Reading Assignments for Zoology 250


Readings from: Living Invertebrates (1987) Pearse, Pearse, Buchsbaum and Buchsbaum

(for actual dates material was covered, see the lecture outline on the Zool 250 Home Page)

Lecture Topic Reading
Introduction, why study invertebrates? Ch. 1, Ch. 30
Protozoa Ch. 2*
Multicellularity, Porifera Ch. 3
Tissue organization, Introduction to Cnidaria Ch. 5: 99-117, 128-31
Cnidaria: diversity Ch. 6: 133-42, 146-8, 152-8, 163-75
Ctenophora Ch. 7: 187-91, 195, 202
Bilateria; Protostomia & Deuterostomia Ch. 8: 204-5
Platyhelminthes Ch. 8: 204-9; Ch. 9: 222-3, 233-48
Nemertea Ch. 11
Aschelminthes Ch. 12: 268-78, 287-92, 294-300; Ch. 13: 301-16
Mollusca: General organ systems Ch. 14, 15: 382-384
Mollusca: diversity Ch. 15: 327-44, 347-55, 362-75, 381
Sipuncula Ch. 18: 441-2
Metamerism; Introduction to Annelida Ch. 16: 387-402, 410
Annelida: diversity Ch. 17: 411-23, 428-36
Minor protostomes Ch. 18: 438-40, 443-6
Arthropod origins: Onychophora Ch. 19
Arthropoda- Overview Ch. 20: 455-67, 472-77
Arthropoda: Crustacean diversity Ch. 21: 481-86, 492-96, 500-506,
Other Arthropod subphyla Ch. 22: 529-37, 548-51, 559-63; Ch. 23:565-570
Echinodermata Ch. 27: 683-91, 694-99, 705-711, 717-24
Lophophorates Ch. 26: 656-58, 662-63, 667-73
Hemichordata Ch. 28: 731-36
'Invertebrate' chordates Ch. 29: 737-743, 747-51
Tree of Life review Ch. 30
   
  * material as emphasized in lecture


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