01077 - Zoology

Course contents

LEARNING OUTCOMES. Students should acquire knowledge on systematics and biology of main aquatic phyla, with particular interest on fishery and aquaculture species.

Zoology part 1, general principles. Living organisms: prokaryota (Monera) and eukaryota (Protozoa, Fungi, Plants and Animals). Autotrophic organisms and heterotrophic organisms. Definition of “Animal”. Principles of taxonomy: species concept, speciation, main systematic categories, binomial nomenclature. Principles of cellular biology: prokaryotic cells, eukaryotic cells, nucleic acids, DNA replication, cell replication: mitosis and meiosis, spermatogenesis and oogenesis, biological meaning of meiosis.

Marine biology and Ecology principles. The Mediterranean sea: its hydro-geographic features, biodiversity of its marine fauna, tropicalization and meridionalization. Necton, plankton, benthos.

Animal reproduction. Sexuate and asexuate processes, fecundation, embryogenesis, metagenesis, hermaphroditism, parthenogenesis, heterogony.

Zoology part 2, main aquatic groups. Invertebrates: Porifera; Cnidaria; Elmintes; Molluscs: gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods; Arthropods: Crustacea Malacostraca, Decapods, Stomatopoda, Isopoda; minor crustaceans: branchiopoda, copepoda, branchiura, cirripeda, cladocera; Echinodermata. Vertebrates: cyclostomata, cartilaginous fishes: holocephala, plagiostomi (Lamniformes, Carcharhiniformes, Squaliformes, Squatiniformes, pristiformes, rajiformes, Myliobatiformes); Bony fishes: chondrostei (Acipenseriformes) and teleostei (Clupeiformes, Salmoniformes, Anguilliformes, Cypriniformes, Siluriformes, Gadiformes, Lophiiformes, Scorpaeniformes, Perciformes, Pleutonectiformes, Tetraodontiformes, Sygnathiformes); Amphibians, Marine Reptiles, Marine Birds and Marine Mammals.

Links to further information

http://www.acquacoltura.unibo.it/

Office hours

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