Course Synopsis

Course: Identification of Marine Invertebrates 11:628:310 (2 credits)

Syllabus

1^st Day Field Trip/ Rutgers Marine Field Station.

Collection of specimens to be used in class. Demonstration of different types of benthic sampling gear ( i.e. van Veen grab sampler, beam trawl, and plankton trawl)

2^nd Day Lecture: Introduction to Invertebrate Systematics

Lab: Sort live material collected on Field Trip

Lab: Annelid Polychaetes

Identify and draw 4 different polychaete species using appropriate Identification Keys

3^rd Day Lab: Complete Polychaete Identifications

Lab: Bivalves and Gastropods

Identify and draw 3 different species of each Class using the appropriate Identification Keys

4^th Day Lecture: TBA

Lab: Arthropods/ Crustacea and Decapoda

Identify and draw at least 3 different species of each Class using the appropriate Identification Keys

5^th Day Lab: Echinoderms

Identify and draw 2 different species of each Class using the appropriate Identification keys

*****LAB PRACTICAL******

HAND IN NOTEBOOKS