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Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Practicum	30

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The objective of the course Invertebrates is to acquaint students with invertebrate biodiversity and classification through the analysis of phylogeny, anatomy, morphology and ecological and ethological adaptations on the environmental conditions, importance of invertebrates in food webs and their importance for humans. Students will learn about distribution, diversity and basic morphology and adaptations of typical invertebrates of certain groups in Croatian fauna.

COURSE CONTENT:
Diversity, functional structure, distribution and ethology, adaptations on environmental conditions, ecological significance and the importance for humans of certain invertebrate groups, with the emphasis on the Croatian fauna: Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhlminthes, Nemertea, Aschelminthes and Rotifera, Mollusca, Annelida, Arthropoda (Cheliceriformes, Crustacea, Myriapoda, Hexapoda, Echinodermata.

LECTURES
1) Introductory lecture, organisation of the course, monitoring of student work and activities, evaluation. Theories on Metazoa origin, invertebrate body plan, principles of classification and phylogenic relationships. Invertebrate biodiversity on the biosphere, comparison of their diversity in terrestrial, marine and freshwater ecosystems;
2) Parazoa (Porifera);
3) Eumetazoa: Cnidaria;
4) Ctenophora and Platyhelminthes;
5) Nemertea, Blastocoelomata (Aschelminthes and Rotifera);
6) Mollusca 1;
7) Mollusca 2;
8) Annelida;
9) Arthropoda (Cheliceriformes);
10) Arthropoda (Crustacea);
11) Arthropoda (Hexapoda 1);
12) Arthropoda (Hexapoda 2);
13) Arthropoda (Hexapoda 3 i Myriapoda);
14) Tripartite coelomata 1;
15) Tripartite coelomata 2.

EXERCISES
Exercises will be based on lecture contents using suitable organisms for analysis and dissection.

1. Protista-Protozoa i Metazoa-Invertebrata. Strukture i funkcije, I. Habdija, B. Primc Habdija, I. Radanović, M. Špoljar, R. Matoničkin Kepčija, S. Vujčić Karlo, M. Miliša, A. Ostojić, M. Sertić Perić, Protista-Protozoa i Metazoa-Invertebrata. Strukture i funkcije (Alfa, Zagreb, 2021.), I. Habdija, B. Primc Habdija, I. Radanović, M. Špoljar, R. Matoničkin Kepčija, S. Vujčić Karlo, M. Miliša, A. Ostojić, M. Sertić Perić, Alfa, Zagreb, 2021.
2. Protista-Protozoa i Metazoa-Invertebrata. Funkcionalna građa i praktikum, I. Habdija, B. Primc Habdija, I. Radanović, J. Vidaković, M. Kučinić, M. Špoljar, R. Matoničkin, M. Miliša, Protista-Protozoa i Metazoa-Invertebrata. Funkcionalna građa i praktikum (Meridijani, Samobor, 2004.), I. Habdija, B. Primc Habdija, I. Radanović, J. Vidaković, M. Kučinić, M. Špoljar, R. Matoničkin, M. Miliša, Meridijani, Samobor, 2004.

Enrollment :
Attended : Animal Structure and Function

Mandatory course - Regular study - Biology and Chemistry Education