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Animal Diversity I
Paper Code:
ZOL 111
Credits:
3
Contact Hours:
3.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
8.00
General principles of taxonomy
- Binomial nomenclature
- Trinomial nomenclature
- Rules of nomenclature
Concept of Five kingdom
Basis of Classification
12.00
*Salient features (only a brief account; Systems in detail are not included)
Classification of Invertebrates upto Class level
(Type study –Habit, Habitat & Salient features)
Phylum Protozoa:
- Type study – Paramecium
(Locomotion, Nutrition and Reproduction)
Economic Importance
7.00
Phylum Porifera:
- Type study- Sycon
- Canal system of Sponges
- Skeletal system
Economic Importance
9.00
Phylum Coelenterata
- Type study – Obelia
- Polymorphism
Coral reefs
9.00
Phylum Platyhelminthes
- Type study- Taenia
Phylum Nemathelminthes
- Ascaris (External features and life cycle)
Parasitic adaptations of Helminthes
Essential Readings:
- Hickman ,C.P.,LS Roberts,and A. Larson.McGraw Hill Company, New York. Integrated principles of zoology.
- Ruppert and Barnes, R.D. (2006). Invertebrate Zoology, VIII Edition. Holt Saunders International Edition.
- Barnes, R.S.K., Calow, P., Olive, P.j.W., Golding, D.W. and Spicer, J.I. (2002). The Invertebrate: A New Synthesis, III Edition, Blackwell Science.
- Barrington. E.J.W. Invertebrate form and function. PHI New Delhi.
- Text book of Zoology. Parker, T.J., Haswell. W.A.Macmillan Co., London.
- Textbook of Zoology; Shivpuri, Jacob, D. and Vyas. D.K.; Ramesh Book Depot.
- Modern Textbook of Zoology Invertebrates; Kotpal; Rastogi Publications.
- Dhami P.S. and Dhami J.K. Invertebrate Zoology, S Chand and Co.
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