LAB GUIDE TO ZOOLOGY AT AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY

Helpful hints for lab:


1. Don't let the first lab intimidate you. There is a lot of material covered in the first two labs, but if you approach it in a calm and systematic manner, you will be able to master it with time.

2. You will need to keep a laboratory notebook and maintain a system for remembering the material you have covered in lab (some people prefer note cards).

3. Remember that the lab and lecture material in this course is closely related. Keeping up in lab will often aid your understanding of lecture material and vice versa.

4. Some structures on your slides will be easily spotted. Other structures shown in your lab manual diagrams will not be as evident. Being aware of this can save you a lot of time!

5. When you are in doubt, ask the instructor or a lab assistant. They are here to help you learn the material.

6. Be prepared to commit some time outside of the allotted lab hours to study the material. It is not possible to become familiar enough with the lab material in this class to do well on the exams without committing some outside time. This is not to say that you shouldn't make the most of your lab time, but only that it will probably take more time than this for you to be comfortable with the material.

Lab 1: PROTOZOAN GROUPS

To prepare: Read Exercise 6 in the lab manual; Review classification of the protozoans as outlined in our handouts.
In lab: When you are looking at the specimens, ask yourself what type of locomotion they employ and what special structures they utilize to do so (ie. cilia, pseudopodia etc...). Identify visible organelles. How do these organisms reproduce asexually and sexually?

Session 1

Slide box Demo Box #1 Live Preps

Ceratium	Gonium	Dinoflagellates
Euglena	Opalina	Euglena
Chlamydomonas	Giardia	Difflugia
Volvox	Naegleria	Chlamydomonas
Trypanosoma		Volvox
		Trichonympha
		Peranema

Session 2

Slide box Demo Box #1 & #2 Live Preps

Foraminiferans	Paramecium (# 2)	Amoeba proteus
Amoeba	Entamoeba (# 1)	Arcella
Entamoeba	Plasmodium (# 2)	Chaos
Difflugia	Radiolarians (# 2)	Stentor
Ephelota	Gregarina (# 2)	Euplotes
Plasmodium		Paramecium
Balantidium		Vorticella
Vorticella		Didinium
Arcella		Difflugia

I. Phylum Chlorophyta

Order Volvocida

Chlamydomonas

Volvox

II. Phylum Retortamonada

Class Diplomonadea

Giardia

III. Phylum Axostylata

Class Parabasalea

Trichonympha

Class Trichomonada

Trichomonas

IV. Phylum Euglenozoa

Subphylum Euglenida

Class Euglenoidea

Euglena

Peranema

Subphylum Kinetoplasta

Class Trypanosomatidea

Trypanosoma gambiense

Trypanosoma cruzi

V. Phylum Apicomplexa

Class Gregarinea

Gregarina

Class Coccidea

Plasmodium

VI. Phylum Ciliophora

Class Heterotrichea

Stentor

Class Spirotrichea

Euplotes

Class Litostomatea

Didinium

Balantidium

Class Oligohymenophorea

Paramecium

Vorticella

Class Phyllopharyngea

Ephelota

VII. Phylum Dinoflagellida

Ceratium

Amebas

Rhizopodans

1. Amoeba proteus

2. Chaos

3. Arcella

4. Difflugia

5. Entamoeba histolytica

6. Entamoeba coli

Granuloreticulosans

The foraminiferans

Actinopodans

The radiolarians

Phylum Opalinata

Opalina