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The Modern Coral Reef Aquarium Volume 2
by Svein A Fossa and Alf Jacob Nilsen

Pages:  479
Format:  Hardback
RRP:  £59.95


The Modern Coral Reef Aquarium Volume 2
The second volume of this popular series of books deals exclusively with the phylum Cnidaria, the group of animals that, among others, contains corals, anemones and jellyfishes.

You will find not only an extensive list of references, but also a wealth of information never before grouped together in a popular book dealing with the cnidarians.

The text is focused, both on the biology of the group, as well as on how to keep cnidarians successfully in aquaria.

The book contains more than 800 high quality photographs showing different groups of animals in their natural habitat.

See volumes 1, 3 and 4.

Contents

  • The Evolution and Biology of the The Evolution and Biology of the Cnidarians
  • Reproduction in the Cnidarians
  • Taxonomy and Nomenclature of the Cnidarians
  • Hydroids
  • Sea Jellyfish (scyphozoans) and Box Jellyfish (cubozoans)
  • Black Corals and Tube Anemones
  • Introduction to the Octocorals by Dr Phil Alderslade
  • Star Polyps
  • Soft Corals
  • Scleraxonia - Octocorals with an axis that contains sclerites
  • Holaxonian Corals
  • Blue Corals and Sea Pens
  • Actiniaria
  • Zoanathid Anemones
  • Corallimorpharia - Disc - or Mushroom Anemones
  • Stony Corals

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