1st Sem Syllabus

 Name of the Department : ZOOLOGY

Semester : 1^st Semester

Name of the Paper : Diversity of Non Chordates

Paper Code (Major/Minor) : ZOO-DSC-141

Hours : 45 + 30

Lecture : 3

Tutorial : Nil

Practical : 1

Credit : 4 (T-3, P-1)

Full Marks : (75 + 25)= 100

(Total Printed Page = 3)

Course Outcome:

CO 1: The completion of this course would provide the learner an outcome of Factual & Conceptual knowledge of different life forms particularly the Non Chordates on the Earth, and appreciate their diversity.

CO 2: On completion of the course the learner will Understand and gather the Factual & Conceptual knowledge, Remember, Understand, Apply and Analyse the features of Non Chordates including Procedural knowledge of systematic organization based on their evolutionary relationships, structural and functional affinities.

CO. 3 The course will also provide Conceptual knowledge to the students to aware about the characteristic morphological, anatomical and adaptive features of diverse animals and will create interest among them to explore the animal diversity in nature.

 

THEORY
UNIT	SULLABUS	CLASS HOUR	ALLOTTED MARKS
1	· General characteristics and basis of classification of Non Chordates   · General characteristics and Classification up to class: Protista v Locomotion and Reproduction in Protista   · General characteristics and Classification up to class: Porifera v Evolution of symmetry and segmentation of Metazoa v Canal system and spicules in sponges   · General characteristics and Classification up to class: Cnidaria v Polymorphism in Cnidaria v Corals and coral reef formation	15	25

 

2	· General characteristics and Classification up to class: Ctenophora   · 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	15	25
3	· 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	15	25

 

PRACTICAL
UNIT	SYLLABUS	HOURS	MARKS ALLOTTED
1	Study of the whole mount of Euglena, Amoeba and Paramecium collected from different water sources.	4	3
2	Study of minimum of two representatives (specimen/slide/model) of each phylum of non-chordates.	10	10
3	Study of larval forms of Arthropoda / Echinodermata	4	3
4	Study of Permanent Slides: T.S. through pharynx, gizzard and typhlosolar intestine of earthworm.	4	2
5	Study of Permanent Slides: T.S. of  Miracidium, Sporocyst and Cercaria Larvae of Liver Fluke.	4	2
6	To submit a Project Report on life cycle of Honey Bee / Wasps / Butterfly / Moth/ Mosquito	4	5

 

Reference Book:

1. Kotpal, Agarwal and Khetrapal: Modern Textbook of Zoology: Invertebrate, (1976, Rastogi)

2. Marshall: Parker and Haswell Textbook of Zoology, Vol. I (7th ed. 1972, Macmillan)

3. Nigam: Biology of Non-chordates (1985, S. Chand)

4. Jordan and Verma: Invertebrate Zoology (1995, S. Chand)

5. V.K. Agarwal: Diversity of Non-Chordates (1^st Ed. 2024, S. Chand And Company Limited)

6. Ali, A. : Diversity of Non-Chordates with Practicals (2023, Kalyani Publishers)

7. Rita Mahanta& I.K. Bhattacharyya: College Zoology (1^st Ed. 2004, Reprint 2008), Kalyani Publication

8. Barnes: Invertebrate Zoology (4th ed. 1980, Holt-Saunders)

9. Barnes: The invertebrate (3rd ed. 2001, Blackwell)

10. Barrington: Invertebrate Structure and Function (1967, Nelson)

11. Moore: An introduction to the invertebrartes (2001,Cambridge)

12. EkambaranathAyar: A manual of Zoology, Part I – Invertebrata, (1973, S. Vishwanathan)

*******