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