Cephalopods Present and Past: New Insights and Fresh Perspectives

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Landman, Neil H. (Editor), Davis, Richard Arnold (Editor), Mapes, Royal H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Paleontology.; Geobiology.; Zoology.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.

Cephalopods are diverse, highly developed molluscs capable of swimming and jet propulsion. These animals are an important component of present-day marine ecos- tems throughout the world and comprise approximately 900 species. They also have an extraordinary fossil record, extending back to the Cambr...