The Brains and Lives of Cephalopods

Marion Nixon and John Z. Young

Fully labelled illustrations of central nervous systems of more than 50 Cephalopods
Fully labelled illustrations of the sense organs
Life histories and reproductive habits of many cephalopods
Illustrates many morphological features
Survey of the families of the class dealt with systematically

The Brains and Lives of Cephalopods

Marion Nixon and John Z. Young

Description

The book describes the brains and sense organs of 57 of the 139 genera of the class Cephalopoda, many in great detail, as well as a variety of morphological features. The text is well-illustrated with fully labelled line drawings and photomicrographs. Attention is drawn to the many gaps in our knowledge of these intriguing marine invertebrates with a view to stimulating future research.

The Brains and Lives of Cephalopods

Marion Nixon and John Z. Young

1. Introduction
2. The Central Nervous System and Sensory Systems: an outline
3. Nautilidae
4. Spirulidae
5. Sepiidae
6. Sepiolidae
7. Idiosepiidae
8. Myopsina
9. Ctenopterygidae
10. Enoploteuthid group
11. Neoteuthidae
12. Lycoteuthidae
13. Histioteuthidae
14. Bathyteuthidae
15. Architeuthidae
16. Ommastrephidae
17. Onychoteuthidae
18. Gonatidae
19. Brachioteuthidae
20. Lepido and Pholido
21. Octopoteuthidae
22. Thysanoteuthidae
23. Cycloteuthidae
24. Chiroteuthidae
25. Cranchiidae
26. Vampyroteuthidae
27. The Cirroctopodida
28. Amphitretidae
29. Bolitaenidae
30. Vitreledonellidae
31. Octopodidae
32. Tremoctopodidae
33. Argonautidae
34. Alloposidae
35. Ocythoidae
Appendix
References