A Catalogue of Body Patterning in Cephalopoda
- Luciana Borrelli,
- Francesca Gherardi,
- Graziano Fiorito,
The capacity of cephalopods (cuttlefish, squid and octopus) to produce contrasting "visual effects" by rapid colour changes of the skin represents one of the most intringuing aspects of their behaviour and evolution
This book concerns and compares the multitude of appearances of the skin - or body pattern - exhibited by 21 species of coleoid cephalopods. It is the results of the anlysis of more than 180 works published between 1856 and 2005. In the following pages we provide a short overview of how body pattering in cephalopods is achieved and brought about, and which are selective pressures that drove to its evolution.
The volume comprises 705 definitions of the various components/patterns compiled in the form of "anthological reviews". The names (about 1200) coined by the different authors to describe the pattering of the 21 species, toghether with their synonyms and variations, are collected and listed as an "index of terms and synonyms". Synopses, arranged by category, are also included to facilitate comparative analysis accross species."Visual guidance" is achieved with the aid of more than 500 illustrations (mostly original), assembled in 96 plates, which depict the variety and richness of the boby pattering of the 21species considered.
- Parole chiave:
- Biologia,
- Animali,
- Etologia,
- Cefalopodi,
- DOI: 10.36253/88-8453-376-7
- Collana: Cataloghi e collezioni
- Comitato scientifico: Consiglio Editoriale FUP 2003-2006
- Lingua: Inglese
- Argomento: Zoologia
Acquisto
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
University of Florence, Italy
Anton Dohrn Zoological Station, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-2926-9479
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2006
- Pagine: 641
- eISBN: 88-8453-376-7
- Licenza d'uso: CC BY-NC-ND 2.5 IT
- © 2006 Author(s)
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2006
- Pagine: 626
- ISBN: 88-8453-377-5
- Licenza d'uso: CC BY-NC-ND 2.5 IT
- © 2006 Author(s)
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2006
- eISBN: 978-88-9273-958-1
- Licenza d'uso: CC BY-NC-ND 2.5 IT
- © 2006 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
A Catalogue of Body Patterning in Cephalopoda
Autori
Luciana Borrelli, Francesca Gherardi, Graziano Fiorito
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
626
Anno di pubblicazione
2006
Copyright
© 2006 Author(s)
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Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/88-8453-376-7
ISBN Print
88-8453-377-5
eISBN (pdf)
88-8453-376-7
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-958-1
Collana
Cataloghi e collezioni
ISSN della collana
2704-5854
e-ISSN della collana
2704-6044
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