-
Presentation
Presentation
The discipline of Zoology - Invertebrates aims to provide students with basic training on the global diversity of invertebrate organisms on the planet. In theoretical classes, the subject will be presented from an evolutionary point of view, emphasizing the main diagnostic characteristics of the various biological groups, their ecology and the successful occupation of the planet's habitats. With the practical classes, it is intended that students apply the knowledge acquired to characterize organisms from different taxonomic groups, giving greater emphasis to morphological aspects and relating the anatomical and functional characteristics with the environment in which they live and with life mode and biological cycles. This is a basic curricular unit for the deepening of other themes that will be addressed during the biology course, at different scales, from biomolecules to ecosystems.
-
Class from course
Class from course
-
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 5.5
-
Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
1 | Mandatory | Português
-
Code
Code
ULHT101-16544
-
Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
-
Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
-
Syllabus
Syllabus
Animal diversity
Unicellular Eukaryotes
Sponges and Placozoans
Radiate Animals
Acoelomorpha, Platyzoa, and Mesozoa
Polyzoa and Kryptrochozoa
Molluscs
Annelids and Allied Taxa
Smaller Ecdysozoans
Trilobites, Chelicerates, and Myriapods
Crustaceans
Hexapods
Chaetognaths, Echinoderms, and Hemichordates
-
Objectives
Objectives
- Understanding of the basic elements about the constitution of the animals' bodies of the different groups, their shape, structure and function, as well as their organization in systems and characteristics of their metabolism;
- relate the anatomic-physiological particularities of organisms with the particularities of the environment where they live and with their life cycle;
- learn to distinguish and characterize the different taxonomic groups, using the basic knowledge of zoology, the lexicon that belongs to it and using scientific terms in the description of morphological aspects;
- train the ability to perform correct dissections by understanding the anatomy of the organism that is intended to be studied in terms of internal morphology;
- practice observation through drawing, photos or films and the identification of structures in preparations and preserved animals;
- training in the collection, analysis and processing of biological data, skills to produce scientific papers.
-
Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
Several methodologies to observe and identify specimens in the laboratory.
-
References
References
-
Hickman , C., Keen, S., Eisenhour, D., Larson, A., I'Anson, H. (2017) - Integrated Principles of Zoology. McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 17th Edition ISBN: 9781259562310
-
Brusca, R.C., Moore, W., Shuster S., M. (2016) - Invertebrates, Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 1104 pág., ISBN-10 : 1605353752
-
-
Office Hours
Office Hours
-
Mobility
Mobility
No
