Biology of Invertebrates I

Code:

MA127

Acronym:

BI_I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	General and Aquatic Biology

Instance: 2015/2016 - 2S (of 17-02-2016 to 08-04-2016)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Aquatic Production
Course/CS Responsible:	Aquatic Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCMA	37	Plan 2012 to 2017	1	-	5	49	135

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Understanding taxonomy, classification and systematic. Historical perspective of animal classification. The use of dichotomous keys. Emergence of multicellular organisms. Description and biology of invertebrates. General characteristics of phyla and their classes. The use of molecular biology in the taxonomy. Phylogenetic relationships between different organisms

Learning outcomes and competences

Ability to classify and identify invertebrate organisms. Understand the difficulties in the taxonomy of invertebrate animals. Understanding the phylogenetic relationships between different invertebrate organisms.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Classificação, Sistemática, Taxonomia

Evolução e Desenvolvimento

REINO ANIMALIA

METAZOA

PLACOZOA

PORIFERA (características gerais ,Classes: Calcarea, Hexactinellida, Demospongiae)

CNIDARIA (características gerais, Classes: Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Anthozoa)

CTENOPHORA (características gerais)

Acelomados:

PLATYHELMINTHES (características gerais, Classes: Turbellaria, Trematoda, Cestoda)

NEMERTEA

GNATOSTOMULIDA

NEMATODA

Pseuocelomados:

KINORINCHA

LORICIFERA

PRIAPULIDA

NEMATOMORPHA

ROTIFERA

ACANTOCEPHALUS

GASTROTRICHA

ENTOPROCTA

MOLLUSCA (Características gerais, classes: Polyplacophora, Aplacophora, Monoplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda)

ANNELIDA (Características gerais, classes: Polychaeta, Oligochaeta , Hirudinea

Mandatory literature

Pechenik JA; Biology of the Invertebrates, USA (New York), McGraw-Hill, International Edition., 2010
Hickman CP; Roberts LS; Larson A; l´Anson H; Eisenhour DJ. ; Integrated Principles of Zoology, USA (New York), McGraw-Hill., 2006
Brusca RC and Brusca GJ; Invertebrates, USA, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts., 2003

Complementary Bibliography

Ruppert EE. and Barnes RD; Invertebrate Zoology, Saunders College Publishing, Harcourt Brace and Company, Orlando, Florida., 1994
Wallace RL; Taylor WK; Invertebrate Zoology: A laboratory Manual, USA: Prentice Hall, 2003

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical lessons

keywords

Natural sciences

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	0,00
Teste	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	83,00
Total:	83,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Students must be present in at least 3/4 of the practical lessons

Examinations or Special Assignments

Evaluationonly with final exam.

Internship work/project

Students are not required to present any further work beyond the final exam

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Examination for grade improvement in accordance with the rules in force at ICBAS

Observations

Examination equal to other students, benefiting from the special dates in accordance with the rules in force at ICBAS