AuthorCloudsley-Thompson, J.L. & Sankey, J.
Year1961
TitleLand Invertebrates, a guide to British worms, molluscs and arthropods, excluding insects
ISBN9780416640205
TypeBook/Report
Source156pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd.
IllustrationsLine drawings
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

An introductory guide covering a range of non-insect arthropods, many of which are neglected in other introductory guides.

The accounts of Nemerteans, Pauropoda and Symphlyla are still useful, as are the introductions to nematodes and mites.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationSupersededARACHNIDAmites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.Animalia
For identificationSupersededAcarimitesAnimalia
For identificationCurrentARANEAEspidersAnimalia
For identificationSupersededOPILIONESharvestmenAnimalia
For identificationSupersededPSEUDOSCORPIONESfalse scorpions, pseudoscorpionsAnimalia
For identificationSupersededDIPLURAdiplurans, two-pronged bristle tailsAnimalia
For identificationCurrentPROTURAproturansAnimalia
For identificationSupersededCHILOPODAcentipedesAnimalia
For identificationSupersededDIPLOPODAmillipedesAnimalia
For identificationCurrentPAUROPODApaurods, pauropodans and progonatesAnimalia
For identificationCurrentSYMPHYLApseudocentipedes and symphylansAnimalia
For identificationCurrentNEMATOMORPHAGordian or horsehair wormsAnimalia
For identificationCurrentNEMATODAroundworms, eelworms or nematodesAnimalia
For identificationCurrentLUMBRICIDAEearthwormsAnimalia: Crassiclitellata
For identificationSupersededPULMONATAslugs and snailsAnimalia
For identificationSupersededNEMERTEAproboscis worms, ribbon wormsAnimalia
For identificationCurrentTRICLADIDAflatworms, planariansAnimalia
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