SYSTEMATIC ZOOLOGY
cod. 1001012

Academic year 2016/17
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Zoologia (BIO/05)
Field
Discipline naturalistiche
Type of training activity
Basic
42 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Integrated course unit module: GENERAL ZOOLOGY - SYSTEMATIC ZOOLOGY

Learning objectives

To know the important characters of different groups of invertebrates
To know the evolutive aspects interested in the complexity of invertebrates

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Introduction (definition of animal, different level of organization, the cell, types of tissues).
Classification and phylogenesis
Protozoa
Acoelomate animals
Pseudocoelomate animals
Coelomate animals

Full programme

Introduction aspects: animal definition, organization, cells, tissues
Classification and Phylogeny
Protozoa, Porifera, Acelomate, Pseudocelomate and Eucelomate

Bibliography

Diversità animale. Hikcman, Roberts,Keen, Larson, Eisenhour. McGraw-Hill

Teaching methods

Lessons, direct observation of samples

Assessment methods and criteria

oral test

Other information

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