Zoology
A.Y. 2019/2020
Learning objectives
The course aims to give a deep knowledge of the animal kingdom, both the general and systematic aspects, describing the evolutionary changes in the animal architecture.
Expected learning outcomes
Competence to recognize and describe the members of the main animal phyla and to analyze their relationship with their living environment
Lesson period: year
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
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Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
year
Course syllabus
Part one: general zoology
Structure and functions of animals: body architecture; protection, support and movement; temperature and body fluid regulation; nervous and sensory system, nutrition and digestion; reproduction.
Adaptations of animals to different environmental factors.
Interactions among organisms: competition, predation, parasitism, symbiosis.
Principles of zoological nomenclature, criteria of classification and the identification of the organisms.
Part two: systematic zoology
Introduction to animal systematic.
Description of the principal morphological characters of the Classes, with attention to characters useful to formulate a classification at the level of subclasses and only for Insect and vertebrates at level of Order.
Protozoa: origin, form and function, reproduction and life cycle.
Introduction to Metazoa: origin of complexity, body size, transport and metabolism. Systematic of Porifera, ground plan and water pumping system.
Intoduction to Protostomia
Diploblastic animals: The Cnidarians, symmetry and systematic.
Introduction to triploblastic bilaterians origin, cephalisation, musculature, movement, , targeting resources, physiological specialization.
Lophotrochozoa:
Systematic of Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria and Neodermata. Regeneration, life cycle and parasitism.
Systematic of Rotifera Acanthocephala and Nemertea .
Ground plan of Mollusca: mantel, shell, mantel cavity, foot and coelom.
Systematic of Gastropoda, Cephalopoda, Bivalvia , Scaphopoda.
Ground plan of Annelida: Segmentation, musculature and locomotion. Systematic of Polichaeta and, Clitellata.
Ground plan of Lophophorata, Systematic of Bryozoa and Brachiopoda
Ecdisozoa:
Ground plan and systematic of Nematoda and Nematomorpha.
Ground plan of Arthopoda: origin, exoskeleton, functional morphology, sense organs, excretion, gas exchanges.
Systematic of Chelicerata , Crustacea, Myriapoda, Hexapoda, principal Orders of Insects.
Introduction to Deuterostomia. Ground plan of Echinodermata: water-vascular system, symmetry,. Systematic of Echinodermata.
Ground plan of Chordata, notochord, skeleton, musculature, pharynx, sense organs.
Sistematic of Tunicata and Cephalochordata.
Ground plan and systematic of vertebrates.
Structure and functions of animals: body architecture; protection, support and movement; temperature and body fluid regulation; nervous and sensory system, nutrition and digestion; reproduction.
Adaptations of animals to different environmental factors.
Interactions among organisms: competition, predation, parasitism, symbiosis.
Principles of zoological nomenclature, criteria of classification and the identification of the organisms.
Part two: systematic zoology
Introduction to animal systematic.
Description of the principal morphological characters of the Classes, with attention to characters useful to formulate a classification at the level of subclasses and only for Insect and vertebrates at level of Order.
Protozoa: origin, form and function, reproduction and life cycle.
Introduction to Metazoa: origin of complexity, body size, transport and metabolism. Systematic of Porifera, ground plan and water pumping system.
Intoduction to Protostomia
Diploblastic animals: The Cnidarians, symmetry and systematic.
Introduction to triploblastic bilaterians origin, cephalisation, musculature, movement, , targeting resources, physiological specialization.
Lophotrochozoa:
Systematic of Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria and Neodermata. Regeneration, life cycle and parasitism.
Systematic of Rotifera Acanthocephala and Nemertea .
Ground plan of Mollusca: mantel, shell, mantel cavity, foot and coelom.
Systematic of Gastropoda, Cephalopoda, Bivalvia , Scaphopoda.
Ground plan of Annelida: Segmentation, musculature and locomotion. Systematic of Polichaeta and, Clitellata.
Ground plan of Lophophorata, Systematic of Bryozoa and Brachiopoda
Ecdisozoa:
Ground plan and systematic of Nematoda and Nematomorpha.
Ground plan of Arthopoda: origin, exoskeleton, functional morphology, sense organs, excretion, gas exchanges.
Systematic of Chelicerata , Crustacea, Myriapoda, Hexapoda, principal Orders of Insects.
Introduction to Deuterostomia. Ground plan of Echinodermata: water-vascular system, symmetry,. Systematic of Echinodermata.
Ground plan of Chordata, notochord, skeleton, musculature, pharynx, sense organs.
Sistematic of Tunicata and Cephalochordata.
Ground plan and systematic of vertebrates.
Prerequisites for admission
No prerequisite is required
Teaching methods
The frontal lessons will be performed with the aid of slides. Moreover the student will attend 6 pratical activities consisting the guided observation and description of preserved animals.
Teaching Resources
Text books:
Zoologia (parte generale e sistematica), Autori vari, Idelson Gnocchi
Diversità Animale , Cleveland, Hickman, et al. , McGraw-Hill IV ed XV
Atlante di diversità e morfologia degli invertebrati, Sabelli, Piccin
Zoology, Miller and Harley, McGraw Hill.
Moreover, the students have access to the digital form of the slides presented during the frontal lessons and the description of the pratical activity on the website ARIEL.
Zoologia (parte generale e sistematica), Autori vari, Idelson Gnocchi
Diversità Animale , Cleveland, Hickman, et al. , McGraw-Hill IV ed XV
Atlante di diversità e morfologia degli invertebrati, Sabelli, Piccin
Zoology, Miller and Harley, McGraw Hill.
Moreover, the students have access to the digital form of the slides presented during the frontal lessons and the description of the pratical activity on the website ARIEL.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The examination is articulated in three parts:
1- An intermediate written test at the end of the first part of the lessons consisting in 15 open questions regarding the topics of the lessons. The evaluation criteria include: the degree of acquired knowledge (the student should be able to describe the different functions of an organism and the relationship with its environment), the expositive capability, the use of a correct terminology.
2- Terminal multiple choice test consisting in 15 questions regarding systematic zoology. The evaluation criterion is the number of correct answers: 9 correct answers are enough to pass the test.
3- A final oral examination: Students should have passed the previous tests to be admitted to the final exam. During this examination the student must be able to describe an animal and to collocate it in the framework of the actual systematic. Moreover it will be evaluated the expositive capability and the use of a correct terminology.
1- An intermediate written test at the end of the first part of the lessons consisting in 15 open questions regarding the topics of the lessons. The evaluation criteria include: the degree of acquired knowledge (the student should be able to describe the different functions of an organism and the relationship with its environment), the expositive capability, the use of a correct terminology.
2- Terminal multiple choice test consisting in 15 questions regarding systematic zoology. The evaluation criterion is the number of correct answers: 9 correct answers are enough to pass the test.
3- A final oral examination: Students should have passed the previous tests to be admitted to the final exam. During this examination the student must be able to describe an animal and to collocate it in the framework of the actual systematic. Moreover it will be evaluated the expositive capability and the use of a correct terminology.
General zoology
BIO/05 - ZOOLOGY - University credits: 4
Lessons: 32 hours
Professor:
Ficetola Gentile Francesco
Shifts:
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Professor:
Ficetola Gentile Francesco
Systematic zoology
BIO/05 - ZOOLOGY - University credits: 8
Practicals with elements of theory: 12 hours
Lessons: 56 hours
Lessons: 56 hours
Professor:
Pennati Roberta
Shifts:
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Professor:
Pennati RobertaProfessor(s)