Animal Diversity I

Paper Code: 
ZOL 101
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
8.00
Unit I: 

General principles of taxonomy

  • Binomial nomenclature
  • Trinomial nomenclature
  • Rules of nomenclature

Concept of Five kingdom
Basis of Classification
 

12.00
Unit II: 

*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
     
7.00
Unit III: 

Phylum Porifera

  • Type study- Sycon
  • Canal system of Sponges
  • Skeletal system
  • Economic Importance
9.00
Unit IV: 

Phylum Coelenterata

  • Type study – Obelia
  • Polymorphism
  • Coral reefs
9.00
Unit V: 

Phylum Platyhelminthes

  • Type study- Taenia(External features and life cycle)

Phylum Nemathelminthes

  •  Ascaris (External features and life cycle)

Parasitic adaptations of Helminthes

Essential Readings: 
  1. Invertebrate Zoology; Barns, R. D; W. B. Saunders Co.
  2. Textbook of Zoology; Shivpuri, Jacob, D. and Vyas. D.K.; Ramesh Book Depot.
  3. Text book of Invertebrate Zoology I; Sandhu, G.S; Campus Books.
  4. Text book of Invertebrate Zoology II; Sandhu, G.S ; Campus Books.
     Modern Textbook of Zoology Invertebrates; Kotpal; Rastogi Publications.
  5. Text book of Zoology. Parker, T.J., Haswell. W.A.Macmillan Co., London.
References: 

 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.

 

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2018-2019
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