BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
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 |  |
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| 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 (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 16 general literature references to CRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
CRUSTACEA may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 188 feeding and other relationships of CRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
