This is the second of two volumes on the Opisthobranchia, and gives a systematic account of the British Nudibranchia. The nudibranchs constitute the largest opisthobranch order, with 108 species in 4 suborders. In this compilation every effort has been made to verify previous descriptions, to compare British representatives with their European and north American equivalents, and to present new illustrations in both colour and black & white. Dichotomous keys to species are provided, and an especially useful feature of the volume is the pictorial synopsis, where line-drawings illustrate the British naked (i.e., shell-less) opisthobranch molluscs. Original colour plates from life depict all but a very few of the British species of nudibranchs.
Data pubblicazione
01/01/1984