Course: Invertebrate Zoology

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Course title Invertebrate Zoology
Course code KZO/155
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Frequency of the course In each academic year, in the summer semester.
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Sládeček František, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Nedvěd Oldřich, prof. RNDr. CSc.
Course content
Content of lectures: Origin of animals: Choanoflagellata and Metazoa. Recent classification and views on phylogenetic relationships among animal phyla. Characteristics of body plan, ecology and physiology of the following higher taxa, and their lower members, important representatives: Porifera (=Silicispongea+Calcispongea); Placozoa; Cnidaria; Ctenophora; Xenoturbellida; Cephalorhyncha (=Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera), Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Onychophora, Tardigrada, Arthropoda; Plathelminthes; Syndermata (= Rotifera + Acanthocephala); Micrognathozoa; Cycliophora; Gnathostomulida; Gastrotricha; Phoronida, Bryozoa, Entoprocta, Nemertea, Mollusca, Annelida; Protostomia versus Deuterostomia: Hemichordata, Echinodermata.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
  • Class attendance - 42 hours per semester
  • Preparation for classes - 9 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 24 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Fundamentals of biology of important animal taxa (chordates excluded), their phylogenetic relationships and systematics, body plan, functions in ecosystems, significance for humans. Overview of common and important representatives of world and Czech fauna.
Students know the properties of animals excluding chordates, their morphology, physiology and relationship to the natural environment and to human activities.
Prerequisites
Basic course that does not require previous special knowledge.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Oral examination lasting about 30 minutes, two of published 30 questions related to systematics, physiology and ecology of invertebrates are drawn.
Recommended literature
  • Anderson D.T., 1998: Invertebrate zoology. Oxford University Press.
  • Buchar J. 1997: Stručný přehled zoologie bezobratlých. Skriptum. PřF UK, Praha.
  • Motyčka V., Roller Z., 2001: Svět zvířat - Bezobratlí1. Albatros, Praha.
  • Papáček M. a kol. 2000: Zoologie. Scientia, Praha.
  • Rosypal S. a kol. 1992: Fylogeneze, systém a biologie organismů. SPN, Praha.
  • Rosypal S. a kol. 2003: Nový přehled biologie. Scientia, Praha.
  • Rupert E. E., Barnes R. D. 1994: Invertebrate Zoology. (6. ed. ) Saunders Coll. Publ., Fort Worth, Philadeplphia, etc.
  • Anderson D.T. Invertebrate Zoology. Australia, 1999. ISBN 978-0195513684.
  • Burda, H., Hilken, G., & Zrzavý, J. Systematische Zoologie.. Stuttgart, 2008. ISBN 978-3825231194.
  • Jan Zrzavý. Fylogeneze živočišné říše. Praha, 2006. ISBN 978-80-86960-08-1.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Zoology (1) Category: Biology courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Zoology (1) Category: Biology courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Zoology (1) Category: Biology courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Secondary Schools Teacher Training in Biology (1) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Zoology (1) Category: Biology courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Biology (1) Category: Biology courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Biology for future teachers (1) Category: Biology courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Secondary Schools Teacher Training in Biology (1) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Zoology (1) Category: Biology courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Zoology (1) Category: Biology courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer