Phylum

Scientific name

Notes

Sarcodina

Radiolaria/Foraminifera (mixed)

Free-living in fresh- and marine water

Chaos carolinensis, Amoeba proteus

Free-living in freshwater

Entamoeba histolytica

Trophozoites and cysts

Mastigophora (Flagellates)

Intestinal flagellates, e.g. Trichonympha spp., Pyrrsonympha spp.

These produce cellulase to enable animals, such as termites, to digest wood.

Trichomonas vaginalis

Trophozoite, STD

Trypanosoma spp.

Trypomastigote in peripheral blood

Giardia lamblia

Trophozoites and cysts

Ciliophora

Paramecium sp.

Free-living in freshwater

Didinium sp.

Free-living in freshwater

Balantidium coli

Trophozoites and cysts

Vorticella sp.

Free-living in freshwater

Sporozoa (or Apicomplexa)

Plasmodium sp.

Causative agent for malaria, erythrocytic stages

Type of Sponge

Species

Notes

Ascon

Leucosolenia sp.

Whole mount
cross section
spicules
preserved specimen

Sycon

Scypha/Grantia sp.

Whole mount
cross section
spicules
preserved specimen

Miscellaneous

Spongilla


Commercial sponge
Loaf sponge
Finger sponge

Gemmules
w.m.
preserved specimens

Class

Example Species

Notes

Hydrozoa

Hydra

Whole mount, asexual reproduction (budding), c.s. male (w.m. & c.s.), female (w.m. & c.s., habitat

Obelia

Polyp form w.m., medusa form w.m., life cycle, habitat

Scyphozoa

Aurelia

w.m., life cycle, habitat

Anthozoa

Corals

Whole mount, skeleton, life cycle, habitat

Metridium (anemone)

Whole specimens, cross- and longitudinal section

Class

Example Species

Notes

Turbellaria

Dugesia (Planaria)

w.m., x.s.

Class Monogenea

Cleidodiscus sp.

w.m., parasite of fish

Class Digenea

Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese liver fluke)

Ova, adult w.m., morphology of adult, life cycle

Class Digenea

Schistosoma mansoni (blood fluke)

Ova, miracidium, sporocyst, daughter sporocysts, cercariae, adult male, adult female, morphology of adults, life cycle

Class Cestoda

Hymenolepis diminuta (rat tapeworm)

Ova, cysticercoid w.m., adult w.m., morphology of proglottids, life cycle

Class Cestoda

Echinococcus granulosus (small dog tapeworm)

Cysticercus larva w.m., adult w.m., morphology of adult, life cycle

Class

Example Species

Notes

Gastropoda (Snails & slugs)

Lymnaea (pond snail)

Living specimens; internal anatomy, external anatomy

Bivalvia (=Pelecypoda)

Mussels

Internal anatomy, external anatomy, radula c.s., glochidial larvae w.m.

Cephalopoda

Loligo (a species of squid)

Internal anatomy, external anatomy

Polyplacophora

Chiton

Internal anatomy, external anatomy.

Class

Example Order

Notes

Insecta

Lepidoptera (moths & butterflies)

Monarch butterfly collection

Hymenoptera (ants, bees & wasps)

Honeybee worker collection
Honeybee drone collection
Honeybee queen

Coleoptera (beetles)

Potato beetle collection

Thysanura

Springtails

Homoptera

Chestnut aphid nymph + adults
scale insects

Anoplura (sucking lice)

Pediculus humanus adults and nits

Siphonoptera (fleas)

Ctenocephalides

Diptera (true flies)

Leaf miner fly adult

Hemiptera (true bugs)

Cimex

Arachnida

Acarina (ticks & mites)

Ticks
Family Trombiculidae

Scorpionidae (scorpions)

Adult

Aranaea (spiders)

Assorted garden spiders

Crustacea

Copepoda (water fleas)

Cyclops

Branchiopoda (water fleas)

Daphnia, Bosmina

Branchiura (fish lice)

Argulus

Cirrepedia (barnacles)

External morphology

Decapoda (lobster, crayfish, crab, shrimp)

Zoeae larvae, adults

Malacostraca

Horseshoe crab

Myriapoda

Chilopoda (centipedes)

Preserved adult

Diplopoda (millipedes)

Preserved adult