Specialist biologists and zoologists present 14 papers on the taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, ecology, evolution, and morphology of the crustaceans. The topics include a new species of Politolana (Flabellifera: Cirolanidae) from the south Brazilian shelf, the systematics of the Phreatoicide, a review of the bopyridisopods parasitic on thalassinidean decapods, parental care behavior in the wood-boring isopod Sphaeroma terebrans , isopod assemblages on the continental shelf and upper slope from the southwestern Atlantic, the influence of genetic and extra-chromosomal factors on population sex ratio in the marine isopod Paracerceis sculpta , the morphology of respiratory organs in South American Oniscidea, and the microscopic anatomy of the integument and digestive system during the molt cycle in Ligia italica . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
A look at isopod systematics and evolution, topics confronted include the influence of genetic and extrachromasomal factors on their population rate and a comparison of different species in different habitats.
