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The
Prionids of the World I, Ivo Jeniš
The book is conceived as an illustrated catalog, and thus the
photographic section makes up the largest part, which
illustrates 100 specimens with the help of very
high-quality and detailed photographs. Each specimen is
supplemented with information on the
taxonomic classification and the actual size, sex and origin of
the concrete specimen.
The second important part of the book is a clearly arranged,
hierarchic list of the specimens. This list illustrates
graphically the taxonomic classification of the different
specimens, and it is possible from it to deduce quickly and
easily the biological classification in family, subfamily,
supertribe, tribe, genus and species. Data on the size of the
specimen and where it was found is supplemented by information
on the range of the given specimen’s distribution. The
classification of the species in a supertribe is differentiated
according to color for greater clearness, both in the list and
in the main part of the catalog.
In the introduction to the book, the author acquaints the reader
with the subfamily Prioninae and what still belongs to and no
longer belongs to the group of Prionids, and he offers a short
preview of new classification methods based on DNA. |
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