Presentation of "Social recognition in invertebrates" -- Social recognition in invertebrates: an introduction for the readers -- Social recognition in annelids and the evolution of social recognition and cognitive abilities by sexual selection -- Individual recognition in stomatopods -- To what extent can freshwater crayfish recognise other crayfish? Social Recognition in Hermit Crabs -- Social behavior and recognition in decapod shrimps, with emphasis on the Caridea -- Social behavior in amphipods - an overview -- Social recognition in the Arachnida -- Visual recognition in social wasps -- Nestmate recognition in eusocial insects: The honeybee as a model system -- Ontogeny of nestmate recognition in social hymenoptera -- Communication and Social Regulation in Termites -- Recognition mechanisms in the biparental burying beetle.