COLLINS POCKET GUIDE TO THE SEA SHORE. By John H. Barrett and C.M. Yonge.
(1958) 1960 reprint. Small 8vo (131 x 197mm). Pp272. Colour and b/w plates, illustrations, pictorial end-papers, bibliography. Red cloth boards, spine titled in gilt with shell ilustration.
An excellent field guide to the inhabitants - and plants - of the fore-shore. Chapters include: Introduction - Tides and tidal effects, types of shore, where and how to find shore animals and plants, types of shore life, classification and nomenclature; sponges; Ceoelenterata - jellyfish, anemonies and corals; Flatworms - Turbellaria; Ribbon worms - Nemertini; Segmented or bristleworms, Polychaetes, leeches - Annelida; Round worms - Nematoda; More worm-like animals - Gephyrea; Arthropoda - Crustaceans, barnacles, Leptostraca, sandhoppers, shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters; Mollusca - Coat of mail shells, marine snails, limpets, whelks, bivalves, cuttlefish, squids, octpuses; Sea Mats - Bryozoa; Phoronidae; Arrow worms - Chaetognatha; Spinky-skinned animals, starfish, sea urchins, Echinodermata; Chordata - Tunicates, sea-squirts, fish; The strandline; Seaweeds - Algae; Lichens; Flowering plants.
An excellent field guide to the inhabitants - and plants - of the fore-shore. Chapters include: Introduction - Tides and tidal effects, types of shore, where and how to find shore animals and plants, types of shore life, classification and nomenclature; sponges; Ceoelenterata - jellyfish, anemonies and corals; Flatworms - Turbellaria; Ribbon worms - Nemertini; Segmented or bristleworms, Polychaetes, leeches - Annelida; Round worms - Nematoda; More worm-like animals - Gephyrea; Arthropoda - Crustaceans, barnacles, Leptostraca, sandhoppers, shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters; Mollusca - Coat of mail shells, marine snails, limpets, whelks, bivalves, cuttlefish, squids, octpuses; Sea Mats - Bryozoa; Phoronidae; Arrow worms - Chaetognatha; Spinky-skinned animals, starfish, sea urchins, Echinodermata; Chordata - Tunicates, sea-squirts, fish; The strandline; Seaweeds - Algae; Lichens; Flowering plants.
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54217
| Author | Barrett (John H.) and Yonge (C.M.). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 54217 |
| ISBN | B0007JTA6Y. |
| Book Description | Signature and date to front end-paper. Slight foxing to edges, else very good in tape-repaired and price-torn dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1960 |
| Publisher | Collins. |
| Place | London. |