Invertebrate Zoology

1. Introduction
2. Systematics, Phylogeny, and Classification
3. The Protists: Kingdom Protista
4. Introduction to the Animal Kingdom: Animal Architecture and Body Plans
5. Introduction to the Animal Kingdom: Development, Life Histories, and Origin
6. Two Basal Metazoan Phyla: Porifera and Placozoa
7. Phylum Cnidaria
8. Phylum Ctenophora: The Comb Jellies
9. Introduction to the Bilateral and the Phylum Xenacoelomorpha
10. Phylum Platyhelminthes
11. Four Enigmatic Protostome Phyla: Rhombozoa, Orthonectida, Chaetognatha, Gastrotricha
12. Phylum Nemertea: The Ribbon Worms
13. Phylum Mollusca
14. Phylum Annelida: The Segmented (and Some Unsegmented) Worms
15. Two Enigmatic Spiralian Phyla: Entoprocta and Cycliophora
16. The Gnathifera: Phyla Gnathostomulida, Rotifera (including Acanthocephala), and Micrognathozoa
17. The Lophophorates: Phyla Phoronida, Bryozoa, and Brachiopoda
18. The Nematoida: Phyla Nematoda and Nematomorpha
19. The Scalidophora: Phyla Kinorkyncha, Priapula, and Loricifera
20. The Emergence of the Arthropods: Tardigrades, Onychophorans, and the Arthropod Body Plan
21. Phylum Arthropoda: Crustacea: Crabs, Shrimps, and Their Kin
22. Phylum Arthropoda: The Hexapoda: Insects and their Kin
23. Phylum Arthropoda: The Myriapods: Centipedes, Millipedes, and Their Kin
24. Phylum Arthropoda: The Chelicerata
25. Introduction to the Deuterostomes and the Phylum Echinodermata
26. Phylum Hemichordata: Acorn Worms and Pterobranchs
27. Phylum Chordata: Cephalochordata and Urochordata
28. Perspectives on Invertebrate Phylogeny

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