Microscopes

Other fresh water plankton (Animalia, Monera, etc)
Name	Picture	Characteristic	Taxonomy
Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria)		1. blue green color 2. gliding movement 3. prokaryote	Kingdom Monera i.e. Annabella sp.
Euglenoids <.4mm		1. sometimes green 2, flagellate 3. red eye spot	Phylum Euglenida i.e. Euglena sp.
Dinoflagellates <.4mm		1. free swimming 2. tough armor 3. flagellate 4. autotrophic, heterotrophic	Phylum Dinoflagellate
Rotifers .4mm - 2 cm		1. corona with cilia 2. hairy appendages 3. transparent with lorica 4. free swimming or attached 5. organs, compressed body	Phylum Rotifer Class Bdelloided Class Monogononta
Hydra 2 cm		1. green brown or colorless 2. body and tentacles contract and stretch 3. primitive organs	Phylum Cnidaria i.e. Hydra sp.
Flatworms 1-15+ mm		1. flattened 2. eye spots 3. move in gliding motion	Phylum Platyhelminthes Class Turbellaria i.e. Planaria sp.
Roundworms .2-10 mm		1. moves in rapid “s” form 2. round body 3. bilateral 4. anterior, posterior openings	Phylum Nematodes
Oligochaetes 1.5 mm - >2 cm		1. segmented 2. worm motion 3. hair bundles (setae)	Phylum Annelida Class Oligochaeta
Leeches > 1 cm		1. predatory or parasitic 2. terminal suckers 3. hermaphroditic	Phylum Annelida Class Hirudinea
Gastrotricha .1-1.5mm		1. mainly benthic 2. head bristles 3. eat algae, bacteria, protozoa	Phylum Gastrotricha Order Chaetonotida
Tardigrades Little water bears < 1 mm		1. head and 4 trunk segments 2. 4 pair legs 3. eyes 4. herbivores	Phylum Tardigrada