Invertebrate Zoology Required Readings
On this page you will find articles which supplement the lectures and textbook. This additional reading material may be covered on exams (see schedule for exam dates). Links that you find inside the required readings are for clarification purposes only and will not be included on exams. You will need to download the free Adobe Acrobat reader in order to view some of these articles. Click on the Acrobat reader icon to download the program. (Please remember, I will not provide hardcopies of the readings in class.)
1. Introduction to Zoology and Evolution
o “Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution”
2. Classification
o ICZN
o Third Branch of Life Bares Its Genes
3. Protozoans
o What Happened to the Stromatolites
o Parasitism is the Most Popular Lifestyle on Earth
o Malaria
4. Animal Kingdom
o Animal Origins – The Cambrian Explosion
o Taxonomy of Selected Animal Phyla
5. Porifera
6. Cnidaria and Ctenophora
o Ocean Acidification and Reef-Building
o Some Coral Can Stand the Heat
7. Platyhelminthes
o Do Parasites Rule the World?
8. Mollusca
9. Annelida
o Segmetation and Classification of Annelids