Top Macroinvertebrates Flashcards
1
Q
Corixidae
A
Water Boatmen
- Dark on top
- White on bottom
2
Q
Notonectidae
A
Back Swimming
- Dark on bottom
- Light on top
3
Q
Gerridae
A
Water Strider
4
Q
Amphipoda (order)
A
Scuds
- Rounder than isopoda
- 7 legs
- legs under body
5
Q
Isopoda (order)
A
Sow bug
- 7 walking legs
- flatter than amphipoda
- legs to side of body
6
Q
Decopoda (order)
A
Crayfish, Shrimp
-photos of unknowns
7
Q
Acariformes (superorder)
A
Mites
- not preserved
- photos of unknowns
8
Q
Planorbidae (family)
A
Spiral snail shells
9
Q
Phyisdae
A
Snail
-left opening with point at top
10
Q
Perlidae
A
Plecoptera (Stonefly)
-Glossae shorter than periglossae (tongue bits)
11
Q
Heptaginiidae
A
Ephemoptera
- Big dark eyes
- Margin around eyes
- Flat head and body
12
Q
Baetidae
A
Ephemoptera
- long antenna
- cleft lip
13
Q
Leptohyphidae
A
Ephemoptera
-triangular operculate gill on segment 2
14
Q
Ephemeridae
A
Ephemoptera
- Fluffy abdominal gills
- Large tusks
- Pointed hind tibiae
15
Q
Aeshnidae
A
Odonata, Anisoptera
- Bristle antennae
- 5 short appendages on end of abdomen
