Information Package / Course Catalogue
Aquatic Invertebrates
Course Code: SUM204
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The purpose of this course , to learn systematics of invertebrates living in the aquatic environment and to understand their bio- ecological features

Course Content

Inportant aquatic invertebrates and their biological, systematic and ecological characteristics, general features of particular species (from protozoa to echinodermata) that have economic importance

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To make comments about the bio-ecological characteristics PROTOZOA
2.To explain bio-ecological characteristics of Sponges ( Porifera )
3.To explain bio-ecological characteristics of Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Aschelminthes and Annelida
4.To explain bio-ecological characteristics of mollusca, arthropoda and echinodermata
5.To know ecologically and commercially important species
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Instructor's lecture notes
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
General properties of single -celled organisms, bio-ecological characteristics of the classis Flagellate and Rhizopoda with the systematic
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Bio-ecological characteristics of Sporozoa and Ciliata
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
General features and systematic of porifera (sponges )
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
General features and systematic of Cnidaria
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
General features and systematic of Ctenophora, Aschelminthes and Ctenophora
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
General features and systematic of Annelida
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
General features and systematic of Arthropoda - 1
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
General features and systematic of Arthropoda - 1
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
General features and systematic of Arthropoda - 1
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
General features and systematic of -1
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
General features and systematic of – 2
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
General features and systematic of – 3
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
General features and systematic of Echinodermata – 1
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
General features and systematic of Echinodermata – 2
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Lecture - Practice140228
Midterm Examination1617
Final Examination19110
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)101
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026