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                                                LIST OF PLATES         

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Kingdom:  PROTISTA (PROTOZOA)

 

Phylum:  Sarcomastigophora (Rhizoflagellata)

Phylum:  Apicomplexa (Sporozoa)

 

Kingdom:  CHROMALVEOLATA

    Phylum:  Heterokontophyta

    Phylum:  Haptophyta

    Phylum:  Cryptophyta

    Phylum:  Ciliophora

 

Kingdom:  ANIMALIA

SubKingdom:  Parazoa

 

Phylum:  Porifera

 

SubKingdom:  Metazoa (Eumetazoa)

 

Phylum:  Ctenophora (Previously under Coelenterata)

Phylum:  Cnidaria (Previously under Coelenterata)

Phylum:  Platyhelminthes  (Superphylum Platyzoa)

Phylum:  Nemertinea (Nemertera)

Phylum:  Acanthocephala

 

 

Phylum:  Rotifera

Phylum:  Gastrotricha

Phylum:  Bryozoa (Ectoprocta)

Phylum:  Brachiopoda

Phylum:  Phoronidea

Phylum:  Nematoda ( Nemathelminthes

Phylum:  Nematomorpha (Gordiacea)

Phylum:  Echinodermata

Phylum:  Mollusca

Phylum:  Annelida

 

Phylum:  Arthropoda

 

    Subphylum:  Trilobitomorpha

    Subphylum:  Chelicerata

    Subphylum:  Myriapoda

    Subphylum:  Hexapoda

    Subphylum:  Crustacea


Phylum:  Hemichordata

Phylum:  Chordata


    Subphylum: 
Urochordata (Tunicata)

    Subphylum:  Cephalochordata

 

Numerical List

 

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Kingdom:  PROTISTA (PROTOZOA)

 

Phylum:  Sarcomastigophora (Rhizoflagellata)

 

Plate 2 = Protista: Sarcomastigophora: Rhizopoda: Amoebina: Amoeba proteus

Plate 3 = Protista: Sarcomastigophora: Rhizopoda: Foraminifera & Radiolaria

Plate 4 = Protista: Mastigophora: Eglenoidea: Euglena viridis

Plate 5 = Protista: Mastigophora: Phytomastigina: Volvocina: Volvox globator

Plate 6 = Protista: Sarcomastigophora: Mastigophora & Apicomplexa (Pandorina sp., Trichonympha sp., Trypanosoma rhodesieusi & Plasmodium vivax

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Phylum:  Apicomplexa (Sporozoa)

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Kingdom:  CHROMALVEOLATA

 

    Phylum:  Heterokontophyta  

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    Phylum:  Haptophyta

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    Phylum:  Cryptophyta

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    Phylum:  Ciliophora

 

Plate 7 = Chromalveolata: Ciliophora: Ciliata: Paramecium multimicronucleatum

Plate 8 = Chromalveolata: Ciliophora: Ciliata: Nyclotherus sp., Opalina sp., Didinium nasutum & Paramecium sp.

Plate 9 = Chromalveolata: Ciliophora: Ciliata & Phyllopharyngea (Euplotes patella & Ephelota sp.)

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Kingdom:  ANIMALIA

 

SubKingdom:  Parazoa

Phylum:  Porifera -- Sponges

 

Plate 10 = Animalia: Parazoa: Porifera: Scypha sp.

Plate 11 = Animalia: Parazoa: Porifera: Calcarea & Hexactinellida (Scypha sp., Hyalonema sp. & Euplectella sp.)

Plate 33 = Phylum: Porifera: Noteus sp. & Asplancha amphora

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SubKingdom:  Metazoa (Eumetazoa)

 

Phylum:  Ctenophora (Previously under Coelenterata)

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Phylum:  Cnidaria (Previously under Coelenterata)

 

Plate 12 = Animalia: Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Obelia sp.

Plate 13 = Animalia: Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Gonionemus sp.

Plate 14 = Animalia: Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Campanula sp., Hydra sp., Eudendrium sp., Gonionemus sp.

