Beschreibung:

813 S.; zahlr. Illustr.; 19 cm; fadengeh. Kunststoffband mit illustr. OUmschl.

Bemerkung:

Gutes Exemplar. - Englisch. - The first all-photographic field guide. Each of the 690 identification pictures is a full-color photograph of a seashore creature - crabs, lobsters, sea anemones, sponges, snails, jellyfishes, shrimps, sea stars, and many other invertebrates. The first to use a simple visual key. Arrangement by shape and by color makes identification quick and easy. 666 species are covered in full detail, with notes on more than 220 others. (Verlagstext) // INHALT : Introduction ---- Color Plates ---- How to Use This Guide ---- Key to the Color Plates ---- Thumb Tab Guide ---- Color Plates ---- Sponges and Corals - ---- Plantlike Animals ---- Sea Squirts ---- Encrusting Animals - ---- Flowerlike Animals - ---- Sea Anemones ---- Flatworms, Nudibranchs, and Sea ---- Hares ---- Wormlike Animals ---- Barnacles ---- Oysters, Mussels, and Clams ---- Scallops and Cockles ---- Chitons ---- Limpets and Abalones - ---- Whelks, Conchs, and Augers ---- Olives and Doves ---- Periwinkles and other Snails - ---- Octopods and Squids ---- Jellylike Animals ---- Urchins and Sand Dollars ---- Sea Stars ---- Lobsters and Shrimps ---- Crabs ---- (u.v.a.) ISBN 0394519930