CRUSTACEA
(crustaceans)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
Female (Click to open)
Class 16 subtaxa 155 images 11 ident. refs
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Class 80 subtaxa 1,230 images 95 ident. refs
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Class 23 subtaxa 110 images 48 ident. refs
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Class 2 subtaxa 3 images 8 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gregory, J. British Marine Life Pictures www.britishmarinelifepictures.co.uk/gallery.html

Freshwater

Visser, H. & Veldhuijzen van Zanten, H.H. European Limnofauna wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/limno.php

Marine

Anon. The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland (MarLIN) www.marlin.ac.uk/gallerycategory.php?gcatid=8
in the field() Gibson, R., Hextall, B. & Rogers, A. 2001 Photographic Guide to the Sea & Shore Life of Britain & North-west Europe Oxford Natural History, 436pp, Oxford University Press
() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1996 Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe reprint with minor corrections edition, 800pp, Oxford University Press
() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1990 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe 2 volumes, 996pp, Clarendon Press
Mauchline, J. 1984 Euphausiid, Stomatopod and Leptostracan Crustaceans Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 30, The Linnean Society of London
Naylor, P. 2005 Great British Marine Animals 2nd edition edition
NLBIF Crustacea: macrobenthos of the North Sea ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/crustacea.php
Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/

Marine/Plankton

Apstein, C. & Brandt, K.A.H. (eds) 1927 Crustacea Nordisches Plankton, 742pp, H. G. Bohn, London
() Larink, O. & Westheide, W. 2011 Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas (2nd ed) 2nd edition, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil
() Larink, O. & Westheide, W. 2006 Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas 143pp, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil
() Newell, G.E. & Newell, R.C. 1973 Marine Plankton - a practical guide 4th edition edition, 244pp, Hutchinson Educational Ltd.

Marine

Wood, C. 2007 Seasearch Observer’s Guide to Marine Life of Britain and Ireland SeaSearch guides, Marine Conservation Society

Planktonic Stages And Forms

Todd, C.D., Laverack, M.S. & Boxshall, G. 1996 Coastal Marine Zooplankton: A Practical Manual for Students 2nd edition, 106pp, Cambridge University Press

CRUSTACEA (crustaceans) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 208 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CRUSTACEA (crustaceans)

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).

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