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Pp. viii, 532; 11 color plates (with 19 color photos of shrimps and crabs), 270 text-figures and maps. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in white on the spine and front cover, and with color pictorial crustacean on the front cover, attractive color pictorial dust jacket that is lettered in white, lg 8vo. From the series: Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, no. 221. Detailed coverage of all Atlantic coast species with detailed line-drawings of all species as well as high resolution maps coastal maps that show localities of all species. From the library of A.P. Limmo with his attractive name stamp on the front endpaper and title page.
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- PublisherIntl Specialized Book Services
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0660133326
- ISBN 13 9780660133324
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
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Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic Coast of Canada
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Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa, 1990
ISBN 10: 0660133326
ISBN 13: 9780660133324
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Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
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Condition: Very Good. viii, 532, 11 col plates, 270 text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w (minor edge wear). Eighty-nine species of decapod crustaceans from the Atlantic coast of Canada are described (including details of mouthparts and other appendages) and original drawings provided for each. Distribution records for each species from 100W longitude (80N latitude) in the Arctic (including Hudson Bay) to the northern edge of Georges Bank, and from 0-1000 m in depth are provided also. The report also includes a brief history of collections of decapod Crustacea in the area, and a list of mythological references to some taxonomic names used. Tables summarize details of features of appendages according to family. One new species is described. A species of Macrobrachium trawled in deep water of the Fundian Channel, southwest of Nova Scotia, is also described. Brief notes on the biology of and fishery for each species where applicable are included. [9780660133324]. Seller Inventory # S60840
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