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| Mon <br> Aug 27 || Class organization; Introduction || [http://www.itcamefromthepond.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Choanoflagellates1.jpg Choanoflagellate SEM]           
 
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| Wed <br> Aug 29 || Porifera & Cnidaria || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8a0oNsDEx8 Jonathan Bird's Blue World: Sponges!] <br> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC3tAtXdaik Harp Sponge - a carnivorous sponge!]
 
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|Wed <br> Sep 09|| Cnidaria || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm98n3908QM Sea anemone "swimming"]<br> [https://vimeo.com/37412322 polyp vs medusa]<br> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYVHK2vM1_Y sea anemone capturing prey]
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|Wed <br> Sep 05|| Cnidaria & Ctenophora || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm98n3908QM Sea anemone "swimming"]<br> [https://vimeo.com/37412322 polyp vs medusa]<br> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYVHK2vM1_Y sea anemone capturing prey] <br>
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|Mon <br>Sep 14||  Cnidaria & Ctenophora - '''*DQ 1 due by 5 pm''' ||  [http://shapeoflife.org/video/cnidarians-moon-jelly-life-cycle Moon Jelly Life Cycle] <br> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsMUeo4qJjk Ctenophore feeding]
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|Mon <br>Sep 10||  Nemertea, Platyhelminthes, Gnathostomulida, Micrognathozoa - '''*DQ 1 due by 5 pm''' ||  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DU_pvAtIYQ Predatory flatworm hunting snails] <br>
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0QzSYQGsnA Planaria biology in one minute!]<br>
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| Mon <br>Sep 24|| Mollusca - '''*DQ 2 due by 5 pm''' || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLoVGZtsttc nematomorph emerging from arthropod host]
 
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|Wed <br> Sep 30|| Priapula, Loricifera, Kinorhyncha ||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwhqsPmnXAY Kinorhyncha moving]   
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|Wed <br> Sep 26|| Annelida ||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwhqsPmnXAY Kinorhyncha moving]   
 
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|Mon <br>Oct 01|| Annelida & Sipuncula || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEMK3VN8pW8 snail's radula in slow motion]
 
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|Wed <br> Oct 03|| Bryozoa, Entoprocta, Brachiopoda, & Phoronida || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_RfgvIETEY scallop vs starfish]
 
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|Mon <br>Oct 12|| Mollusca - '''*DQ 3 due by 5 pm'''  ||  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvzOAnfzR90 Octopus carrying coconut] <br> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmDTtkZlMwM Octopus camouflage]
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|Mon <br>Oct 08|| Invertebrate architecture & development - '''*DQ 3 due by 5 pm'''  ||  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvzOAnfzR90 Octopus carrying coconut] <br> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmDTtkZlMwM Octopus camouflage]
 
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|Mon <br>Oct 22|| Arthropoda: Trilobitomorhpa & Crustacea - '''*DQ 4 due by 5 pm''' || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QffkyLYB_PA Giant tube worms of Galapagos]
 
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Revision as of 15:05, 27 August 2018

EEB 4275 Invertebrate Zoology Fall 2018

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Textbook: Invertebrates, 3rd edition (Bursca. Moore, and Shuster), Sinauer, ISBN-13: 978-1605353753



Lecture: 9:05-10:20am M,W - TLS Rm #313

Laboratory: Wednesdays 1:25-4:25pm or 4:40-7:40pm TLS Rm #313. There is no formal laboratory manual for the course; you will be given weekly laboratory handouts each Monday.

Instructor

Professor: Dr. J.N. Caira
office: TLS 483
phone: 486-4060
email: Dr. Janine N. Caira

Teaching Assistant

Kaitlin Gallagher
office: TLS 478
phone: 486-1882
email: Kaitlin Gallagher

Important Documents

Lecture Syllabus: Pdficon small.gif
Laboratory Schedule: {{pdf|}
Grading Scheme: {{pdf|}

Invertebrate Classification: Pdficon small.gif

Grading Scheme

The LECTURE grade will be calculated as follows:

Midterm Lecture Exam I 60 points
Midterm Lecture Exam II 40 points (hr. 1 final exam period)
Final Lecture Exam 50 points (hr. 2 final exam period)
Dennis Questions (best 5 of 6) 50 points

Total Lecture Points = 200 points

The LABORATORY grade will be calculated as follows:

Quizzes (best 3 of 4) 24 points
Midterm Laboratory Practical 35 points
Final Laboratory Practical 35 points
T.A. Discretionary Points 6 points

Total Laboratory Points = 100 points


TOTAL COURSE GRADE= 300 points (converted to a % for final grade)

Dennis Questions

A copy of each Dennis Questions assignment will be posted here as a reference.

DQ 1:
DQ 2:
DQ 3:
DQ 4:
DQ 5:
DQ 6:

Past Exams and Study Guides

Study Guide Exam 1 {{pdf|}
Midterm Exam 1 Fall 2012 {{pdf|}
Midterm Exam 2 Fall 2012 Pdficon small.gif
Midterm Exam 3 Fall 2012 {{pdf|}

Interesting Articles on Invertebrates

Northern-hemisphere fossil discovered living in New Zealand
Revolution averted - on the basal invertebrates

Lecture Schedule

This schedule is subject to change. Check regularly for updates!

