At the end of the course students should be able to: - to explain and compare contemporary hypotheses on animal phylogeny - to characterize individual groups of "invertebrates", their body plan, distribution, ecology, biology and economic importance Topics: The history of animal classification and contemporary concepts of animal phylogeny. Basic body plans of "invertebrates". Characteristics, distribution, biology, ecology and economical importance of individual groups: 1. Amitochondriate Excavata, 2. Euglenozoa, 3. Alveolata (Ciliata, Dinoflagellata, Apicomplexa), 4. Cercozoa (Foraminifera, Radiolaria, Heliozoa), ), 5. Amoebozoa, 6. Animalia (Choanoflagellata, Metazoa), the position within Opisthokonta. The main lineages of animals and the position of the individual ?invertebrate? phyla [Porifera, Placozoa, Cnidaria, Myxozoa, Ctenophora; Bilateria - Acoelomorpha, Mesozoa, Syndermata, Gastrotricha; Ecdysozoa (Cephalorhyncha, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Panarthropoda: Onychophora, Tardigrada, Arthropoda), Lophotrochozoa (Platyhelminthes; Lophophorata: Brachiopoda, Phoronida, Ectoprocta; Mollusca, Entoprocta, Nemertea, Annelida), Deuterostomia pars (Echinodermata, Hemichordata)].
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BRUSCA, RICHARD C., BRUSCA, GARRY J. (2003). Invertebrates.. Sinauer Assoc. Inc.
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CRACRAFT, J., DONOGHUE, M. J. (2004). Assembling the tree of life.. Oxford Univ. Press.
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PECHENIK, J. (2009). Biology of the Invertebrates. New York: McGraw-Hil.
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