ZOOL 40060
Assignment 3a: Biodiversity Worksheet
The data you compile here should be included in your RESULTS section of your final report.
The data should come from your Catalogue/Appendix compiled for Assignment 2.
If you need to visit the collection again to check the identification of individual specimens,
don’t worry. The specific data you report here can be “tweaked” after you turn in the
assignment, so that the data you report in your final paper are absolutely correct.
Biological Group
Number of SPECIMENS
(number of individual
organisms represented)
Common name for your
biological group, in Irish
Part A - TAXONOMY
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family /
Families
[if you have more than one Order, please copy this table to make a second one; if
there are other important sub-groups that you have read about—subclass, etc.—please
insert them as appropriate]
Family:
List the genera and species:
What synonyms have you encountered (i.e. “old” or invalid names, perhaps those
used on old lables in the Museum)—and what is the current valid name?
[Copy this box for as many families as you have in your collection; if you have
information about sub-families, please use a box for each sub-family as appropriate]
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Part B - BIODIVERSITY
Table 1. Compare the diversity represented in your collection to the total known
global fauna, in numbers of families (if you have more than one family), genera, and
species. Percent representation = ( 100 x A / B ).
Taxonomic
level
A. Number in
Collection
B. Total Number
Worldwide
Percent
representation in
collection
Family
Genus
Species
[If you have only one Family, please ignore that line. This table can be used in your
RESULTS section, but you will have to write a new caption!]
What other Families / Genera / species are NOT found in your collection? Please list.
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Part C - REFERENCES
List at least three (3) references you have used to investigate the current and
taxonomy and known biodiversity of your group (at least two must be primary
literature i.e. journal articles). Use the format for citation as given in the writing
guidelines for your report!
1.
Biodiversity Worksheet
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