"The idea of writing a textbook on invertebrate zoology had crossed our minds for some years, but committing to the task required the encouragement of our editor, Alison Kalett. Invertebrate textbooks are a difficult breed, as for many students the one chosen for their undergraduate class may be the only invertebrate text they will ever see. Many of these students may have barely studied invertebrates in high school, making it all the more challenging, as such textbooks should introduce many new and complex concepts, names, and classifications and cover an endless number of body plans, fossils, and so on. In addition, the vibrant field of invertebrate zoology has disappeared from the curriculum in many universities. Nevertheless, invertebrate textbooks are constantly used by academics to continue learning about the different animal groups. A geneticist probably does not care to have the latest genetics textbooks on their desk unless that person teaches the genetics course in their university. Invertebrate zoologists, on the other hand, treasure their invertebrate textbooks as the first port of call for facts about a particular group of animals. Hence the challenge of writing a book that meets the needs of a readership that spans beginning undergraduate students to the already learned..." (Gonzalo Giribet and Gregory D. Edgecombe)
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