- Synopses of the British Fauna
Synopses of the British Fauna is a series of identification guides, published by The Linnean Society and
The Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association . Each volume in the series provides and in-depth analysis of a group of animals and is designed to bridge the gap between the standardfield guide and more specialisedmonograph ortreatise . The series is now published by The Field Studies Council on behalf of The Linnean Society and The Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association.The series is designed for use in the field and is kept as user friendly as possible with technical terminology kept to a minimum and a glossary of terms provided. The complexity of the subject matter however, makes it suitable for the more experienced practitioner.
History of the series
On 11 March 1943, at a meeting of the The Linnean Society in Burlington House, TH Savoy presented his ‘Synopsis of the Opiliones’ (Harvestmen). It was so well received that a decision was made there and then to publish it as the first of a series of ‘ecological fauna lists’.
Re-launched by Dr Doris Kermack in the mid-1960s, the New Series of Synopses of the British Fauna went from strength to strength. From number 13, the series had been jointly sponsored by the
The Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association and Dr RSK Barnes became co-editor.From 1993, the series has been published by the The Field Studies Council and benefits from association with the extensive testing undertaken as part of the
AIDGAP project.Volumes
The series contains the following volumes, many of which are out of print. Many of the volumes have been updated and reprinted under slightly different names to reflect either taxonomic changes or advances in the understanding of a group.
* Volume 1: British Ascidians (R Millar) 1970
* Volume 2: Molluscs:Prosobranch and PyramidellidGastropods Keys and Notes for the Identification of the Species
* Volume 3: British MarineIsopods (E Naylor) 1972
* Volume 4: BritishHarvestmen (J Sankey, TH Savory) 1974
* Volume 4: Harvestmen (PD Hillyard) 2005
* Volume 5: British Sea Spiders (PE King) 1974
* Volume 6: British Land Snails (RAD Cameron, M Redfern) 1976
* Volume 7: BritishCumaceans (NS Jones) 1976
* Volume 8: BritishOpisthobranch Molluscs (TE Thompson, GH Brown) 1976
* Volume 8: Molluscs:Benthic Opisthobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) (TE Thompson) 1989
* Volume 10: CheilostomatousBryozoa , Part 1:Aeteoidea -Cribrilinoidea (PJ Hayward and JS Ryland)
* Volume 11: BritishFreshwater Bivalve Mollusca (AE Ellis) 1978
* Volume 12: BritishSipunculans (PE Gibbs) 1978
* Volume 13: British and Other Phoronids (CC Emig) 1979
* Volume 14: British Ascophoran Bryozoans (PJ Hayward, JS Ryland) 1979
* Volume 14: Cheilostomatous Bryozoa, Part 2Hippothooidea -Celleporoidea (PJ Hayward and JS Ryland) 1999
* Volume 15: British CoastalShrimps Prawns (G Smaldon) 1979
* Volume 15: Coastal Shrimps and Prawns Keys and Notes for Identification of the Species (Ed. G Smaldon, LB Holthius and CHJM Fransen) 1994
* Volume 16: British Nearshore Foraminiferids (JW Murray) 1979
* Volume 17: BritishBrachiopods (C Howard, C Brunton and GB Curry) 1979
* Volume 18: BritishAnthozoa (RL Manuel) 1981
* Volume 19: BritishPlanarians (IR Ball and TB Reynoldson) 1981
* Volume 20: BritishPelagic Tunicates (JH Fraser) 1982
* Volume 21: British Other Marine EstuarineOligochaetes (Brinkhurst) 1982
* Volume 22: British and Other FreshwaterCiliated Protozoa (Part 1)Ciliophora :Kinetofragminophora (CR Curds) 1982
* Volume 23: British and Other Freshwater Ciliated Protozoa (Part 2) Ciliophora:Oligohymenophora &Polyhymenophora (CR Curds, MA Gates and D McRoberts) 1982
* Volume 24: Nemerteans R Gibson 1982
* Volume 25: Shallow Water Crabs Keys and notes for identification of the species (RW Ingle) 1983
* Volume 26: British Polyclad Turbellarians (S Prudhoe) 1983
* Volume 27: Tanaids (DM Holdich and JA Jones) 1983
* Volume 28: Free-Living MarineNematodes Pt 1: British Enoplids Free Living Marine Nematodes (HM Platt and RM Warwick) 1983
* Volume 29: Siphonophores and Velellids (PA Kirkpatrick and PR Pugh) 1984
* Volume 30: Euphasiid,Stomatopod andLeptostracan Crustaceans (J Mauchline) 1984
* Volume 31:Earthworms (RW Sims and BM Garard) 1985
* Volume 32: Polychaetes BritishAmphinomida ,Spintherida andEunicida (JD George and G Hartmann-Schroder) 1985
* Volume 33: Ctenostome Bryozoans (PJ Hayward) 1985
* Volume 34: Cyclostome Bryozoans (PJ Hayward and JS Ryland) 1985
* Volume 35:Millipedes (J Gordon Blower) 1985
* Volume 36: HalacaridMites (J Green and M Macquitty) 1987
* Volume 37: MolluscsCaudofoveata ,Solenogastres ,Polyplacophora andScaphopoda (AM Jones and JM Baxtyer) 1987
* Volume 38: Free Living Marine Nematodes Part II British Chromadorids (HM Platt and RM Warwick) 1988
* Volume 39:Chaetognatha (AC Pierrot-Bults and KC Chidghey) 1988
* Volume 40: Pseudoscorpions (G Legg and RE Jones) 1988
* Volume 41: Entoprocts (C Nielsen) 1989
* Volume 42: FreshwaterOstracoda (PA Henderson) 1990
* Volume 43: Marine andBrackish WaterOstracods (Superfamilies Cypridacea andCytheracea ) (J Athersuch, DJ Horne and JE Whittaker) 1990
* Volume 44: Polychaetes:Interstitial Families (W Westheide) 1990
* Volume 44: Polychaetes:Interstitial Families (Second Edition) (W Westheide) 2008
* Volume 45: Polychaetes BritishPhyllodocoideans ,Typhloscolecoideans and Tomopteroideans (F Pleijel and RP Dales) 1991
* Volume 46:Commensal andParasitic Copepods Associated with Marine Invertebrates (and Whales) (V Gotto) 1993
* Volume 47: Copepods Parasitic on Fishes (Z Kabata) 1992
* Volume 48: Marine PlanktonicOstracods (MV Angel) 1993
* Volume 49:Woodlice Keys and Notes for Identification of the Species (PG Oliver and CJ Meechan) 1993
* Volume 50: North-west European ThecateHydroids and TheirMedusae (PFS Cornelius) 1995
* Volume 51: Marine and Brackish WaterHarpacticoid Copepods, Part 1 (R Huys, JM Gee, CG Moore and R Hamond) 1996
* Volume 52:Ticks of North-West Europe (Paul D Hillyard) 1996
* Volume 53: Free Living British Nematodes, Part 3Monohysterids (RM Warwick, HM Platt and PJ Somerfield) 1998
* Volume 54: Polychaetes: BritishChrysopetaloidea ,Pisionoidea andAphroditoidea (SJ Chambers and AI Muir) 1998
* Volume 55:Lobsters ,Mud Shrimps and Anomuran Crabs (RW Ingle and ME Christiansen) 2004
* Volume 56:Echinoderms (EC Southward and AC Campbell) 2005
* Volume 57:Barnacles (AJ Southward) 2008External links
* [http://linnean.org/ Linnean Society]
* [http://www.field-studies-council.org/publications/synopses.aspx Full list of Synopses in print]
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