Animal Diversity III

Paper Code: 
ZOL-212
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
9.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I
Salient features & classification of the Invertebrates upto Class level
(Type study- Habit, Habitat & Salient features) 
Phylum Annelida
Type study:  Earthworm
Metamerism
Vermiculture 
12.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II
Phylum Arthropoda
Type study: Prawn
Social life in Insects
Metamorphosis
Sericulture
Lac culture
Apiculture
Prawn culture
9.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III
Phylum Mollusca
Type study: Pila
Respiration 
Torsion
Pearl culture
6.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV
Phylum Echinodermata
Type study: Starfish (External morphology,Locomotion,Reproduction,
Water vascular system
 
9.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V

Larval forms of Invertebrates (Planula, Miracidium, Sporocyst, Redia, Cercaria, Metacercaria, Cysticercous, Nauplius, Zoeae, Megalopa, Mysis, Trochophore, Glochidium, Brachiolaria, Bipinnaria)

Significance of larval forms

 

Essential Readings: 
 
Invertebrate Zoology; Barns, R. D; W. B. Saunders Co.
Textbook of Zoology; Shivapuri, Jacob, D. and Vyas, D.K.; Ramesh Book Depot. 
Text book of Invertebrate Zoology I; Sandhu, G.S and Bhaskar, H; Campus Books.
Modern textbook of Zoology-Invertebrates; Kotpal; Rastogi Publications. Invertebrate Diversity of Life: Rounds H. General Zoology: Storer, T.I. and Using, K.L.: Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co., New Delhi. 
D. Reinhold, New York (Indian repring : Affiliated East West Press, New Delhi.) 
The invertebrates. Vol.1. Protozoa through Ctenophora, Hyman, L.H. McGraw Hill Co., New York.
Student Text Book of Zoology. Vol.I.II and III. Sedgwick.A. 
Text book of Zoology. Parker, T.J., Haswell. W.A.Macmillan Co., London. 
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