Dangerous marine animals : Mediterranean, Caribbean, Indo-Pacific
Bergbauer, Matthias2009
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This guide to the marine environment covers all forms of sealife. This comprehensive guide is an indispensable companion for beachgoers, swimmers, snorkellers and divers
Main title:
Dangerous marine animals : Mediterranean, Caribbean, Indo-Pacific / by Matthias Bergbauer, Robert F. Myers, Manuela Kirschner
Imprint:
London A. & C. Black 2009
Collation:
384 p. colour illustrations maps
Contents:
Fishes. Venomous Fishes: - Stingrays -- Eel catfishes -- Sea catfishes -- Venomous toadfishes -- Scorpion fishes -- Lionfishes -- Devilfishes -- Stingfishes -- Velvetfishes -- Orbicular velvetfishes -- Queenfishes and leatherjackets -- Weevers -- Fangblennies -- Scats -- Rabbitfishes -- Traumatogenic fishes: Sharks -- Moray eels -- Snake eels -- Barracudas -- Triggerfishes -- Puffers -- Porcupinefishes -- Needlefishes -- Squirrelfishes -- Stargazers -- Giant groupers -- Other giant fishes -- Electric rays -- Electric stargazers -- Passively poisonour fishes: Tetrodotoxic fishes -- Ciguatoxic fishes -- Palytoxic fishes and clupeotoxism -- Scombrotoxic fishes -- Hallucinogenic fishes -- Gempylotoxic fishes -- Crinotoxic fishes -- Reptiles: Sea snakes -- Crododiles -- Turtles -- Komodo dragon -- Invertebrates. Venomous invertebrates: Sponges -- Cnidarians -- Hydrozoans -- Fire corals -- Siphonophores -- Jellyfishes -- Box jellyfishes -- Sea anemones -- Tube anemones -- Disc anemones -- Other harmful cnidarians -- Bristle worms -- Cone snails -- Blue-ringed octopuses -- Flamboyant cuttlefishes -- Nudibranchs -- Crown-of-thorns starfishes -- Sea urchins -- Flower urchins -- Fire urchins -- Lobsters and crabs -- Hermit crabs -- Mantis shrimps -- Passively poisonous invertebrates: Shellfish poisoning -- Snail poisoning -- Crab poisoning -- Sea cucumbers
ISBN:
9781408119075 (pbk)
Dewey class:
591.65 DAN
Local class:
591.65
Language:
English
BRN:
6299
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Reference | 591.65 DAN | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |