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Structure and Function of Invertebrates | Zoology

Structure and Function of Invertebrates

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Paper Code: 
zol-123
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
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Basis of classification (brief account)-:

  • Symmetry, coelom, segmentation, embryogeny and level of organization

Locomotion

  • Flagellar and ciliary movement in protozoa
  • Hydrostatic movement in Coelenterate, Annelida and Echinodermata
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Nutrition and digestion

  • Filter feeding in Polychaeta, Mollusca and Echinodermata

Respiration

  • Organs of respiration – gills, lungs and trachea
  • Respiratory pigments

Mechanism of respiration

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Excretion

  • Organs of excretion: coelom, coelomoducts, nephridia and Malphigian tubules
  • Mechanism of excretion
  • Excretion and osmoregulation

Trends in Neural Evolution

  • Primitive nervous system -Coelenterata and Echinodermata
  • Advanced nervous system- Annelida, Arthropoda (Crustacean and Insecta)

and Mollusca (Cephalopoda)

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Invertebrate larvae

  • Larval forms of free living invertebrates
  • Larval forms of parasites

Significance of larval forms

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Minor Phyla (Ctenophora,Rhyncocoela,Entoprocta,Rotifera,Bryozoa,Phoronida)

  • Concept and significance

Organization and general characters

Essential Readings: 
  • The Invertebrates; Hyman.L.H.; Mc Graw Hill Co New York
  • Invertebrate structure and function. ; Barrington.E.J.W. ThomasNelson & Sons Ltd.London
  • Invertebrate Zoology,III edition.; Barnes.R.D.
  • The invertebrates. Vol.1. Protozoa through Ctenophora, Hyman, L.H. McGraw Hill Co., New York.,/li.
  • Invertebrate structure and function. Barrington, E.J.W. Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. London.
  • Evolution of Metazon life cycle, Jagerstain, G. Academic Press, New York & London.
  • The Invertebrates. Vol.2. Hyman, L.H. McGraw Hill Co., New York.
  • The Invertebrates. Vol.8. Hyman, L.H. McGraw Hill Co., New York. and London
  • Invertebrate Zoology Barnes, RD. W.B.Saunders Co., Philadelphia
  • A Biology of higher invertebrates, Russel-Hunter, WD. McMillan Co. Ltd., London
  • The Invertebrates srnaller colomate groups, Vol.5. Hyman, L.H. McGraw Hill Co., New York.
  • Animal Parasitism. Cad. C.P.Prentice Hall Inc., New Jersey.
  • Student Text Book of Zoology. Vol.I.II and III. Sedgwick.A. Central Book Depot, Allahabad.