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 To make the students aware about the characteristic morphological and anatomical
features of diverse animals

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

This course will enable the students to understand:
 Learn about the importance of systematics, taxonomy, and structural organization of non-
chordates.
 Appreciate the diversity of non-chordates living in varied habits and habitats
 Understand evolutionary history and relationships of different non-chordates through
functional and structural affinities
 Critically analyse the organization, complexity, and characteristic features of non-
chordates.
 Recognize the life functions and the ecological roles of the animals belonging to different
phyla.

THEORY (45 Hours)

UNIT – I: (15 Hours)
Introduction to non-chordates, Protozoa: General characters and classification up to classes; Study
of reproduction in Paramecium, Life cycle of Plasmodium vivax, Porifera: General characters and
classification up to classes; Canal system in Sycon. Cnidaria: General characters and classification
up to classes; Polymorphism in hydrozoa and coral reefs.

UNIT – II: (15 Hours)
Platyhelminthes: General characters and classification up to classes; Life history of Taenia solium,
Nemathelminthes: General characters and classification up to classes; Life history of Ascaris
lumbricoides and its parasitic adaptations, Annelida: General characters and classification up to
classes; Metamerism in Annelida, Excretion in Annelida

UNIT – III: (15 Hours)
Arthropoda: General characters and classification up to classes; Vision in Arthropoda,
Metamorphosis in Insects. Mollusca: General characters and classification upto classes; Torsion
and detorsion in gastropoda; Foot in mollusca and Pearl formation. Echinodermata: General
characters and classification up to classes; Water vascular systemin Asteroidea.

PRACTICAL (30 Hours)

1. Study of the following specimens:Amoeba, Euglena,
Plasmodium,Paramecium,Sycon,Hyalonema,Euplectella, Obelia, Physalia, Aurelia,
Tubipora, Metridium, Taenia solium, Male and female Ascaris lumbricoides, Aphrodite,
Nereis, Pheretima, Hirudinaria, Palaemon, Cancer, Limulus, Palamnaeus, Scolopendra,
Julus, Periplaneta, Apis, Chiton, Dentalium, Pila, Unio, Loligo, Sepia, Octopus, Pentaceros,
Ophiura, Echinus, Cucumaria and Antedon, Balanoglossus
2. Study of the following permanent slides:
(i) T.S. and L.S. of Sycon, Study of life history stages of Taenia and Fasciola, T.S.
of Male and female Ascaris.

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