BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

CRUSTACEA (crustaceans)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Class BRANCHIOPODA (branchiopods) 11          
Subclass PHYLLOPODA 10 41 14 93 1  
Subclass SARSOSTRACA (brine and fairy shrimps) 1       1  
Subclass CIRRIPEDIA (barnacles) 3 23 1   3 4
Class MALACOSTRACA (crabs, woodlice, shrimps etc.) 34 165 40 6 27 16
Class MAXILLOPODA (copepods) 10 47   5 6 2
Class OSTRACODA (ostracods) 1 2   1 3 1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Gibson, R., Hextall, B. & Rogers, A., 2001 (marine forms) Photographic Guide to the Sea & Shore Life of Britain & North-west Europe
Larink, O. & Westheide, W., 2006 (Marine planktonic forms) Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas
Mauchline, J., 1984 Euphausiid, Stomatopod and Leptostracan Crustaceans
Crustacea: macrobenthos of the North Sea: http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/crustacea.php Web Site/Page
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland: http://www.seaslug.org.uk/marinelife/ (Marine species) Web Site/Page

General Works

CRUST-L crustacea mailing list: http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/crust-l.html E-forum
Journal of Crustacean Biology Journal
Alexander, K.N.A., 2002 The Invertebrates of Living and Decaying Timber in Britain and Ireland - a Provisional Annotated Checklist

CRUSTACEA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with CRUSTACEA:

Photos is predated by bladder Utricularia minor - Lesser Bladderwort (Lentibulariaceae) UK/Ireland Restricted Darwin, C., 1875
Photos is predated by bladder Utricularia vulgaris sens.lat. - greater bladderworts (Lentibulariaceae) UK/Ireland Captivity Darwin, C., 1875 [p405]
is predated by bladder Utricularia australis - Bladderwort (Lentibulariaceae) UK/Ireland Darwin, C., 1875 [p405]

Crustacea may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)

References

Darwin, C., 1875 Insectivorous Plants

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