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A richly illustrated natural history of the world's crabs that examines their diversity, ecology, anatomy, behavior, and moreThis lavishly illustrated book offers a remarkable look at the world’s crabs. More than 7,000 crab species, in 100 different families, are known today. Their unique physiology and complex behaviors have made them one of the most diverse and adaptable of all animal groups. They can thrive in the darkness of abyssal seas, on the edges of scalding hot volcanic hydrothermal vents, on sunlit coral reefs, on wave-washed rocky shores, and in tropical rainforests at the tops of mountains. They even persist in some of the harshest desert conditions. Playing a vital role in marine and coastal ecology, crabs have been identified as keystone species in habitats such as coral reefs and coastal tropical swamps.Crabs comprises five chapters: evolutionary pathways; anatomy and physiology; ecology; reproduction, cognition, and behavior; and exploitation and conservation. Individual chapters include a variety of subtopics, each illustrated by exceptional images, and followed by numerous double full-page species’ profiles. Each profile has been chosen to emphasize remarkable and intriguing aspects of the life of these fascinating creatures—some species may be familiar, but many are beyond anything you have seen before and will stretch your understanding of what it is to be a crab.Written by a world authority, Crabs offers an accessible overview of these fascinating crustaceans.More than 190 spectacular color photographsAccessible and well-organized chaptersFull profiles on 42 iconic species from across the world

Crabs --- Crabs. --- Achaeus japonicus. --- Algae. --- American white ibis. --- Anomura. --- Arachnid. --- Arthropod. --- Atlantic horseshoe crab. --- Bacteria. --- Barnacle. --- Brown hair. --- Carapace. --- Cephalothorax. --- Christmas Island red crab. --- Ciliopagurus. --- Coating. --- Cockle (bivalve). --- Coenobita perlatus. --- Connective tissue. --- Continental shelf. --- Coral reef. --- Cornea. --- Crab. --- Crustacean. --- Decapoda. --- Decorator crab. --- Deep sea. --- Detritus. --- Dry season. --- Echidna catenata. --- Echinoderm. --- Emerita analoga. --- Eocene. --- Erechtheus. --- Eubrachyura. --- Exoskeleton. --- Feather. --- Female. --- Fiddler crab. --- Fishery. --- Fishing fleet. --- Fishing float. --- Forehead. --- Fouling. --- Freshwater crab. --- Gecarcinidae. --- Ghost crab. --- Halloween hermit crab. --- Hermit crab. --- Hippidae. --- Hippoidea. --- Horseshoe crab. --- Indo-Pacific. --- Invertebrate. --- Japanese spider crab. --- Johngarthia lagostoma. --- Large numbers. --- Larva. --- Lung. --- Lybia. --- Maja squinado. --- Majidae. --- Mangrove. --- Mediterranean Basin. --- Mimicry. --- Northern Australia. --- Nutrient. --- Ocean. --- Odor. --- Omnivore. --- Onchocerca volvulus. --- Ostracod. --- Oviduct. --- Oyster reef. --- Pacific Coast of Mexico. --- Pacific Ocean. --- Pea crab. --- Phytoplankton. --- Plankton. --- Polyphyly. --- Portunus trituberculatus. --- Potamon fluviatile. --- Predation. --- Quantity. --- Ranina ranina. --- Raninidae. --- Rocky shore. --- Saxitoxin. --- Scylla serrata. --- Sea anemone. --- Seagrass. --- Shrimp. --- Sieve. --- Sister group. --- South Vietnam. --- Sternum. --- Terrestrial crab. --- Tire. --- Usambara Mountains. --- Vulva. --- Wildlife.

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Located where the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea converge, the Florida Keys are distinctive for their rich and varied marine fauna. The Keys are home to nearly sixty taxonomic families of bivalves such as clams and mussels--roughly half the world's bivalve family diversity. The first in a series of three volumes on the molluscan fauna of the Keys and adjacent regions, Seashells of Southern Florida: Bivalves provides a comprehensive treatment of these bivalves, and also serves as a comparative anatomical guide to bivalve diversity worldwide. Paula Mikkelsen and Rüdiger Bieler cover more than three hundred species of bivalves, including clams, scallops, oysters, mussels, shipworms, jewel boxes, tellins, and many lesser-known groups. For each family they select an exemplar species and illustrate its shell and anatomical features in detail. They describe habitat and other relevant information, and accompany each species account with high-resolution shell photographs of other family members. Text and images combine to present species--to family-level characteristics in a complete way never before seen. The book includes fifteen hundred mostly color photographs and images of shells, underwater habitats, bivalves in situ, original anatomical and hinge drawings, scanning electron micrographs, and unique transparent--shell illustrations with major organ systems color-coded and clearly shown. Seashells of Southern Florida: Bivalves is the most complete guide to subtropical bivalves available. It is an essential tool for students and teachers of molluscan diversity and systematics, and an indispensable identification guide for collectors, scuba divers, naturalists, environmental consultants, and natural-resource managers.

Bivalves --- Anadara floridana. --- Anal canal. --- Anomalodesmata. --- Artificial reef. --- Atlantic Ocean. --- Atlantic surf clam. --- Bahama Banks. --- Bay of Biscay. --- Biscayne Bay. --- Biscayne National Park. --- Bivalve shell. --- Bivalvia. --- Blue mussel. --- Bottlenose dolphin. --- Byssus. --- Cape Hatteras. --- Caribbean. --- Central America. --- Clam. --- Cockle (bivalve). --- Conch Reef. --- Coral bleaching. --- Coral reef. --- Crayfish. --- Cultured pearl. --- Deep sea. --- Donax (bivalve). --- Dry Tortugas. --- Filter feeder. --- Florida Bay. --- Florida Current. --- Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. --- Florida Keys. --- Florida Water. --- Freshwater pearl mussel. --- Gastropoda. --- Gulf of Mexico. --- Gulf of Panama. --- Hard clam. --- Hiatellidae. --- Horseshoe crab. --- Indo-Pacific. --- John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. --- Lagoon. --- Larva. --- Lesser Antilles. --- Loggerhead sea turtle. --- Mangrove. --- Marine biology. --- Marine ecosystem. --- Marquesas Keys. --- Mediterranean Sea. --- Mercenaria. --- Molasses Reef. --- Mollusca. --- Mussel. --- Nacre. --- Ocean current. --- Ocean. --- Pacific Ocean. --- Pallial line. --- Panama Canal. --- Pea crab. --- Pearlfish. --- Pedipalp. --- Periostracum. --- Pinctada. --- Pismo clam. --- Propeamussiidae. --- Razor clam. --- Razor shell. --- Salt marsh. --- Scallop. --- Sea urchin. --- Seagrass. --- Seashell. --- Seawater. --- Seaweed. --- Soft-shell clam. --- Solemyidae. --- South America. --- South Florida. --- Southeastern United States. --- Spondylus. --- Staghorn coral. --- Surf zone. --- Tentacle. --- Teredo (bivalve). --- Teredo navalis. --- The Bahamas. --- Tropical fish. --- Umbo (bivalve). --- Veliger. --- Venezuela. --- Wadden Sea. --- West Indian manatee. --- West Indies. --- Windward Islands. --- Zebra mussel. --- Zooxanthellae.