Animal Diversity I

General principles of taxonomy

• Binomial nomenclature
• Trinomial nomenclature
• Rules of nomenclature

Concept of Five kingdom

Basis of Classification

^*Salient features and classification of  Invertebrates upto Class level

(Type study –Habit, Habitat & Salient features)

Phylum Protozoa:

·        Type study – Paramecium

 (Locomotion, Nutrition and   Reproduction)

·        Economic Importance

Phylum Porifera:

• Type study- Sycon
• Canal system of Sponges
• Skeletal system

Economic Importance

Phylum Coelenterata

• Type study – Obelia
• Polymorphism

Coral reefs

Phylum Platyhelminthes

• Type study- Taenia

Phylum Nemathelminthes

•  Ascaris (External features and life cycle)

Parasitic adaptations of Helminthes