Invertebrate Zoology
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Course code
MLB6031.LT
old course code
MLB6031
Course title in Estonian
Selgrootute zooloogia
Course title in English
Invertebrate Zoology
ECTS credits
3.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To support the development of a knowledge base to orientate onself in the diversity of invertebrate animals.
To develop knowledge and skills to know and describe the general building plans, anatomy, systematics and ecology of invertebrate animals.
Brief description of the course
Introduction to invertebrate animal diversity, description of the phyla and subunits, their typical bodyplans and characteristics of anatomy and ecology. The phyla, which will be looked at more closely are: Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Mollusca, Annelida, Nematoda, Arthropoda, Echinodermata.
In labs the topics introduced in lectures are reinforced by practical tasks. Work with identification keys will be introduced.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- is able to orientate himself in diversity of invertebrate animals;
- knows systematics of invertebrate animals in Estonian/English and Latin on given level and is able to assigne animals to these groups from given examples (pictures);
- is able to describe and compare the abundance, distribution and anatomy of different animal groups;
- is able to compile a paper/an essey according to the requierments;
- is able to find a orientate itself in scientific literature.
Teacher
lekt Arno Põllumäe PhD
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