ZLY 202: CHORDATES

INTRODUCTION TO CHORDATES

·         Diagnostic Features of Chordates

·         Classification of Chordates

·         Biological Contribution of Chordates

·         Phylum Hemichordata

·         General Characteristics

BIOLOGY OF BALANOGLOSSUS

·         Habits and Habitat

·         External Features

·         Skeletal Structure

·         Digestive System

·         Feeding Respiration

·         Circulatory System or Blood Vascular System

·         Excretory System

·         Nervous System

·         Sense Organ

·         Reproductory System

·         Affinities with Chordates

·         Sub Phylum Urochordata

·         General Characteristics

BIOLOGY OF CIONA

·         Habits and Habitat

·         External Features

·         Body Wall and Body Cavity

·         Coelom

·         Skeleton and Locomotion

·         Feeding and Digestive System

·         Respiration

·         Circulatory System

·         Excretion

·         CNS and Sense Organs

·         Reproduction

·         Features of the Ascidian Tadpole Larva

·         Phylum Cephalochordata

·         General Characteristics

·         Specialized Characteristics of Amphioxus

·         Agnatha (The Jawless Fish)

·         General Characteristics of Sub Phylum

BIOLOGY OF LAMPREY

·         Habit and Habitat

·         Classification

·         External Features

·         Gnathostome (The Jaw Fish)

·         Affinities of Cyclostoma

·         Superclass: Gnathostomata

BIOLOGY OF NILE TILAPIA

·         Morphology

·         Habits and Habitat

·         Alimentary System and Digestion

·         Blood Circulation and Respiration

·         Reproduction

BIOLOGY OF SPINNING DOG FISH

·         Morphology

·         Habits and Habitat

·         Sense Organ

·         Alimentary canal

·         Excretion

·         Blood Circulation and Respiration

·         Reproduction

·         Origin of Jaws