Various Authors - Invertebrate biodiversity resource
LABplus contains a biodiversity resource that introduces many of the major groups of animals from the local region and beyond. This collection provides the opportunity for the user to examine specimens, whilst carrying out exercises and investigating other resource aids. The biodiversity collection has been divided by taxonomic groups. Please follow the relevant links below to view the 'virtual boxes' which also contain the locations of the 'physical boxes' in LABplus.
FRESHWATER INVERTEBRATES
Introduction to the main groups
Plecoptera, Ephemeroptera and Trichoptera (stoneflies, mayflies and caddisflies)
Coleoptera and Hemiptera (beetles and bugs)
TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATES
Introduction to the main groups
Introduction to the smaller insect orders
Isopoda (woodlice) and Myriapoda (centipedes and millipedes)
MARINE INVERTEBRATES
Crustacean identification: Class Malacostraca I (crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, shrimps and prawns)
Crustacean identification: Class Malacostraca II (isopods, amphipods and barnacles)