Specialized invertebrate zoology - MB170P07

• Title: Specialized invertebrate zoology
• Czech title: Speciální zoologie bezobratlých
• Guaranteed by: Department of Zoology (31-170)
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Actual: from 2023 to 2023
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 7
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:3/0, C+Ex [HT]
• Extent per academic year: 1 [weeks]
• Capacity: unlimited
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Note: enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Mgr. Ondřej Korábek, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Ondřej Korábek, Ph.D.; RNDr. Věra Opatová, Ph.D.; Mgr. Tomáš Pánek, Ph.D.; RNDr. František Šťáhlavský, Ph.D.

Annotation

English

Last update: RNDr. Věra Opatová, Ph.D. (23.01.2023)

The course is given in English. It provides an overview of all invertebrate phyla, their basic characteristics and phylogenetic relationships. The course focuses on morphology, ecology, systematics and evolution of non-parasitic Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelmintes, Arthropoda (except Hexapoda), Ectoprocta, Annelida and Mollusca. The lecture is complemented by practical lab sessions focused on morphology and anatomy of selected above-mentioned groups.

Czech

Last update: Mgr. Ondřej Korábek, Ph.D. (23.08.2023)

The course is given in English. It provides an overview of all invertebrate phyla, their basic characteristics and phylogenetic relationships. The course focuses on morphology, ecology, systematics and evolution of Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelmintes, Arthropoda (except Hexapoda), Ectoprocta, Annelida and Mollusca. The lecture is complemented by practical lab sessions focused on morphology and anatomy of selected above-mentioned groups.

Literature

English

Last update: RNDr. Věra Opatová, Ph.D. (23.01.2023)

Giribet G., Edgecombe G.D.: The Invertebrate tree of life. Princeton University Press. 2020

Zrzavý J. 2006: Fylogeneze živočišné říše. Scientia.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: Mgr. Ondřej Korábek, Ph.D. (23.08.2023)

The requirements:

I) attendance and active participation in the laboratory practices, II) oral exam

 

Syllabus

Last update: Mgr. Ondřej Korábek, Ph.D. (23.08.2023)

1. Animal phylogeny (Tomáš Pánek)
2. Non-bilaterian phyla, introduction to Bilateria (Tomáš Pánek)
3. Deuterostomia, introduction to Spiralia (Ondřej Korábek)
4. Spiralia (Ondřej Korábek)
5. Annelida, Mollusca (Ondřej Korábek)
6. Ecdysozoa, introduction to Arthropoda (František Šťáhlavský)
7. Mandibulata (František Šťáhlavský)
8. Chelicerata (Věra Opatová)
9. Reproduction, life histories, movement (Ondřej Korábek)
10. Digestion, excretion, respiration (Věra Opatová)
11. Multicellularity, body plans, animal genomics (Tomáš Pánek)