Böcker i Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy,-serien

With the publication of this ninth volume in the Treatise on Zoology: The Crustacea, we depart from the sequence one would normally expect. Some crustacean groups never had a French version produced, namely, the orders Stomatopoda, Euphausiacea, Amphionidacea, and Decapoda; the largest contingent of these involved Decapoda a group of tremendous diversity and for which we have great depth of knowledge. The organization and production of these new chapters began independently from the other chapters and volumes. Originally envisioned by the editorial team to encompass volume 9 of the series, it quickly became evident that the depth of material for such a volume must involve the printing of separate fascicles. These new chapters are now nearing completion, and the decision was made to begin publication of volume 9 immediately rather than wait until after volumes 3 through 8 would appear.

Myriapods are the only major zoological groups for which a modern encyclopaedic treatment has never been produced. In particular, this was the single major gap in the largest zoological treatise of the XIX century (Grass 's Trait de Zoologie), whose publication has recently been stopped. "The Myriapoda" fills that gap with an updated treatment in the English language. All aspects of biology of the four myriapod classes (about 15,000 species described to date) are covered, including external and internal morphology, physiology, reproduction, development, distribution, ecology, phylogeny and taxonomy. The work is thus a necessary complement for all institutional and personal libraries of researchers interested in Arthropoda or in soil biology.

Volume II deals with the Diplopoda or millipedes. As in the previous volume, the treatment is articulated in chapters dealing with external and internal morphology, physiology, reproduction, development, distribution, ecology, phylogeny and taxonomy. All currently recognized suprageneric taxa and a very large selection of the genera are considered.