology, locomotion, complex behavior, symbiosis with algae, bioluminescence, and biology of ctenophores. The result is a broad, authoritative coverage oriented mainly toward experimental works. This vol is of interest to researchers in marine, developmental and cell biology, neurobiology, invertebrate natural history, and invertebrate morphology. Contents: D. M. Chapman, Cnidarian histology. G. Chapman, The skeletal system. R. N. Mariscal, Nematocysts. R. D. Campbell, Development. H. M. Lenhoff, On the mechanisms of action and evolution of receptors ephson, Cnidarian neurobiology. D. M. Ross, Behavior patterns in associations and interactions flotation, and dispersal. L. Muscatine, Endosymbiosis of Cnidarians and algae. J. G. Morin, Coelenterate bioluminescence.g. A. Horridge, Recent studies on the Ctenophora.