Animal Diversity III

Protochordates:-

·        Classification upto orders

·        ^*Salient features:

           Balanoglossus: Tornaria larva

           Ascidia: Retrogressive metamorphosis

Agnatha:-

·        Classification upto orders

·        Salient features:

     Petromyzon

Gnathostomata

·        Classification upto orders

·        Ostracoderms( a brief description)

·        Salient features:

            Scoliodon

·        Difference between Osteichthyes & Chondrichthyes

·        Dipnoi

·        Adaptive radiation in Fishes

Amphibia

·        Classification upto orders

·        Neoteny

·        Adaptive radiation in Amphibia

Reptilia

·        Classification upto orders

·        Poisonous & Non-poisonous snakes

Aves

·        Classification upto orders

·        Feather and its Development

·        Flight adaptation

·        Perching mechanism

Mammals

·        Classification upto orders

·        Dentition in mammals