ECB-ART-49497
Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract
2021 Jan 01;241:229-251. doi: 10.1016/j.cvex.2020.09.011.
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Invertebrate Behavior for the Exotic Pet Practitioner.
Abstract
Invertebrate animals comprise more than 95% of the animal kingdom's species and approximately 40 separate phyla. Yet, invertebrates are an artificial taxon, in which all members simply possess a single negative trait: they lack a vertebral column (backbone). In fact, some invertebrates are more closely related to vertebrates than to their "fellow" invertebrates. For the purpose of this veterinary article, we have elected to review a handful of important groups: Coelenterates, Gastropods, Cephalopods, Chelicerates, Crustaceans, Insects, and Echinoderms. We have primarily included behaviors that may have an impact on clinical case outcome, or be of interest to the veterinary clinician.
PubMed ID: 33189253
Article link: Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract