Reading Assignments for Zoology 250 (1997)


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

(for actual dates material was covered, see the lecture outline on the Z250 Home Page)

Lecture TopicReading
Introduction, why study invertebrates?Ch. 1, Ch. 30
ProtozoaCh. 2*
Multicellularity, PoriferaCh. 3
Tissue organization, Cnidaria5: 99-117, 128-31
Cnidaria6: 133-42, 146-8, 152-8, 163-75
Cnidaria, Ctenophora7: 187-91, 195
Symmetry, Platyhelminthes8: 204-9
Platyhelminthes9: 222-3, 233-48
NemerteansCh. 11
Nematoda & pseudocoelomate relatives12: 268-78, 287-92, 294-300
Nematoda & pseudocoelomate relatives13: 301-16 (rotifers)
Mollusca- overview, minor classesCh. 14, 15: 382-384
Mollusca- Gastropods15: 327-46
Mollusca- Bivalves & Scaphopods15: 347-54, 362-4
Mollusca- Cephalopods15: 365-75, 381
Metamerization, Annelids- Polychaetes16: 387-402, 410
Annelida- Polychaetes (cont.)17: 411-23
Annelida- Oligochaetes, Leeches17: 428-36
Other protostome worms18: 438-45
Arthropoda- general issuesCh. 19, 20: 455-66, 472-77
Arthropoda- Crustacea21: 500-506, 481-86, 492-96
Arthropoda- Chelicerates22: 529-37, 548-51, 559-63
Echinodermata- Asteroids, Ophiuroids27: 683-91, 694-99
Echinodermata- Echinoids & others27: 705-711, 717-24
Lophophorates26: 656-58, 662-63
Lophophorates26: 667-73
Hemichordata28: 731-36
'Invertebrate' chordates29: 737-743, 747-51
Tree of Lifereview Ch. 30
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.* material as emphasized in lecture


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