Gastrotricha, cycloneuralia and gnathifera. Volume 2, Nematoda / edited by Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa.

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List of contributing authors; 1 Morphology of Nematoda; 1.1 General and external morphology; 1.2 Integument or body wall; 1.3 Musculature (Fig. 1.5 A-F); 1.4 Nervous system; 1.5 Sensory structures; 1.6 The digestive system; 1.7 Body cavity or pseudocoel; 1.8 Secretory-excretory system (S-E system) (Fig. 1.13); 1.9 Reproductive system and related reproduction; 1.10 Gametes-gametogenesis; Literature; 2 Reproduction and development in Nematodes; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Reproduction; 2.3 Sex determination; 2.4 Embryonic development; 2.5 Postembryonic development; 2.6 Concluding remarks; Literature

3 Ecology of free-living marine nematodes3.1 General introduction; 3.2 Spatial distribution patterns; 3.3 Nematode abundance and diversity across marine habitats; 3.4 Nematode biomass patterns; 3.5 Nematode community composition patterns across marine habitats; 3.6 Disturbance and pollution; 3.7 Dispersal, colonization, population genetic structure and cryptic diversity of marine nematodes; 3.8 Feeding ecology; 3.9 Marine nematodes and energy flow; 3.10 Trophic and non-trophic interactions with macrofauna; 3.11 Nematodes and ecosystem functioning; Literature; 4 Ecology of Freshwater Nematodes

4.1 Morphology, collection and identification4.2 Species richness; 4.3 Abundance and species composition; 4.4 Autecology of freshwater nematodes; 4.5 Feeding types of freshwater nematodes; 4.6 Role of nematodes in the benthic food web; 4.7 Production and biomass; 4.8 Ecotoxicology and applied ecology; 4.9 Conclusion; Literature; 5 Outline on nematode phylogeny; Literature; 6 Palaeontology of nematodes; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Types of nematode fossils; 6.3 Systematics of fossil nematodes; 6.4 Questionable fossil nematodes; 6.5 Summary; Literature; 7 Taxonomy

7.1 Order Benthimermithida Tchesunov, 19957.1.1 Diagnosis; 7.1.2 Distribution, biology and ecology; 7.1.3 Sytematics and phylogeny; 7.1.4 Key to genera; Literature; 7.2 Order Rhaptothyreida Tchesunov, 1995; 7.2.1 Diagnosis; 7.2.2 Distribution, biology, and ecology; 7.2.3 Systematics and phylogeny; Literature; 7.3 Order Enoplida; 7.3.1 Introduction; 7.3.2 Morphology; 7.3.3 Classification; Acknowledgements; Literature; 7.4 Order Triplonchida Cobb, 1919; 7.4.1 Introduction; 7.4.2 Morphology; 7.4.3 Phylogeny and taxonomy; 7.4.4 Tobrilidae De Coninck, 1965; 7.4.5 Tripylidae de Man, 1876

7.4.6 Onchulidae Andrássy, 19637.4.7 Prismatolaimidae Micoletzky, 1922; 7.4.8 Bastianiidae De Coninck, 1965; 7.4.9 Odontolaimidae Gerlach & Riemann, 1974; 7.4.10 Triodontolaimidae De Coninck, 1965; 7.4.11 Rhabdodemaniidae Filipjev, 1934; 7.4.12 Pandolaimidae Belogurov, 1980; 7.4.13 Diphterophoridae Micoletzky, 1922; 7.4.14 Trichodoridae Thorne, 1935; Literature; 7.5 Order Dorylaimida Pearse, 1942; 7.5.1 Diagnosis; 7.5.2 Morphology; 7.5.3 Diversity and systematics; 7.5.4 Notes on the biology of Dorylaimida; Acknowledgments; Literature; 7.6 Order Mononchida Jairajpuri, 1969; 7.6.1 Diagnosis

This section of the Handbook of Zoology is intended as a comprehensive and exhaustive account of the biology of the taxa Gastrotricha, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Gnathostomulida, Micrognathozoa, Rotifera, Seisonida and Acanthocephala, covering all relevant topics such as morphology, ecology, phylogeny and diversity. The groups covered include the diverse Nematoda withapprox. 20.000 described species.

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