*DQ #= Dates on which “Dennis Question” responses are due, in electronic or hard copy, to Dr. Caira by 5 pm.

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Midterm Lecture Exam II & Final Lecture Exam (tentative): Monday, December 14th, 6–8 pm (1st hr midterm covering Oct. 21st to Dec. 9th ; 2nd hr comp. essays)
Date Topic Interesting links and materials
Mon
Aug 27 		Class organization; Introduction Choanoflagellate SEM
Wed
Aug 29 		Porifera & Cnidaria Jonathan Bird's Blue World: Sponges!
Harp Sponge - a carnivorous sponge!
Mon
Sep 03 		LABOR DAY - NO CLASS
Wed
Sep 05		 Cnidaria & Ctenophora Sea anemone "swimming"
polyp vs medusa
sea anemone capturing prey 
Moon Jelly Life Cycle 

Ctenophore feeding
Mon
Sep 10		 Nemertea, Platyhelminthes, Gnathostomulida, Micrognathozoa - *DQ 1 due by 5 pm Predatory flatworm hunting snails

Planaria biology in one minute!
Nemertea worms

Wed
Sep 12		 Gasrtotricha, Rotifera, & Cycliophora
Mon
Sep 17		 Mollusca
Wed
Sep 19		 Mollusca
Mon
Sep 24		 Mollusca - *DQ 2 due by 5 pm nematomorph emerging from arthropod host
Wed
Sep 26		 Annelida Kinorhyncha moving
Mon
Oct 01		 Annelida & Sipuncula snail's radula in slow motion
Wed
Oct 03		 Bryozoa, Entoprocta, Brachiopoda, & Phoronida scallop vs starfish
Mon
Oct 08		 Invertebrate architecture & development - *DQ 3 due by 5 pm Octopus carrying coconut
Octopus camouflage
Wed
Oct 10		 Nematoda & Nematomorpha
Mon
Oct 15		 Lecture Exam I (covers material Aug. 27th to Oct. 8th)
Wed
Oct 17		 Praipulida. Loricifera, Kinorhyncha Glycera worm everting proboscis
Mon
Oct 22		 Arthropoda: Trilobitomorhpa & Crustacea - *DQ 4 due by 5 pm Giant tube worms of Galapagos
Wed
Oct 24		 Arthropoda: Crustacea cont'd, Myriapoda, Cheliceriformes This video sucks! Leeches!
Mon
Oct 29		 Arthropoda: Cheliceriformes cont'd, Tardigrada, & Onychophora spiny lobster molting
Wed
Oct 31		 Echinodermata The fastest punch in the world
Mon
Nov 05		 Echinodermata - *DQ 5 due by 5 pm peacock spider mating dance
Wed
Nov 07		 Echinodermata & Chaetognatha Onychophora
Mon
Nov 12		 Hemichordata & Chordata Bryozoa
Wed
Nov 14		 Invertebrate Fossil Record time-lapse: sea stars eating dead fish
brittle star food fight
Mon
Nov 19		 THANKSGIVING - NO CLASS
Wed
Nov 21		 THANKSGIVING - NO CLASS
Mon
Nov 26		 Invertebrate Phylogeny - *DQ 6 due by 5 pm sea urchin eating
sea cucumber eating
Wed
Nov 28		 Invertebrate Phylogeny
Mon
Dec 03		 In-class exercise
Wed
Dec 05		 In-class exercise

Laboratory Schedule

Please review the handouts before coming to lab AND BRING THEM TO LAB as they will serve as your lab manual.

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Date Topic
Wed
Sep 02 		NO LAB
Wed
Sep 09		 Lab 1 - Porifera
Wed
Sep 16		 Lab 2 - Cnidaria & Ctenophora
Wed
Sep 23		 Lab 3 - Platyhelminthes, Nemertea, Gastrotricha, etc. Quiz on Labs 1 & 2
Wed
Sep 30		 Lab 4 - Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Rotifera, etc.
Wed
Oct 07		 Lab 5 - Mollusca I: Scaphopoda & Bivalvia Quiz Labs on 3 & 4
Wed
Oct 14		 Lab 6 - Mollusca II: Gastropoda & Cephalopoda Quiz on Lab 5
Wed
Oct 21		 Lab 7 - Midterm Laboratory Practical (covers Labs 1-6)
Wed
Oct 28		 Lab 8 - Annelida & their kin
Wed
Nov 04		 Lab 9 - Arthropoda I: Crustacea
Wed
Nov 11		 Lab 10 - Arthropoda II: Myriapoda, Cheliceriformes, other panarthropods Quiz on Labs 8 & 9
Wed
Nov 18		 Lab 11 - “lophophorates” & Echinodermata I
Wed
Nov 25		 THANKSGIVING - NO LAB
Wed
Dec 02		 Lab 12 - Echinodermata II, Chaetognatha, Hemichordata, Chordata Quiz on Labs 10 & 11
Wed
Dec 09		 Lab 13 - Final Laboratory Practical (covers Labs 8-12)
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