Invertebrate morphology (excl. Chelicerata and Insecta)

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ECTS-points: 7.5

Block: 4

Institute: Zoological Museum

Contact: Claus Nielsen, Zoological Museum;  telephone  +45 3532 1066

                e-mail:  cnielsen@snm.ku.dk

Teaching period: Weeks 17-23 (incl.), 3x3 lectures per week; 63 hours in total

Form: Demonstrations and dissections of selected species combined with a presentation of the anatomy, embryology and biology of major groups; possibly one day of teaching at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Helsingør including the collection of material with the cutter ”Ophelia”

Goal: To provide students with a broad first-hand knowledge of the morphology and diversity of major invertebrate groups, put into a phylogenetic context.

Contents: Preliminary course schedule:

week 17: Introduction, Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora (Ole Tendal)

week 18: Annelida, incl. Pogonophora, Echiura; Sipuncula (Danny Eibye-Jacobsen)

week 19: Mollusca (Andy Wanniger; Cephalopoda: Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen)

week 20: Arthropoda, incl Onychophora, Tardigrada (Jørgen Olesen; Jens Høeg)

week 21: Aschelminthes incl. Chaetognatha (Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen)

week 22: Platyhelminthes, Nemertini, parasites (Marianne Køie in Helsingør); Bryozoa, Phoronida, Brachiopoda, Entoprocta
 (Claus Nielsen)

week 23: Echinodermata, Hemichordata, Urochordata (Claus Nielsen)

week 25: Oral examinination with internal examiner

Text books: Ruppert, Fox and Barnes: Invertebrate Zoology, 7th. ed., 2003

Evaluation: Oral examination with internal examiner

Remarks: Maximum number of participants: 30

Language: Danish, expect for one day in English

Location: Kursussal 2, Biological Institute, Universitetsparken 15