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CRUSTACEA (crustaceans)

Further Information

Lab. techniques Best killed in hot water for the smaller species, or by freezing for the larger ones.

Hand hot is sufficient to quickly kill marine shrimps etc.

For narcotisation, use Menthol or Lidocaine (eg Covonia Throat Spray).

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #notes #refs
Subclass BRANCHIOPODA (branchiopods) 11          
Infraclass Phyllopoda 10 41 8 88 4 3
Infraclass Sarsostraca (brine and fairy shrimps) 1         1
Subclass BRANCHIURA (fish lice) 1          
Family ARGULIDAE (fish lice)           1
Class CIRRIPEDIA (barnacles) 7 23 21     12
Class COPEPODA (copepods) 11 48   5   19
Class MALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.) 63 667 404 72   65
Class OSTRACODA (ostracods, mussel shrimps) 1 2   1   5

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Marine

The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland (MarLIN): http://www.marlin.ac.uk The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland (MarLIN)
Gibson, R., Hextall, B. & Rogers, A., 2001 Photographic Guide to the Sea & Shore Life of Britain & North-west Europe
Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1990 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe
Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1996 (littoral and sublittoral fauna) Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe
Mauchline, J., 1984 Euphausiid, Stomatopod and Leptostracan Crustaceans
Naylor, P., 2005 Great British Marine Animals
Crustacea: macrobenthos of the North Sea: http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/crustacea.php Crustacea: macrobenthos of the North Sea
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland: http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/ Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Wood, C., 2007 Seasearch Observer's Guide to Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Plankton
Apstein, C. & Brandt, K.A.H. (eds), 1927 (Plankton and planktonic larvae) Crustacea
Larink, O. & Westheide, W., 2006 Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas
Larink, O. & Westheide, W., 2011 Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas (2nd ed)
Newell, G.E. & Newell, R.C., 1973 (larvae and planktonic forms) Marine Plankton - a practical guide

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 16 general literature references to CRUSTACEA (crustaceans)

CRUSTACEA may also be covered by literature listed under:

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

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 188 feeding and other relationships of CRUSTACEA (crustaceans)

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