Plate 15 = Animalia: Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Tubularia sp., Bougainvilla sp.

Plate 16 = Animalia: Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Aurelia sp.

Plate 17 = Animalia: Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Scyanea sp. & Aurelia sp.

Plate 18 = Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Zooantharia: Metridium sp. (Figs. A & B)

Plate 19 = Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Zooantharia: Metridium sp. (Fig. C)

 

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Phylum:  Platyhelminthes  (Superphylum Platyzoa)

 

Plate 20 = Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria: Tricladida: Dugesia agilis

Plate 21 = Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria: Tricladida: Dugesia agilis (whole animal)

Plate 22 = Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria: Tricladida: Dugesia agilis (cross-section of Plate 21)

Plate 23 = Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria:  Proctyla sp., Bdelloura sp., Leptoplana sp., Dugesia sp.

Plate 24 = Platyhelminthes: Trematoda:  Prosthogonimus macrorchia

Plate 25 = Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Digenea -- Example Structures & Life Cycle

Plate 26 = Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Digenea:  Clonorchia sinensis, Distomaria hepatica, Paramphistomum sp., Octomacrum sp., Notocotylus sp. & Clonorchia sp.

Plate 27 = Platyhelminthes: Cestoda:  Taenia pisiformis & Taenia serrata

Plate 28 = Platyhelminthes: Cestoda:  Echonococcus granulosis, Taenia pisiformis, Dibothria canium

 

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Phylum:  Nemertinea (Nemertera)

 

Plate 63 = Phylum: Nemertinea -- Example Structures

 

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Phylum:  Acanthocephala

 

Plate 29 = Phylum: Acanthocephala: Macracanthorhynchus sp. male

Plate 30 = Phylum: Acanthocephala: Macracanthorhynchus sp. -- Cross-sections

Plate 31 = Phylum: Acanthocephala, Macracanthorhynchus sp. -- Dissected Female specimen

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Phylum:  Rotifera

 

Plate 1 = Different body shapes in Rotifera.

Plate 32 = Phylum: Rotifera: Hydatina senta -- Lateral view

 

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Phylum:  Gastrotricha

 

Plate 60 = Example Structure of Gastrotricha.

 

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Phylum:  Bryozoa (Ectoprocta)

 

Plate 34 = Phylum: Bryozoa: Plumatella sp. & Cristatella mucedo

Plate 35 = Phylum: Bryozoa -- Example Structures:  Pectinatella sp. & Bugula sp.

 

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Phylum:  Brachiopoda

 

Plate 62 = Phylum: Brachiopoda:  Lingula sp., Laqueus sp. & fossil

 

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Phylum:  Phoronidea

 

Plate 61 = Phylum: Phoronidia -- Example Structure

 

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Phylum:  Nematoda ( Nemathelminthes)

 

Plate 37 = Phylum: Nematoda: Ascaris lumbricoides

Plate 38 = Phylum: Nematoda:  Dioctophyme venale, Dracunculus medinense, Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris sp.

 

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Phylum:  Nematomorpha (Gordiacea)

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Phylum:  Echinodermata

 

Plate 39 = Phylum: Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterius sp.

Plate 40 = Phylum: Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterius sp. -- Cross-section

Plate 41 = Phylum: Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Strongylocentrotus sp.

Plate 42 = Phylum: Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Strongylocentrotus sp. -- Aristotle's Lantern

Plate 43 = Phylum: Echonodermata -- Example Classes:  Echinoidea, Blastoidea, Ophiuroidea

Plate 44 = Phylum: Echinodermata: Holothuoroidea: Cucumaria sp.

Plate 45 = Phylum: Echinodermata: Holothuoroidea: Cucumaria sp. -- Cross-section

Plate 46 = Phylum: Echinodermata: Holothuoroidea: & Crinoidea -- Examples

 

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Phylum:  Mollusca

 

Plate 47 = Phylum: Mollusca: Pelecypoda: Venus sp.

Plate 48 = Phylum: Mollusca: Pelecypoda: Ostea, Pecten, Ensis, Mytilus, Maja, Teredo spp.

