Bi8750 Selected issues in crustaceology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marie Zhai, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Adam Petrusek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Ďuriš, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Radka Symonová, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. Marie Zhai, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jan Sychra, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Marie Zhai, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Bi1030 Inverteb. phylog. & divers. && Bi1030c Inverteb. phyl. & divers. -pr.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objective is to provide a general overview of the crustacean morphology, biology, diversity and phylogeny; for selected crustacean groups special, currently researched topics will be presented. Special attention will be paid to the following groups: Cladocera, Copepoda, Ostracoda, Stomatopoda, Caridea, Brachyura, and some little-known marine crustacean groups (Mystacocarida, Remipedia, Cephalocarida, Tantulocarida). Practical exercise, focused on comparison of the main body types (dissection) and an inspection of material of selected brachyuran species, will be included. The lectures are partly held by external specialists.
Learning outcomes
Student will - get the general knowledge of diversity, morphology, phylogenetics, biology and ecology of crustaceans - be able to recognize the main types of body architecture in practice - get an overview of the current state of knowledge on selected groups of crustaceans - get the awareness of trends in the current research and hypotheses to be tested
Syllabus
  • 1. General introduction 1 – brief overview of diversity; systematic and phylogenetic relationships - Marie Zhai, Ph.D.
  • 2. General introduction 2 – anatomy, reproduction and life cycles - Marie Zhai, Ph.D.
  • 3. Practical exercise – morphology of selected representatives (dissection) - Marie Zhai, Ph.D.
  • 4. Copepoda – overview of diversity and the current knowledge of phylogeny; reproductive strategies - Marie Zhai, Ph.D.
  • 5. Cladocera – prof. Adam Petrusek
  • 6. Decapoda of CZ - prof. Adam Petrusek
  • 7. Ostracoda – Radka Symonová, Ph.D.
  • 8. Stomatopoda, Caridea (symbiotic shrimps) – prof. Zdeněk Ďuriš
  • 9. Brachyura – including a practical exercise (inspection of material from the Moravian museum) - prof. Zdeněk Ďuriš
  • 10. Mystacocarida, Remipedia, Cephalocarida, Tantulocarida – Veronika Sacherová, Ph.D.
  • 11. Colloquium
Literature
    recommended literature
  • DEBELIUS, Helmut. Crustacea. Guide of the world. FrankfurtIKAN-Unterwasserarchiv, 2001. 321 s.
  • Biology of freshwater crayfish. Edited by D. M. Holdich. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell Science ;, 2002, xvii, 702. ISBN 9780632054312. info
  • Invertebrate zoology. Edited by Edward E. Ruppert - Robert D. Barnes. 6th ed. Fort Worth: Saunders, 1994, xii, 1056. ISBN 0-03-026668-8. info
Teaching methods
2h or 4h lectures and practical exercises
Assessment methods
colloquium; a prerequisite of successful completion od the course is an active participation during the whole course run (1 absence is tolerated)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: v jarním semestru sudých let.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Spring 2016, spring 2018, Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
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