320 Pages
by
CRC Press
304 Pages
5 Color & 65 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
320 Pages
5 Color & 65 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
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This book is perhaps the first attempt to comprehensively project the uniqueness of molluscs, covering almost all aspects of reproduction and development from aplacophorans to vampyromorphic cephalopods. Molluscs are unique for the presence of protective external shell, defensive inking, geographic distribution from the depth of 9,050 m to an altitude of 4,300 m, gamete diversity, the use of... Read more
Introduction. Shell and reproduction. Sexual reproduction. Regeneration and asexual reproduction. Aestivation. Sex determination. Sex differentiation. Ocean acidification. Uniqueness of molluscs. References.
Biography
T.J. Pandian: Visiting Professor, CAS Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India.