Plate 50 = Phylum: Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Loligo sp. -- General Morphology

Plate 51 = Phylum: Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Loligo sp. -- Venous System

Plate 52 = Phylum: Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Loligo sp. -- Arterial & Digestive Systems

 

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Phylum:  Annelida

 

Plate 53 = Phylum: Annelida: Oligochaeta: Lumbricus terrestris -- Dorsal View of Earthworm

Plate 54 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class: Oligochaeta & Polychaeta: Lumbricus terrestris & Nereis sp.

Plate 69 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class: Polychaeta: Segmental structure of Nereis showing segmental organs

Plate 70 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class: Polychaeta: Blood system of Pomatocerus

Plate 71 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class: Polychaeta: Coelomic circulation in Aphrodite

Plate 72 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class: Polychaeta: Filter feeding in Sabella

Plate 73 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class: Polychaeta: Nephridia & coelomoducts in polychaetes

Plate 74 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class: Polychaeta: Nephridia in tubicolous polychaetes

Plate 75 = Phylum: Annelida -- Various heads found in Oligochaeta

 

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Phylum:  Arthropoda

 

    Subphylum:  Trilobitomorpha

    Subphylum:  Chelicerata

    Subphylum:  Myriapoda

    Subphylum:  Hexapoda

    Subphylum:  Crustacea

 

Plate 49 = Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Branchiopoda, Copepoda & Ostracoda

Plate 55 = Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Malacostraca: Homarus americanus -- General Morphology

Plate 56 = Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Malacostraca: Homarus americanus -- Limb Structure

Plate 57 = Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Malacostraca: Homarus americanus -- Mouthparts

Plate 58 = Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Malacostraca; Orders: Isopoda, Amphipoda, Stomatopoda -- Ligia oceanica, Gammarus neglectus, Squilla sp.

Plate 59 = Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Maxillipoda & Malacostraca -- Lepas anatifera & Mysis relicta

 

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Phylum:  Hemichordata -- Wormlike marine animals, deuterostomes

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Phylum:  Chordata -- Tunicates, fish, amphibians, birds, mammals


    Subphylum:  Urochordata (Tunicata)

    Subphylum:  Cephalochordata

 

 

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Numerical List

 

Plate 1 = Different body shapes in Rotifera.

Plate 2 = Protista: Sarcomastigophora: Rhizopoda: Amoebina: Amoeba proteus

Plate 3 = Protista: Sarcomastigophora: Rhizopoda: Foraminifera & Radiolaria

Plate 4 = Protista: Mastigophora: Eglenoidea: Euglena viridis

Plate 5 = Protista: Mastigophora: Phytomastigina: Volvocina: Volvox globator

Plate 6 = Protista: Sarcomastigophora: Mastigophora & Apicomplexa (Pandorina sp., Trichonympha sp., Trypanosoma rhodesieusi & Plasmodium vivax

Plate 7 = Chromalveolata: Ciliophora: Ciliata: Paramecium multimicronucleatum

Plate 8 = Chromalveolata: Ciliophora: Ciliata: Nyclotherus sp., Opalina sp., Didinium nasutum & Paramecium sp.

Plate 9 = Chromalveolata: Ciliophora: Ciliata & Phyllopharyngea (Euplotes patella & Ephelota sp.)

Plate 10 = Animalia: Parazoa: Porifera: Scypha sp.

Plate 11 = Animalia: Parazoa: Porifera: Calcarea & Hexactinellida (Scypha sp., Hyalonema sp. & Euplectella sp.)

Plate 12 = Animalia: Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Obelia sp.

Plate 13 = Animalia: Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Gonionemus sp.

Plate 14 = Animalia: Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Campanula sp., Hydra sp., Eudendrium sp., Gonionemus sp.

Plate 15 = Animalia: Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Tubularia sp., Bougainvilla sp.

Plate 16 = Animalia: Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Aurelia sp.

Plate 17 = Animalia: Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Scyanea sp. & Aurelia sp.

