Syllabus
1. phylogeny of the group, its relation to other taxa, fossil records ; external morphology, specialised features, homologies and convergence; specific anatomy and physiology; feeding ecology, food composition, adaptations; reproduction, sexual dimorphism, ontogenesis, larval stages, life cycle etc.
2. Remipedia
3. Cephalocarida
4. Branchiopoda
5. Maxillopoda
6. Malacostraca
Annotation
Crustacean Biology lecture covers all crustacean groups: freshwater, marine and terestrial. General introduction includes phylogeny, morphology, feeding, ecology, reproduction and life cycles, behaviour and genetics of Crustacea. Later, each group will be discussed in more details with a focus on characteristics of a group, main representatives, their bionomics and significance.
This lecture is taught every other year, next will be in 2021/22. In case of low number of students it will be taught in blocks or recorded lectures.