NATR 250 - Aquatic Ecology Prof. Snyder
AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES - BENTHOS & AUF WUCHS
LIST OF TAXA
Phylum Coelenterata
Class Hydrozoa hydras
Phylum Platyhelminthes flatworms
Class Turbellaria planaria
Phylum Nematomorpha Gordian worms, horsehair worms
Phylum Bryozoa moss animals
Phylum Annelida segmented worms
Class Oligochaeta aquatic earthworms, tubifex worms
Class Hirudinea leeches
Phylum Mollusca
Class Pelecypoda fingernail clams, zebra mussels,
freshwater mussels
Class Gastropoda coiled snails
right-opening spiraled snails
pouch snails
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Crustacea
Order Decapoda crayfish
Order Amphipoda scuds, sideswimmers, gammids
Order Isopoda aquatic sowbugs
Order Mysidacea oppossum shrimp, mysid shrimp