Plate 18 = Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Zooantharia: Metridium sp. (Figs. A & B)

Plate 19 = Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Zooantharia: Metridium sp. (Fig. C)

Plate 20 = Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria: Tricladida: Dugesia agilis

Plate 21 = Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria: Tricladida: Dugesia agilis (whole animal)

Plate 22 = Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria: Tricladida: Dugesia agilis (cross-section of Plate 21)

Plate 23 = Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria:  Proctyla sp., Bdelloura sp., Leptoplana sp., Dugesia sp.

Plate 24 = Platyhelminthes: Trematoda:  Prosthogonimus macrorchia

Plate 25 = Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Digenea -- Example Structures & Life Cycle

Plate 26 = Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Digenea:  Clonorchia sinensis, Distomaria hepatica, Paramphistomum sp., Octomacrum sp., Notocotylus sp. & Clonorchia sp.

Plate 27 = Platyhelminthes: Cestoda:  Taenia pisiformis & Taenia serrata

Plate 28 = Platyhelminthes: Cestoda:  Echonococcus granulosis, Taenia pisiformis, Dibothria canium

Plate 29 = Phylum: Acanthocephala: Macracanthorhynchus sp. male

Plate 30 = Phylum: Acanthocephala: Macracanthorhynchus sp. -- Cross-sections

Plate 31 = Phylum: Acanthocephala, Macracanthorhynchus sp. -- Dissected Female specimen

Plate 32 = Phylum: Rotifera: Hydatina senta -- Lateral view

Plate 33 = Phylum: Porifera: Noteus sp. & Asplancha amphora

Plate 34 = Phylum: Bryozoa: Plumatella sp. & Cristatella mucedo

Plate 35 = Phylum: Bryozoa -- Example Structures:  Pectinatella sp. & Bugula sp.

Plate 36 = Phylum: Nematoda:  Ascaris lumbricoides female

Plate 37 = Phylum: Nematoda: Ascaris lumbricoides

Plate 38 = Phylum: Nematoda:  Dioctophyme venale, Dracunculus medinense, Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris sp.

Plate 39 = Phylum: Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterius sp.

Plate 40 = Phylum: Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterius sp. -- Cross-section

Plate 41 = Phylum: Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Strongylocentrotus sp.

Plate 42 = Phylum: Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Strongylocentrotus sp. -- Aristotle's Lantern

Plate 43 = Phylum: Echonodermata -- Example Classes:  Echinoidea, Blastoidea, Ophiuroidea

Plate 44 = Phylum: Echinodermata: Holothuoroidea: Cucumaria sp.

Plate 45 = Phylum: Echinodermata: Holothuoroidea: Cucumaria sp. -- Cross-section

Plate 46 = Phylum: Echinodermata: Holothuoroidea: & Crinoidea -- Examples

Plate 47 = Phylum: Mollusca: Pelecypoda: Venus sp.

Plate 48 = Phylum: Mollusca: Pelecypoda: Ostea, Pecten, Ensis, Mytilus, Maja, Teredo spp.

Plate 49 = Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Branchiopoda, Copepoda & Ostracoda

Plate 50 = Phylum: Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Loligo sp. -- General Morphology

Plate 51 = Phylum: Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Loligo sp. -- Venous System

Plate 52 = Phylum: Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Loligo sp. -- Arterial & Digestive Systems

Plate 53 = Phylum: Annelida: Oligochaeta: Lumbricus terrestris -- Dorsal View of Earthworm

Plate 54 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class: Oligochaeta & Polychaeta: Lumbricus terrestris & Nereis sp.

Plate 55 = Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Malacostraca: Homarus americanus -- General Morphology

Plate 56 = Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Malacostraca: Homarus americanus -- Limb Structure

Plate 57 = Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Malacostraca: Homarus americanus -- Mouthparts

Plate 58 = Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Malacostraca; Orders: Isopoda, Amphipoda, Stomatopoda -- Ligia oceanica, Gammarus neglectus, Squilla sp.

Plate 59 = Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Maxillipoda & Malacostraca -- Lepas anatifera & Mysis relicta

Plate 60 = Example Structure of Gastrotricha.

