Diversity of Non Chordates

General characteristics and basis of classification of Non Chordates 

General characteristics and Classification up to class: Protista 

Locomotion and Reproduction in Protista 

General characteristics and Classification up to class: Porifera 

Evolution of symmetry and segmentation of Metazoa Canal system and spicules in sponges 

General Characteristics of Phylum Cnidaria

The Formation of Coral and Coral Reefs

Ctenophora: General Characteristics and Classification up to Class 

· General characteristics and Classification up to classes: Platyhelminthes&Nemathelminthes

v Parasitic adaptations in helminths- Fasciola hepatica and Wuchereriabancrofti

 

· General characteristics and Classification up to class: Annelida

v Evolution of coelom and metamerism

v Excretion in Annelida

 

· General characteristics and Classification up to class: Arthropoda

v Vision and respiration in Arthropoda

v Evolutionary significance of Onychophora

General characteristics and Classification up to class: Mollusca

v Torsion and detorsion in Gastropoda

v Foot modification in molluscs.

 

· General characteristics and Classification up to class: Echinodermata

v Water vascular system of Echinodermata

v Different larval forms of Echinodermata

 

· General characteristics and Classification up to class: Hemichordata

v Affinities of Balanoglossus

PRACTICAL

Study of the whole mount of Euglena, Amoeba and Paramecium collected from different water sources.

Study of minimum of two representatives (specimen/slide/model) of each phylum of non-chordates.

Study of larval forms of Arthropoda / Echinodermata

Study of Permanent Slides: T.S. through pharynx, gizzard and typhlosolar intestine of earthworm.

Study of Permanent Slides: T.S. of  Miracidium, Sporocyst and Cercaria Larvae of Liver Fluke.

To submit a Project Report on life cycle of Honey Bee / Wasps / Butterfly / Moth/ Mosquito