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Location: Parker Mills County Park (42°16'27.7"N 83°40'02.6"W) Ann Arbor, Michigan March 7, 2017 Image credit: R. McSorely
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Isopoda
Family Oniscidae
Species Oniscus sp. Keyed using: http://bugguide.net/node/view/33847
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Location: Eastern Michigan University (42°15'06.3"N 83°37'27.0"W) Ypsilanti, Michigan Image credit: N. Sanchez Phylum Arthropoda
Class Arachnida
Subclass Acari
Order Ixodida
Genus Dermacentor
Species Dermacentor variabilis Keyed using: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/medical/american_dog_tick.htm
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Location: Loesell pond Ypsilanti, Michigan Image credit: R. McSorley
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Ostracoda
Order Podocopida
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Location: Loesell pond Ypsilanti, Michigan Image credit: R. McSorley
Phylum Tardigrada
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Location: Loesell pond Ypsilanti, Michigan Image credit: L. Mceachern Phylum Arthropoda
Class Arachnida
Order Acari
Family Hydrachnidae
Genus Hydrachna
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Location: Loesell pond Ypsilanti, Michigan Video credit: L. Mceachern
Phylum Rotifera
Class Eurotifera
Order Ploima
Family Asplanchnidae
Genus Asplanchna
Keyed using http://invertebratezoologycollection.weebly.com/asplanchna.html and Olsen, Lars Henrik, Jakob Sunesen, and Bente Vita Pedersen. Small Freshwater Creatures. Oxford University Press, 2001. pg. 178.
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Location: Loesell pond Ypsilanti, Michigan Video credit: L. Mceachern
Phylum Annelida
Class Clitellata
Subclass Hirudinea
Order Rhynchobdellida
Family Glossiphoniidae
Genus Glossiphonia
Species Glossiphonia complanata
Keyed using: Olsen, Lars Henrik, Jakob Sunesen, and Bente Vita Pedersen. Small Freshwater Creatures. Oxford University Press, 2001. pg. 162.
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Location: Loesell pond Ypsilanti, Michigan Image credit: L. Mceachern
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Maxillopoda
Subclass Copepoda
Order Harpacticoida
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Location: Fish Lake (43°06'43.5"N 83°14'57.9"W) Lapeer, Michigan April 2, 2017 Video credit: N. Sanchez
(for the larger worm in video)
Phylum Annelida
Class Clitellata
Subclass Oligochaeta
Order Lumbriculida
Genus: Lumbriculus
Species: Lumbriculus variegatus
Keyed using: Olsen, Lars Henrik, Jakob Sunesen, and Bente Vita Pedersen. Small Freshwater Creatures. Oxford University Press, 2001. pg. 171. and http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160017
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Location: Fish Lake (43°06'43.5"N 83°14'57.9"W) Lapeer, Michigan April 2, 2017 Video credit: N. Sanchez
Phylum Nematoda
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Location: Fish Lake (43°06'43.5"N 83°14'57.9"W) Lapeer, Michigan April 2, 2017 Image credit: M. Angelosanto
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Arachnida
Order Pseudoscorpiones
Family Chernetidae
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Location: Parker Mills County Park (42°16'27.7"N 83°40'02.6"W) Ann Arbor, Michigan March 7, 2017 Image credit: N. Sanchez
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
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Location: Fish Lake (43°06'43.5"N 83°14'57.9"W) Lapeer, Michigan April 2, 2017 Image credit: N. Sanchez
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Maxillopoda
Subclass Copepoda
Order Cyclopoida
* nauplius larva
Keyed using: Olsen, Lars Henrik, Jakob Sunesen, and Bente Vita Pedersen. Small Freshwater Creatures. Oxford University Press, 2001. pg. 137. and http://bugguide.net/node/view/352929
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Location: Fish Lake (43°06'43.5"N 83°14'57.9"W) Lapeer, Michigan April 2, 2017 Image credit: N. Sanchez
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Myriapoda
Order Diplopoda
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Location: Parker Mills County Park (42°16'27.7"N 83°40'02.6"W) Ann Arbor, Michigan March 7, 2017 Video credit: P. Maynard
Phylum Rotifera
Class Eurotatoria
Order Bdelloidea
Family Philodinidae
Species Philodina roseola
“Cilia in slow motion”
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Philodinidae/classification/
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Location: Crosswinds Interpretive Marsh & Preserve (42°05'45.4"N 83°26'32.1"W) New Boston, Michigan April 9, 2017 Image credit: N. Sanchez
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Hemiptera
Family Nepidae
Genus Ranatra
Species Ranatra linearis
Keyed using: Voshell, J Reese. Freshwater Invertebrates. 2nd ed., Blacksburg, VA, The McDonald and Woodland Publishing Company, 2002. pg. 110
and Dobson, Michael, Simon Pawley, Melanie Fletcher, and Anne Powell. Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates. Freshwater Biological Association, 2012. pg. 110
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Location: Fish Lake (43°06'43.5"N 83°14'57.9"W) Lapeer, Michigan April 2, 2017 Image credit: P. Maynard
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Chelicerata
Class Arachnida
Order Araneae
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