Course: System and Ecology of Invertebrates

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Course title System and Ecology of Invertebrates
Course code KPŘ/BSEZC
Organizational form of instruction Exercise
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bocáková Milada, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Ševčíková Olga, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
History of animal classification, and current hypotheses on phylogeny of invertebrates. Principal body plans of invertebrates. Diagnoses, distribution, biology, ecology and economic importance individual groups - "Archezoa" (Archamoebae, Metamonada, Microspora, Parabasala), Protozoa (Alveolata, Sarcodina, Euglenozoa) and invertebrate Metazoa [Porifera, Placozoa, Cnidaria, Myxozoa, Ctenophora, Triploblastica - Acoela, Nemertodermatida, Mesosoa, Rhabditophora (incl. Neodermata), Syndermata, Gastrotricha, Ecdysozoa (incl. Nematoda a Arthropoda), Ectoprocta, Deuterostomia pars, Lophophorata, Trochozoa (incl. Nemertea, Mollusca, Annelida)].

Learning activities and teaching methods
Observation, Laboratory Work
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
History of animal classification, and current hypotheses on phylogeny of invertebrates. Principal body plans of invertebrates. Diagnoses, distribution, biology, ecology and economic importance individual groups - "Archezoa" (Archamoebae, Metamonada, Microspora, Parabasala), Protozoa (Alveolata, Sarcodina, Euglenozoa) and invertebrate Metazoa [Porifera, Placozoa, Cnidaria, Myxozoa, Ctenophora, Triploblastica - Acoela, Nemertodermatida, Mesosoa, Rhabditophora (incl. Neodermata), Syndermata, Gastrotricha, Ecdysozoa (incl. Nematoda a Arthropoda), Ectoprocta, Deuterostomia pars, Lophophorata, Trochozoa (incl. Nemertea, Mollusca, Annelida)].
no requirements
Prerequisites
no requirements

Assessment methods and criteria
Didactic Test

90% attendance, 70% success rate in the final examination
Recommended literature
  • BUCHAR J. Stručný přehled zoologie bezobratlých, Praha 1997,295s..


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