The Galapagos Marine Life Series, considered the most accurate for
identifying marine life among published field guides, is indispensable
for divers, snorkelers, biologists, indeed anyone interested in
tropical Eastern Pacific invertebrates. The four field guides describe
and illustrate in full color the sea stars and their kin, including
brittle stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers; marine molluscs,
including some 250 species of bivalves, gastropods, opisthobranchs, and
chitons of Galapagos; crustaceans, embracing 184 species of shrimps,
lobsters, crabs, and barnacles of the Galapagos; and corals,
illustrating with color photos 88 species of corals, anemones,
zoanthids, black corals, gorgonians, sea pens and hydroids of the
Galapagos IslandsThe result of two decades of research by the authors in collaboration with the Charles Darwin Research Station in Galapagos, the books are filled with information for divers, beachcombers, snorkelers and those wanting a better undestanding of the fascinating underwater world of Galapagos. Many species appear in full color photographs for the first time in any publication. Dr. Graham Edgar, former Head of Marine Science, Charles Darwin Research Station commented, "I know of no better series of marine invertebrate guidebooks". The series is sufficiently comprehensive to be valuable to marine scientists everywhere.
