Subphylum Chelicerata and Crustacea
Week: 14
Subphylum Chelicerata and Crustacea
External structure and locomotion, feeding and the digestive system, gas exchange and circulation, nervous and sensory functions, excretion, reproduction and development in subphylum Chelicerata and Crustacea, further phylogenetic considerations; phylogeny and adaptive diversification.
Miller & harley, 2016 (pp. 261-271)
Miller & harley, 2002 (pp. 210-222)
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
