The Crustacea ─ Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology : Revised and updated from the Traite De Zoologie

Since 1948, when the first volume of this extraordinary classic appeared, we've impatiently awaited an English translation of Traite de Zoology . The project is now begun by the great Dutch publishing house, Brill. The first volumes (number 7 of the Traite ) dating from 1993, comprise four numbers, revised and updated by the original and/or new authors & editors to appear in eight physical volumes of ca. 400 pages each. The first volume deals with definition, primitive forms and classification; segmentation, tagmata and appendages; integument morphology and biochemistry; chromatophores and pigmentation; moulting, autonomy and regeneration; eyes and vision; other sense organs; and luminous organs and luminescence. Production is exquisite the usual Brill quality. We've yet to learn if the entire Traite which appears in Guide to Reference Books is to be translated; say your best prayers (& buy Crustacea ) to motivate Brill. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

J. Forest (?) was well known for his work on decapod crustacean taxonomy. As editor of the original French edition he acted as Supervisory Editor.J.C. von Vaupel Klein, the principal translator of this series, until recently was associate professor at the University of Leiden (now retired) and has been Managing Editor of Crustaceana since 1985.F.R. Schram used to be a full professor at the University of Amsterdam; now emiritus, he is still active in many fields of crustacean research as a research associate at the University of Washington, Seattle, and is Advisory Editor for this series.