A Field Guide to Sea Stars & Other Echinoderms of Galapagos (Galapagos Marine Life Series) (Galapagos marine life series) by Cleveland P. Hickman Jr

by Cleveland P. Hickman Jr.

A compact field guide to the commonly encountered echinoderms of the Galapagos Islands, an exotic and coloful group that includes sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, heart urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers. With full color illustrations and complete, diagnostic descriptions, this book is intended for visitors and scientists to the Galapagos.

Unknown Binding

First published June 15, 1998

About the author

Dr. Cleveland P. Hickman Jr., Professor Emeritus of Biology at Washington and Lee University

Dr. Hickman taught at Washington and Lee from 1967 until his retirement in 1993. He specialized in animal physiology, general zoology and ecology. He is the author of three textbooks of zoology - Integrated Principles of Zoology, Biology of Animals and Animal Diversity. Integrated Principles of Zoology, currently in its 14th edition, is the world's most popular zoology text and is currently available in five languages in addition to English.

Dr. Hickman's early research concentrated on renal physiology in fish, but he later focused on the fauna of the Galapagos Islands. He is an international expert on the aquatic invertebrates of the Galapagos and has had two species that he discovered named after him.

In retirement, Dr. Hickman has remained active in his research and has published four field guides in the Galapagos Marine Life Series, the most recent, published in 2008, on corals and other radiate invertebrates.