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Diversity of Non-Chordates
Course Code:
ZLG0100104
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Unit: 1
Protista to Pseudocoelomates
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Unit: 2
Coelomates: Annelida to Echinodermata
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Unit: 3
Biology of Non-chordates
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Diversity of Non-Chordates
Course Code:
ZLG0100104
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Unit: 1
Protista to Pseudocoelomates
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Unit: 2
Coelomates: Annelida to Echinodermata
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Unit: 3
Biology of Non-chordates
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DIVERSITY OF NON-CHORDATES
Code: ZLG0100104
THEORY
Unit 1: Protista to Pseudocoelomates
7 Hours
General characteristics and Classification up to classes of Protista, Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Nemathelminthes.
Unit 2: Coelomates: Annelida to Echinodermata
8 Hours
Evolution of coelom and metamerism
General characteristics and Classification up to classes of Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca and Echinodermata.
General characteristics and Classification up to classes of Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca and Echinodermata.
Unit 3: Biology of Non-chordates
30 Hours
- Locomotion and Reproduction in Protista
- Evolution of symmetry and segmentation of Metazoa
- Canal system and spicules in sponges
- Polymorphism in Cnidaria
- Corals and coral reef formation
- Parasitic adaptations in helminths- Fasciola hepatica and Wuchereria bancrofti
- Excretion in Annelida
- Vision and respiration in Arthropoda
- Evolutionary significance of Onychophora
- Torsion and detorsion in Gastropoda
- Water vascular system of Echinodermata
PRACTICAL
Diversity of Non-Chordates (Practical)
30 Hours
- Study of the whole mount of Euglena, Amoeba and Paramecium collected from different water sources.
- Study of minimum of two representatives (specimen/slide/model) of each phylum of non-chordates.
- Study of larval forms of Arthropoda/Echinodermata
- T.S. through pharynx, gizzard and typhlosolar intestine of earthworm.
- To submit a Project Report on life cycle of helminth parasite by students
Suggested Readings
- Ruppert, E.E. and Barnes, R.D. (2006). Invertebrate Zoology, 8th Edition. Holt Saunders International Edition.
- Pechenik, J. (2015). Biology of the Invertebrates. 7th Edition, McGraw Hill
- Schierwater, B. & DeSalle, R. (2021). Invertebrate Zoology: A Tree of Life Approach. 1st edition, CRC Press
- Jordan, K. and P. S. Verma (2019). Invertebrate Zoology, S. Chand and Co. Ltd.
- Kotpal, R. L. (2020). Modern text book of Zoology, Invertebrates, 12th Edition, Rastogi Publications
DIVERSITY OF NON-CHORDATES
Code: ZLG0100104
THEORY
Unit 1: Protista to Pseudocoelomates
7 Hours
General characteristics and Classification up to classes of Protista, Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Nemathelminthes.
Unit 2: Coelomates: Annelida to Echinodermata
8 Hours
Evolution of coelom and metamerism
General characteristics and Classification up to classes of Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca and Echinodermata.
General characteristics and Classification up to classes of Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca and Echinodermata.
Unit 3: Biology of Non-chordates
30 Hours
- Locomotion and Reproduction in Protista
- Evolution of symmetry and segmentation of Metazoa
- Canal system and spicules in sponges
- Polymorphism in Cnidaria
- Corals and coral reef formation
- Parasitic adaptations in helminths- Fasciola hepatica and Wuchereria bancrofti
- Excretion in Annelida
- Vision and respiration in Arthropoda
- Evolutionary significance of Onychophora
- Torsion and detorsion in Gastropoda
- Water vascular system of Echinodermata
PRACTICAL
Diversity of Non-Chordates (Practical)
30 Hours
- Study of the whole mount of Euglena, Amoeba and Paramecium collected from different water sources.
- Study of minimum of two representatives (specimen/slide/model) of each phylum of non-chordates.
- Study of larval forms of Arthropoda/Echinodermata
- T.S. through pharynx, gizzard and typhlosolar intestine of earthworm.
- To submit a Project Report on life cycle of helminth parasite by students
Suggested Readings
- Ruppert, E.E. and Barnes, R.D. (2006). Invertebrate Zoology, 8th Edition. Holt Saunders International Edition.
- Pechenik, J. (2015). Biology of the Invertebrates. 7th Edition, McGraw Hill
- Schierwater, B. & DeSalle, R. (2021). Invertebrate Zoology: A Tree of Life Approach. 1st edition, CRC Press
- Jordan, K. and P. S. Verma (2019). Invertebrate Zoology, S. Chand and Co. Ltd.
- Kotpal, R. L. (2020). Modern text book of Zoology, Invertebrates, 12th Edition, Rastogi Publications