JELLYFISH: A NATURAL HISTORY
Written by Lisa-Ann Gershwin
Published by Ivy Press
in 2016
ISBN: 9781782403227
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- MARINE LIFE
- INVERTEBRATES
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JELLYFISH: A NATURAL HISTORY
Written by Lisa-Ann Gershwin.
Stock no. 2139747
1st.
2016.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Colour pictorial boards. Packed with stunning photographs, this book examines the anatomy, taxonomy, behaviour, ecology and lifecycles of these incredible creatures and profiles fifty of the most notable and intriguing - from the tiny Immortal Jellyfish to the enormous Nomura's Giant Jellyfish. ISBN: 9781782403227. Small knocks to top and tail of spine and corners. Contents are still fine!
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Front cover
Contents
- Introducing the Jellyfish
- Introducing the Ocean
- About This Book
- CHAPER ONE
- JELLYFISH ANATOMY
- Portugese Man-of-war and Blue Bottle
- Prism Jellies
- Giant Heart Jelly
- Clapper Jelly
- Fire Bodies
- Sea Gooseberry
- Lizard-tail Jellyfish
- Upside-down Jellyfish
- Deadly Box Jellyfish
- Lion's Mane Jellies
- CHAPTER TWO
- JELLYFISH LIFE HISTORY
- Immortal Jellyfish
- Stalked Jellyfish
- Sailors on the Wind
- Platyctenes
- Tadpole Larva
- Battering Ram Jellies
- Gorgons of the Pond
- Herpes Jellyfish
- Purple People Eater
- Brackish Goddess
- CHAPTER THREE
- JELLYFISH TAXONOMY AND EVOLUTION
- Black Sea Nettle
- Bazinga!
- Bonaire Banded Box Jelly
- Purple Ropy Jelly
- Three-legged Box Jelly
- A Pelagic Stauromedusa
- Enigmatic Fossil "Medusae"
- Wheel Salps
- Moon Jellyfish
- Venus's Girdles
- CHAPTER FOUR
- JELLYFISH ECOLOGY
- Irukandji Jellyfish
- Hula Skirt Siphonophore
- Australian Spotted Jellyfish
- Spotted Jelly
- Freshwater Jellyfish
- Jellies with Bite
- Santa's Hat Jelly
- Flying Saucer Jellyfish
- Leaf-crawler Jellies
- Splendid Bell Jelly
- CHAPTER FIVE
- OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JELLYFISH
- Nomura's Giant Jellyfish
- Sea Walnut
- The Nobel Jelly
- Pseudo-Irukandjii
- Sea Tomato
- Obelia
- Long Stingy Stringy Thingy
- Common Salp
- Blue Blubber
- Atlantic Sea Nettle
- Glossary
- Further Resources
- Index
- Picture Credits
- Acknowledgements