8/25               Introduction:  the Metazoa                                                                               Chapter 1                    

    /27               Porifera: functional morphology of sponges                                                    2:11-13; 3                  

    /30               The Radiata:  Hydra                                                                                       4: 95-127

   9/1               Hydrozoa:  Morphology and life cycles                                                                      "

    */3               Scyphozoa:  Aurelia  morphology and life cycle                                               : 127-134

      /6               Anthozoa:  morphology and physiology                                                            : 134-169

      /8               Scleractinia, Octocorallia; Ctenophora                                                                       "

    /10               Introduction to the Bilateria:  Turbellaria                                                       5; 6: 203-239

    /13               Rhynchocoela; Pseudocoelomates                                                                   7; 8: 277-317

    /15               Nematoda; Rotifera                                                                                                    "

   /17               Local Field Trip                                                                                                    

    /20               no class

    /22               Introduction to the Mollusca                                                                            10 : 361-379              

    /24               EXAM I:  Written and Practical

  */27               The consequences of torsion:  the Gastropoda                                                     : 379-423

    /29               Adaptive radiation:  Gastropod feeding and reproduction                                   :        "

  10/1               Gastropod evolution;  Bivalvia:  functional morphology; diversity                     : 423-461

      /4               Cephalopoda: adaptations to the pelagic realm                                                    : 463-486

      /6               Minor molluscs;  Metamerism and the origin of the Annelida                         11 : 499-508

      /8               Adaptive radiation of the Polychaeta                                                                 : 508-554

   /11               Polychaete physiology and behavior                                                                    :      "

    /13               Adaptation to freshwater and terrestriality:  Oligochaeta and Hirudinea              : 544-581

    /15               FALL BREAK

    /18               Arthropodization                                                                                                12

     20               EXAM II  Written and Practical

  */22               Arthropodization                                                                                               

 /24-26            FIELD TRIP:  Duke Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC        

    /27               Chelicerata                                                                                                      13 : 617-653; 671-2

    /29               Aquatic mandibulates: Crustacea                                                                    14 : 679-690

  11/1               Crustacean Diversity:  Malacostraca                                                                    : 690-750 

      /3               "          "       :  Branchiopoda-Cirripedia                                                  : 751-779

      /5               Crustacean functional morphology/physiology                                                      : 779-786

      /8               Crustacean behavior                                                                                              :       "

    /10               EXAM III  Written and Practical

  */12               Uniramia:  locomotion                                                                                     15; 16 : 825-851

    /15               Terrestrial adaptations                                                                                           :      "

    /17               Insect behavior                                                                                                       :      "

    /19               Echinodermata: Asteroidea; Ophiuroidea                                                       18 : 921-950

    /22               Echinodermata: Echinoidea; Holothuroidea;Crinoidea                                         : 950-982

24-28               THANKSGIVING

    /29               Minor Protostomes; Lophophorates                                                                9, 19

  12/1               Invertebrate chordates                                                                                     17 :863-893

      /3               Invertebrate Evolution                                                                         20

FINAL EXAM   12/7  2:00 pm

2 abstracts due:  9/3, 9/27, 10/22, 11/12

Text:  Ruppert & Barnes - Invertebrate Zoology, 6th Edition