Bio 211: Marine Invertebrates
Week 1
5 Sept.
Orientation/Generalities
Chs 1 & 2
Week 2
10 Sept.
Protozoans
Ch 3 (p.25-51)
12 Sept.
Proifera Ch 4
Week 3
17 Sept.
Cnidaria Ch 5
19 Sept.
Ctenophora
Ch 6
Week 4
24 Sept.
Platyhelmeinthes
Ch 7
26 Sept.
Hydrostatic Skeleton & Nemertea
Chs 9 & 10
Week 5
1 Oct.
Pseudocoelemates:
Nemotoda, Rotifera, Gastrotircha
Kinorhyncha, PriapulidaChs 11, 12 &13
3 Oct. Molluscs:
Polyplacophora, Aplacophora, Monoplacophora,
GastropodaCh 14
Week 6
8 Oct.
Molluscs: Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda
Ch 14
10 Oct.
EXAM
Week 7
15 Oct.
Annelids
Ch 15
16 Oct.
BREAK
Week 8
22 Oct.
Sipuncula, Echiura, Pogonophora
Chs 16 & 17
24 Oct.
Arthropods: General Characteristics
Ch 18
Week 9
29 Oct.
Arthropods: Chelicerata
Ch 18
31 Oct.
Arthropods: Crustaceans
Week 10
5 Nov.
Lophohorates
Ch 20
7 Nov.
Echinoderms
Ch 21
Week 11
12 Nov.
Echinoderms
Ch 21
14 Nov.
Hemichordata
Ch 23
Week 12
19 Nov.
Non-vertebrate Chordates
Ch 24
21 Nov.
Larval Biology/Ecology
Ch 25
Week 13
25-29 Nov.
THANKSGIVING BREAK
Week 14
Week 15
Tuesday, December 10, 0800
Comprehensive Final Exam