Author | Gledhill, T. & Wallace, I. |
Year | 2010 |
Title | Module 9: advanced identification of miscellaneous taxa including Crustacea |
Series | The Identification of Freshwater Invertebrates to Species Level |
Type | Download |
Source | https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course |
Illustrations | Colour photographs |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Useful hints on preserving, examining and identifying the disparate groups not covered in the other modules. Part of the Freshwater Biological Association’s distance learning course: "The Identification of Freshwater Invertebrates to Species Level". The three introductory modules and 9 taxon-group modules can be downloaded from their website. |
Website url | www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification | Current | Triops cancriformis | Apus, Tadpole Shrimp | Animalia: Notostraca: Triopsidae |
For identification | Current | Cladocera | water fleas | Animalia: Diplostraca |
For identification | Current | Artemia salina | Brine Shrimp | Animalia: Anostraca: Artemiidae |
For identification | Current | MALACOSTRACA | crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc. | Animalia |
For identification | Current | ASTACIDAE | crayfishes | Animalia: Decapoda |
For identification | Current | GRAPSIDAE | mitten crabs | Animalia: Decapoda |
For identification | Current | AMPHIPODA | freshwater shrimps, sand hoppers and other amphipods | Animalia |
For identification | Current | ISOPODA | woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters | Animalia |
For identification | Current | MYSIDAE | opossum shrimps | Animalia: Mysida |
For identification | Current | Argulus | a genus of crustaceans | Animalia: Arguloidea: Argulidae |
For identification | Current | COPEPODA | copepods | Animalia |
For identification | Current | CALANOIDA | calanoid copepods | Animalia |
For identification | Current | HARPACTICOIDA | an order of copepods | Animalia |
For identification | Current | CRAMBIDAE | crambid moths | Animalia: Lepidoptera |
For identification | Current | MEGALOPTERA | alderflies | Animalia |
For identification | Current | NEUROPTERA | lacewings | Animalia |
For identification | Current | BRYOZOA | bryozoans, ectoprocts and moss animals | Animalia |
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