Fossil and Recent Sponges
Author: Joachim Reitner
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 606
ISBN-13: 3642756565
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFossil and Recent Sponges contains articles on taxonomic, phylogenetic and ecological aspects of sponges of both biological and paleontological interest. They focus on three main topics: phylogeny and systematics, biology, and paleoecology of sponges. The reader is offered an overview over the most important aspects of current sponge research: - establishment of a new taxonomy based on mono phyletic groups (phylogenetic systematics) including recent and fossil taxa - new concepts of the biomineralisation of sponge skeletons - palaeoenvironmental analysis of fossil sponge buildups.