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University of New Zealand.
B.A. Pass Examination, 1885.
Natural Science.—Biology.
Paper b (1). Zoology.
Examiner: Prof. E. Ray Lankester, M.A., F.R.S.
1. | Give as complete a classification of the Animal Kingdom as you can as far as "classes." Give examples of the chief forms included in each class. |
2. | Describe the characteristic structure and life-history of the Radiolaria, or of the Gregarinidca (Sporozoa), or of the Ciliata. |
3. | Describe the different kinds of Medusæ or "medusiform persons" known, and their relations to "hydriform persons." |
4. | Give the characters of the chief groups of Fishes. |
5. | State fully the points of structure in which the Mono-tremata differ from the other Mammalia.page 2.gif) |
6. | Give an account of the anatomy and life-history of the Trematoidea or of the Cestoidea. |
7. | Describe the characteristic structure and life-history of one of the following groups:—the Echinoderma, the Polyzoa, the Nemertina, the Chætopoda, the Crustacea. Point out the chief variations of structure in the group selected. |
8. | Give an account of the essential structure of the renal apparatus in the Vertebrata: describe the modifications of its parts and their relation to the generative system in the different classes of Vertebrata. |