Plate 61 = Phylum: Phoronidia -- Example Structure

Plate 62 = Phylum: Brachiopoda:  Lingula sp., Laqueus sp. & fossil

Plate 63 = Phylum: Nemertinea -- Example Structures

Plate 64 = Phylum: Nematomorpha -- Trichinella sp. = Gordian worms

Plate 65 = Kingdom: Protista -- Development characteristics

Plate 66 = Kingdom: Chromalyeolata, Phylum: Ciliata -- Paramecium structure

Plate 67 = Phylum: Ctenophora -- Transverse section to axis of Corallium sp.

Plate 68 = Phylum: Ctenophora -- Structure of an anemone.

Plate 69 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class: Polychaeta: Segmental structure of Nereis showing segmental organs

Plate 70 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class: Polychaeta: Blood system of Pomatocerus

Plate 71 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class: Polychaeta: Coelomic circulation in Aphrodite

Plate 72 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class: Polychaeta: Filter feeding in Sabella

Plate 73 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class: Polychaeta: Nephridia & coelomoducts in polychaetes

Plate 74 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class: Polychaeta: Nephridia in tubicolous polychaetes

Plate 75 = Phylum: Annelida -- Various heads found in Oligochaeta

Plate 76 = Phylum: Onychophora -- Peripatus capensis structures

Plate 77 = Phylum: Onychophora -- Fossil Terataspis from New York Devonian

Plate 78 = Phylum: Crustacea, Class: Branchiopoda -- Cyclomorphosis in Daphnia

Plate 79 = Phylum: Crustacea, Class: Brachiopoda -- Cyclops sp. structures

Plate 80 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta -- Section of cuticle and hypodermis

Plate 81 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta -- Petrobius maritimus mouthparts

Plate 82 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta -- Histology of the insect gut

Plate 83 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta -- Section through gut of Rhodnius prolixus

Plate 84 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta -- Trachea & tracheole structure

Plate 85 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta -- Closing of spiracles

Plate 86 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta -- Regulation of tracheal respiration

Plate 87 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta -- Sensillae of insects

Plate 88 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Entognatha -- Basic morphology of Collembola

Plate 89 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Thysanura -- Lepisma saccharina & Petrobius maritimus

Plate 90 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Ephemeroptera -- Morphology

Plate 91 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Dermaptera -- Forficula auricularia male

Plate 92 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Orders: Mecoptera & Neuroptera -- Panorpa, Sialis & Mymeleon spp.

Plate 93 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Neuroptera -- Sialis lutaria

Plate 94 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Trichoptera  -- Hydroptila, Odontocerum, Hydropsyche, Halesus guttatipennis & Phryganea spp.

Plate 95 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Diptera -- Mouthparts of a mosquito

Plate 96 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Diptera -- Calliphora sp. mouthparts

Plate 97 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta -- Pseudotracheal membrane structure

Plate 98 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Diptera -- Calliphora sp. labellar lobes

Plate 99 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Siphonaptera -- Ctenocephalus mouthparts

Plate 100 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera -- Apis sp. mouthparts

Plate 101 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Strepsiptera -- Elenchinus sp. male & Polistes sp. host

Plate 102 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Anoplura -- Pediculus humanus

Plate 103 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Orders: Hemiptera & Homoptera -- Aradus sp. & Aphanus sp. mouthparts

Plate 104 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Homoptera -- Psylla sp. stylet penetration into plant tissue

Plate 105 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Arachnida, Order: Pseudoscorpionidea -- Menthus rossi morphology

Plate 106 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Arachnida -- Koenenia sp. & Galeodes arabs

Plate 107 = Phylum: Mollusca -- Example stomach with grooves for guiding food

Plate 108 = Phylum: Mollusca, Class: Pelecypoda -- Sculpturing on shell surfaces

Plate 109 = Phylum: Mollusca, Class: Amphineura -- Ventral view of Neopilina galathecae

Plate 110 = Phylum: Mollusca, Class: Gastropoda -- Shells of various genera

Plate 111 = Phylum: Mollusca, Class: Pelecypoda -- Shells of various genera

 

 

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