Multicellular and Tissue Levels of Organization:
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Multicellular and Tissue Levels of Organization:
origins of multicellularity; animal origins. Phylum porifera: cell types, body wall, and skeletons; water currents and body forms; maintenance functions; reproduction.
Phylum Cnidaria (coelenterata) the body wall andnematocysts; alternation of generations; maintenance functions; reproduction and classification up to class. Phylum Ctenophora; further phylogenetic considerations.
Source: Miller & Harley, 2016 (pp. 148-167)
Source: Miller & Harley, 2002 (pp. 127-138)
Internet Sources for explanation of terms
Course Material
- Introduction:Architectural pattern of an animal, taxonomy and phylogeny, major subdivisions of animal kingdom with evolutionary perspective.
- Animal-Like Protists
- Multicellular and Tissue Levels of Organization:
- Triploblastics and Acoelomate Body Plan:
- Phylum Nemertea; Phylum Gastrotricha; further phylogenetic considerations.
- Pseudocoelomate Body Plan
- Phylum Rotifera and Phylum Kinoryncha
- Phylum Nematoda
- Molluscan Success
- Class bivalvia, Polyplacophora, Scapophora, Monoplacophora:
- class cephalopods, Aplacophora, Caudofoveata
- Phylum Annelida
- Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum Trilobitomorpha
- Subphylum Chelicerata and Crustacea
- Phylum Echinodermata
- Class Holothroidea, Class Crinoidea and Class Concentricycloidea
- Final Exams
- Chapters 17
- Department Chemistry
- Teacher
Saira Siddique
