UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN Zoology
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester II - Paper II - Invertebrata II

Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

Unit I

Annelida

General characters and classification up to classes with examples - Type study - Nereis & Leech - Metamerism - Trochophore larva and its significance - Vermiculture - Economic importance.

Unit II

Arthropoda

General characters and classification up to classes with examples - Type study - Prawn & Scorpion - Peripatus and its affinities

Unit III

Crustacean larvae and their significance - Mouth parts of insects - Economic importance of insects - Social life in insects

Unit IV

Mollusca

General characters and classification up to classes with examples - Type study: Pila & Fresh water mussel, Foot in Mollusca, Economic importance.

Unit V

Echinodermata

General characters and classification up to classes with examples - Type study: Star fish - Echinoderm larvae and its significance - Water vascular system in echinoderm

REFERENCE:

1. Ayyar, E.K. and T.N. Ananthakrishnan, 1992. Manual of Zoology Vol. I(Invertebrata), Parts I & II. S. Viswanathan (Printers and Publishers) Pvt Ltd., Madras, 991p.

2. Jordan, E.K. and P.S. Verma, 1993. Invertebrate Zoology, 12^th Edition, S. Chand & Co Ltd., Ram Nagar, New Delhi, 1050 pp.

3. Kotpal, R.L., 1988-1992. (All Series) Protozoa, Porifera, Coelenterata, Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Echinodermata, Aves - Rastogi Publications, Meerut - 250 002.

4. Parker and Haswell, 1964. Text Book of Zoology, Vol I (Invertebrata), A.Z.T, B.S. Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi - 110 051, 874 pp

5. Ismail, S.A., 1997. Vermicology: The Biology of Earthworm, Orient Longrnan, India, 92 pp.

6. Hickman, C.P. Jr., F.M.Hickman and L.S. Roberts, 1984. Integrated Principles of Zoology, 7^th Edition, Times Merror/Mosby College Publication. St. Louis. l065pp.

7. Hyman volume I to VI

8. L. A. Borradile and F.A. Potts - The Invertebrate - Cambridge University Press.

9. Adam Sedgewick - A students text books of Zoology - Vol I and III - Central Book Depot, Alahabad.

10. T.C. Majupuria - Invertebrate Zoology

11. P.S. Dhami and J.K. Dhami - Invertebrate Zoology - R.Chand and Co.