Aquatic Invertebrate Taxa

Cnidaria

Phylum of hydra

Hydrozoa

Class of hydra

Hydra

Entoprocta

Phylum of bryozoans

Bryozoans

Tardigrada

Phylum of water bears

Water bears

Mollusca

Phylum of mussels and snails

Bivalvia

Class of mussels

Gastropoda

Class of snails

Pulmonata

Subclass of gastropoda, snails with lungs

Physidae

Family of left-handed snails

Planorbidae

Family of rams horn snails

Helisoma

Genus of rams horn snails

Ancylidae

Family of limpets

Ferrissa kirklandi

Limpets

Annelida

Phylum of leeches

Hirudinea

Class of leeches

Arthropoda

Phylum of insects, cepepods, shrimp, scuds, arachnids, etc.

Hexapoda

Class of insects

Chelicerata

Subphylum of water mites

Arachnida

Class of water mites

Hydrachnida

Superfamily of water mites

Water mites

Crustacea

Subphylum of cladocerns, shrimp, copepods, crayfish, scuds

Branchiopoda

Class of daphnia, bosmina, clam shrimp, fairy shrimp, and tadpole shrimp

Anomopoda

Order of cladocerns (daphnia and bosmina)

Daphniidae

Family of daphnia

Daphnia

Bosmina

Laevicaudata

Order of clam shrimp

Lynceidae

Family of clam shrimp

Clam shrimp

Anostraca

Order of fairy shrimp

Streptocephalidae

Family of fairy shrimp

Notostraca

Order of tadpole shrimp

Triopsidae

Family of tadpole shrimp

Tadpole shrimp

Maxillopoda

Class of copepods

Cyclopodia

(order)

Calanoida

Order of nauplii

Ostracoda

Class of seed shrimp

Seed shrimp

Malacostraca

Class of sowbugs, scuds, crayfish, and freshwater shrimp

Isopoda

Order of sowbugs

Ascellidae

Family of sowbugs

Sowbugs

Amphipoda

Order of scuds

Hyalellidae

Family of scuds

Hyalella

Scuds

Decapoda

Order of crayfish and freshwater shrimp

Cambaridae

Family of crayfish

Crayfish

Palaemonidae

Family of freshwater shrimp

Freshwater shrimp

Prosobranchia

Subclass of gilled snails

Pleuroceridae

Family of pyramid elimia

Hydrobiidae

Family of right-handed snails

Oligochaeta

Family of earthworms

Bosminidae

Family of bosmina