AuthorGledhill, T. & Wallace, I.
Year2010
TitleModule 9: advanced identification of miscellaneous taxa including Crustacea
SeriesThe Identification of Freshwater Invertebrates to Species Level
TypeDownload
SourceThe Identification of Freshwater Invertebrates to Species Level
IllustrationsColour 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 urlwww.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course
Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentCLADOCERAwater fleasAnimalia: Diplostraca
For identificationCurrentArtemia salinaBrine ShrimpAnimalia: Anostraca: Artemiidae
For identificationCurrentCOPEPODAcopepodsAnimalia
For identificationCurrentMALACOSTRACAcrabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.Animalia
For identificationCurrentASTACIDAEcrayfishesAnimalia: Decapoda
For identificationCurrentGRAPSIDAEmitten crabsAnimalia: Decapoda
For identificationCurrentMYSIDAEopossum shrimpsAnimalia: Mysida (Order)
For identificationCurrentAMPHIPODAfreshwater shrimps, sand hoppers and other amphipodsAnimalia
For identificationCurrentISOPODAwoodlice, waterlice and sea slatersAnimalia
For identificationCurrentArgulusa genus of crustaceansAnimalia: Arguloidea: Argulidae
For identificationCurrentCALANOIDAcalanoid copepodsAnimalia
For identificationCurrentHARPACTICOIDAan order of copepodsAnimalia
For identificationCurrentTriops cancriformisApus, Tadpole ShrimpAnimalia: Notostraca (Order): Triopsidae
For identificationCurrentCRAMBIDAEcrambid mothsAnimalia: Lepidoptera
For identificationCurrentMEGALOPTERAalderfliesAnimalia
For identificationCurrentNEUROPTERAlacewingsAnimalia
For identificationCurrentBRYOZOAbryozoans, ectoprocts and moss animalsAnimalia
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