- Docente: Marco Passamonti
- Credits: 8
- SSD: BIO/05
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Marco Passamonti (Modulo 1) Andrea Luchetti (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Natural Sciences (cod. 5823)
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from Feb 26, 2025 to May 29, 2025
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from Mar 20, 2025 to May 22, 2025
Learning outcomes
This course provides an overview of the invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Topics include animal classification and phylogeny, anatomical structure and function, and roles in the environment. Laboratory practical work emphasises observation and investigation of preserved specimens. On successful completion of the course students should be able to: describe the fundamental differences among animal body plans and relate them to evolutionary relationships among phyla; describe key issues concerning these animals in nature; identify many animal specimens to phylum, class, order, or lower taxonomic levels; identify anatomical structures from prepared specimens.
Course contents
LECTURES: phylogenesis and classification. Parazoa : Monoblastozoa . Porifera (Calcarea, Hyalospongiae , Demospongiae ); morfologia, filogenesi, autoecologia . Placozoa . Raggiata : Cnidaria ( Hydrozoa , Shyphozoa , Cubozoa , Anthozoa ); morfologia, filogenesi, autoecologia , simbiosi, metagenesi. Ctenophora . Bilatera : Acelomati : Platyhelminthes ( Turbellaria , Trematoda , Monogenea , Cestoda ); morfologia, filogenesi, autoecologia , cicli biologici. Mesozoa . Nemertea . Celomati : Protostomi : Gnathostomulida . Rotifera . Acanthocephala . Gastrotricha . Entoprocta . Bryozoa . Brachiopoda . Phoronida . Mollusca ( Monoplacophora ; Aplacophora : Caudofoveata , Solenogastres ; Polyplacophora ; Gastropoda : Prosobranchia - Achaeogastropoda , Mesogastropoda , Neogastropoda ; Opistobranchia - Tettibranchia , Nudibranchia ; Pulmonata - Basommatophora , Stylommatophora ; Bivalvia - Protobranchia , Filibranchia, Lamellibranchia , Septibranchia ; Scaphopoda ; Cephalopoda - Nautiloidea , Decapoda , Octopoda ). Annelida ( Polychaeta , Oligochaeta , Hirudinea ). Pogonophora . Echiura . Sipuncula . Ecdisiozoi : Nematoda ( Phasmida , Aphasmida ); morfologia, filogenesi, autoecologia , cicli biologici. Nematomorpha . Kinorhyncha . Priapulida . Loricifera . Onychophora . Tardigrada. Arthropoda . Chelicerata ( Merostomata - Xiphosura ; Arachnida - Scorpiones , Uropygi , Araneae , Pseudoscorpiones , Solifugae , Opiliones , Acari; Pycnogonida ); Crustacea ( Branchiopoda - Anostraca , Notostraca , Conchostraca , Cladocera ; Copepoda ; Ostracoda ; Pentastomida ; Cirripedia ; Malacostraca - Stomatopoda , Isopoda , Amphipoda , Euphasiacea , Decapoda ); Uniramia ( Diplopoda ; Chilopoda ; Insecta - Protura , Diplura , Collembola , Thysanura , Ephemeroptera , Odonata , Orthoptera , Dermaptera , Isoptera , Mallophaga , Anoplura , Tysanoptera , Hemiptera , Homoptera , Neuroptera , Coleoptera , Trichoptera , Lepidoptera , Diptera, Siphonaptera , Hymenoptera ). Celomati : Deuterostomi : Chaetognatha . Echinodermata ( Crinoidea , Asteroidea , Ophiuroidea , Echinoidea , Holoturoidea ). Hemichordata . Chordata . Urochordata ( Ascidiacea , Larvacea , Thaliacea ); Cephalocordata ; Vertebrata ( Heterostraca ; Cephalaspida ; Chondrichthyes - Elasmobranchii , Holocephali ; Osteichthyes - Brachiopterygii , Actinopterygii : Chondrostei , Olostei, Teleostei, Dipnoa , Crossopterygii ; Amphibia - Anura, Urodela , Gymnophiona ; Reptilia - Chelonia ; Rhynchocoephalia ; Squamata: Lacertilia , Amphisbaenia , Serpentes ; Crocodilia ; Aves - Paleognathae , Neognathae ; Mammalia - Prototheria ; Theria : Metatheria , Eutheria .
PRACTICE IN LABORATORY: identification of studied taxa (macroscopical and microscopical specimens).
Readings/Bibliography
Hickman et al. - Diversità animale (15°ed.) - McGraw-Hill
Mitchell, Mutchmor, Dolphin - Zoologia - Zanichelli
Westheide, Rieger - Zoologia sistematica - Zanichelli
Sabelli B. - Atlante di diversità e morfologia degli invertebrati - Piccin-Nuova Libaria
Teaching methods
Lectures, with .ppt presentatons, and practice in laboratory
Assessment methods
Oral and practical exam
Teaching tools
Macroscopic and microscopic laboratory
Office hours
See the website of Marco Passamonti
See the website of Andrea Luchetti