ZOOLO GY SYLLABUS FOR I SEMESTER
PAPER – I: ANIMAL DIVERSITY – BIOLOGY OF NONCHORDATES HOURS:60 (5X12) Max. Marks: 100
UNIT I
- Principles of Taxonomy – Binomial nomenclature – Rules of nomenclature
- Whittaker’s five kingdom concept and classification of Animal
Phylum Protozoa
- General Characters and classification of protozoa up to classes w ith suitable examples
- Locomotion in Protozoans
- Elphidium (type study)
UNIT –II Phylum Porifera
- General characters and classification up to classes with suitable examples
- Skelton in Sponges
- Canal system in sponges
Phylum Coelenterata
- General characters and classification up to classes with suitable examples
- Metagenesis in Obelia
- Polymorphism in coelenterates
- Corals and coral reefs
UNIT – III : PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- General characters and classification up to classes with suitable examples
- Life cycle and pat hogenecity of Fasciola hepatica
- Parasitic Adaptations in helminthes
Phylum Nemathelminthes
- General characters and classification up to classes with suitable examples
- Life cycle and pat hogenecity of Ascarislumbricoides
UNIT – IV : Phylum Annelida
- General characters and classification up to classes with suitable examples
- Evolution of Coelom and Coelomoducts
- Vermiculture – Scope, significance, earthworm species, processing , Vermicompost, economic importance of vermicompost
Phylum Arthropoda
- General characters and classification up to classes with suitable examples
- Respiration in Arthropoda
4.7 Peripatus – Structure and affinities
UNIT – V: Phylum Mollusca
- General characters and classification up to classes with suitable examples
- Pearl formation in Pelecypoda
- Sense organs in Mollusca
Phylum Echinodermata
- General characters and classification up to classes with suitable examples
- Water vascular system in star fish
- Larval forms of Echinodermata
Phylum Hemichordata
- General characters and classification up to classes with suitable examples
- Balanoglossus – Structure and affinities
Co-curricular activities (suggested)
- Preparation of chart/model of phylogenic tree of life, 5-kingdom classification,Elphidium life cycle etc.
- Visit to Zoology museum or Coral island as part of Zoological tour
- Charts on life cycle of Obeli a, polymorphism, sponge spicules
- Clay models of canal system in sponges
- Preparation of charts on life cycles of Fasciolaand Ascaris
- Visit to adopted village and conducting awareness campaign on diseases, to people as part of Social
- Plaster-of-paris or Thermocol model of Peripatus
- Construction of a vermicom post in each college, manufacture of manure by students and donating to local farmers
- Models of compound eye, bee hive and terminarium (termitaria) by students
- Visit to apiculture centre an d short-term training as part of apprenticeship p rogramme of the govt. Of Andhra Pradesh
- Chart on pearl forming layer s using clay or Thermocol
- Visit to a pearl culture rearing industry/institute
- Live model of water vascular system
- Phylogeny chart on echinoderm larvae and their evolutionary significance
- Preparation of charts depicting the feeding mechanism, 3 coeloms, tornaria larva etc., of
Balanoglossus
REFERENCE BOOKS
- H. Hyman ‘The Invertebrates’ Vol I, II and V. – M.C. Graw Hill Company Ltd.
- Kotpal, R.L. 1988 – 1 992 Protozoa, Porifera, Coelenterata, Helminthes, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Echinodermata. Rastogi Publications,
- L. Jordan and P.S. Verma ‘Invertebrate Zoology’ S. Chand and Company.
- D. Barnes ‘Invertebrate Zoology’ by: W.B. Saunders CO., 1986.
- E.J.W., ‘Invertebrate structure and Function’ by ELBS.
- P.S. Dhami and J.K. Dhami. Invertebrate Zoology. S. Chand and Co. New Delhi.
- Parker, T.J. and Has well‘A text book of Zoology’ by, W.A., Mac Millan London.
- Barnes, R.D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology, V Edition”