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1. Introduction
Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution; Carolus Linnaeus; Biological classification systems; Kingdoms Archaea, Bacteria, Protista, and Fungi
2. Phylum Porifera : Origins
The first multicellular animals; Ediacaran and Burgess shale fossils; Self vs. non-self recognition; Collagen; Spicules
3. Phylum Cnidaria and P. Ctenophora : Life on the move
Muscles and nerves; Nematocysts and colloblasts; Photosynthetic zooxanthellae; Bioluminescence
4. Phylum Platyhelminthes : The first hunter
Bilateral symmetry and cephalization; hermaphroditism; parasitic flatworms (cestodes, trematodes, monogeneans)
5. Miscellaneous phyla
Chaetognatha (arrow worms, Ch. 11 p. 420); Gastrotricha (Ch. 11 p. 428); Nemertea (ribbon or bootlace worms, Ch. 12 p. 435); Entoprocta (nodding heads, Ch. 15 p. 603); Rotifera (including acanthocephalans, Ch. 16 p. 616); The Lophophorates: Phoronida (horseshoe worms, Ch. 17 p. 638), Bryozoa (moss animals or ectoprocts, Ch. 17 p. 644) , and Brachiopoda (lamp shells, Ch. 17 p. 657); and a few Ecdysozoans: Nematoda (roundworms and threadworms, Ch. 18 p. 671) and Nematomorpha (horsehair or Gordian worms, Ch. 17 p. 686).
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Drawing a phylogenetic tree of the Metazoa
Smithsonian Magazine - 14 fun facts about marine ribbon worms (Nemertea) Scientific American blogs - The Artful Amoeba: Nematode Roundworms Own This Place (Nematoda) CEBIMar - Meiofauna: Life Between the Grains (Various phyla) U Laval - Chaetognath feeding on marine snow (Chaetognatha) Microfetish - Gastrotrich (Gastrotricha) ZoologicalServices - The bootlace worm, longest creature on Earth (Nemertea) BBC - Life (short clip) (Nemertea) Megan McCuller - Phylum Kamptozoan / Entoprocta (Entoprocta) Howies Lab - Wheel Animals (Rotifera) Snell Lab - Philodina Rotifer Life Cycle (Rotifera) Craig Smith - Rotifer, 325 x (Rotifera) Université de Bourgogne - Interview Sophie Labaude et sa page de thèse (Acanthocepha parasitizing Gammarus) DrizzlingReefs - Phoronid Worm (close-up shot) (Phoronida) Alvaro Migotto - Bugula neritina - the life cycle of a marine bryozoan (Bryozoa) Mikrographica - Bryozoa (Bryozoa) Utah State Univeristy - What are Brachiopods? (Brachiopoda) SciNews - Lingula anatina - living fossil genome decoded (Brachiopoda) CollinLabPanama - Large Brachiopod Larvae (Brachiopoda) Medical Daily Pulse - Worm's eye view (Nematoda) The Carter Center - Eradicating Guinea Worm Disease (Nematoda) The Artful Amoeba - Extinction by Design: Guinea Worm (Nematoda) Iowa Public Television - What is a Nematode? (Nematoda) Universcience - Toto le némato (Nematomorpha) Wired.com - Absurd Creature of the Week (Nematomorpha) TEDEd - How brain parasites change their host's behavior (Various phyla) |
6. Phylum Annelida : An explosion of life
Class Polychaeta; and Class Clitellata Subclasses Oligochaeta (earthworms)& Hirudinea (leeches)
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Earthworm (Oligochaeta) external anatomy
CK12.org - Annelid Classification Paris Match - On a trouvé le sang du futur grâce à un ver (Polychaeta, genus Arenicola) BBC Nature News - Bone-eating 'zombie' worms drill with acid (Polychaeta, Osedax) Mother Nature Network - The magical world of Christmas tree worms (Polychaeta, genus Spirobranchus) National Geographic - These worms are like feather dusters with eyes (Polychaeta, fam. Sabellidae) Mozaik 3D - Common earthworm (Oligochaeta) AAAS - Modern Leeching (Hirudinea) Smithsonian Channel - This Terrifying Worm Snatches Fish From Ocean (Polychaeta, genus Eunice) MBARI - Weird and wonderful deep-sea worms (Polychaeta, var. spp.) Furturemag-Arte - Un donneur de sang universel venu des mers (Polychaeta, genus Arenicola) Arkive - Lugworm (Polychaeta, genus Arenicola) MBARI - Boneworms on dead whales in Monterey Bay and Whale worm (Polychaeta, genus Osedax) TinschensMikrowelt - Spirorbis spirorbis (Polychaeta, genus Spirorbis) Erik De Groef - The bearded fireworm (Polychaeta, genus Hermodice) Science Magazine - Green Bomber Worms (Polychaeta, genus Swima) National Geographic - Weird Worms Live Near High-Temp Vent (Polychaeta, genus Riftia) JKM12988 - Giant Tube Worms and Endosymbiotic Bacteria (Polychaeta, genus Riftia) SUNY ESF - Earthworms (Oligochaeta) Smithsonian - Earthworm Invaders (Oligochaeta) BBC Two - The Amazing World of Earthworms (Oligochaeta) MicropolitanMuseum - Bioturbation: Worms at Work (Oligochaeta) National Geographic - Extreme Alaska: Ice worms (Oligochaeta, genus Mesenchytraeus) HowStuffWorks - It's a leech-eat-worm life (Oligochaeta & Hirudinea) BBC - Monster leech swallows giant worm (Oligochaeta & Hirudinea) BBC - Michael Mosley is bitten by a leech (Hirudinea) |