The book deals with detailed and successive description of the creating the periodic system of Articulata (Annelides + Arthropoda) The comparative morphofunctional analyses of the food-gathering apparatuses of Crustacea and Trilobitomorpha are a base of the system. The main types of apparatuses are defined and natural character of historical continuity between them is discussed. The principles of heteronomous metameria development and evolution of principal plans in Arthropoda are discussed in accordance with their food-gathering function.

The main result of the work - the periodic system - is represented in the form of the table, which puts in order not only the basic peculiarities of Arthropoda plan, but also the ways in their evolution. The analysis of system permits to have a new approach to at origin and phylogeny of the main groups in Articulata, and also to present evolution as a regular process.

The book is destined for the biologists of wide type and for the teachers an students of biological faculties.

C O N T E N T S

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. MATERIALS AND METHOD
Materials (page 8)
Method of morphofunctional analysis of food-gathering apparatus.
Method of food-gathering behaviour study.
Method of morphofunctional analysis.
Method of functional analysis.
CHAPTER II. THE MAIN TYPES OF CRUSTACEAN FOOD-GATHERING APPARATUS
Supermaxillary filter feeding apparatus. (13).
Euphausiids food-gathering apparatus.
Decapods food-gathering apparatus.
Maxillary filter feeding apparatus (40).
Copepods food-gathering apparatus.
Mysids food-gathering apparatus.
Thoracic filter feeding apparatus (56).
Phyllopods food-gathering apparatus.
Cephalocarids filter feeding apparatus.
Phyllocarids filter feeding apparatus.
Development of thoracic filter feeding apparatus in ontogenesis.
Principle scheme of filtration (75).
Food-gathering of Crustacean early larvae.
Graspering type of food-gathering apparatus
Secondary filter feeding apparatus (86).
CHAPTER III. THE MAIN STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD-GATHERING FUNCTION AS A BASE OF MORPHOFUNCTIONAL RECONSTRUCTIONS OF CRUSTACEAN STRUCTURE PLAN
Comparative morphological raw of main types of Crustacean food-gathering apparatus (88).
Regularities of Crustacean heteronomous metameria development in connection with food-gathering function.
Cephalization and formation of head functional complex.
Tagmosis and formation of pectoral functional complex
Abdominal tagma.
CHAPTER IV.STRUCTURE PLANS of CRUSTACEANS IN CONNECTION WITH FOOD-GATHERING FUNCTION
Plans of Crustacean main groups structure (105).
Plan of structure of Crustacean with supermaxillary filter feeding apparatus.
Plans of structure of Crustacea with maxillary filter feeding apparatus
Plan of structure of Crustacean with thoracic filter feeding apparatus
Structure Plan of Ostracods .
Plans of main larval stages.
CHAPTER V. CRUSTACEAN LIVING FORMS AND SYSTEM
Crustacean main living forms. (114)
Periodic system of Crustacean.
CHAPTER VI. TRILOBITOMORPHA
Trilobita. (123)
Pseudocrustacea.
Character of Trilobita heteronomous metamerism development.
Plans of Trilobita structure.
CHAPTER VII. ORIGIN OF AQUATIC ARTHROPODA
Common regularities of structure plan reconstruction. (140).
Neoteny and pedomorphosis.
Origin of earliest Arthropoda - from Annelida to Trilobita
Origin of earliest Crustacean and evolution of food-gathering apparatus.
CHAPTER VIII. PERIODIC SYSTEM OF ARTICULATA
Character and directions of adaptive radiation in Articulata evolution 172.
To the origin of Arthropods main groups.
LITERATURE. (177).

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