2016/2017

2017/2018

DM270

BIO/05 (ZOOLOGY)

DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

NATURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

PERCORSO COMUNE

2°

1st semester (02/10/2017 - 12/01/2018)

9

76 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

FASOLA MAURO (titolare) - 9 ECTS

Approach animal biodiversity. Identify most important animal taxa.

This course describes biodiversity from Protista to Vertebrates, including systematics, morphology, main vital functions, evolution, habitats and habits.
All the 34 Phyla are cited, but only the Protista, Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelmintes, Nemertea, Rotifera, Nematoda, Mollusca, Annelida, Ectoprocta, Arthropoda, Onicophora, Tardigrada, Echinoderma, Cordata (Urocordata, Cephalocordata, an particularly the Vertebrata) are described in detail.

Lessons; seminars on applied aspects; laboratory exercises; presentations by the students; field excursions

Oral exam, including taxonomic identification of specimens