John Maunder's

Newfoundland and Labrador

Natural Sciences Links

Biology and Ecology:

Animals: Invertebrates

Website Goal:

• To compile an extensive reference resource for students of the natural history of Canada's easternmost province.

   Always under construction!  Please check back periodically.  

All links last checked October 19, 2005.

Page last updated October 29, 2005.

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Navigate this Page - "Biology and Ecology: Animals: Invertebrates":

• Bryozoans
• Centipedes and Millipedes
• Comb Jellies
• Corals
• Crustaceans
• General
• Hydroids
• Insects
• Molluscs
• Parasites
• Rotifers
• Spiders
• Sponges
• Starfishes, Sea Urchins, and Relatives
• Tardigrades
• Worms

Bryozoans

• Recent and Fossil Bryozoa Major site!

Centipedes and Millipedes

• Chilopoda (Centipedes] A subpage of Gordon Ramel's excellent Wonderful World of Insects website.

Comb Jellies

• Comb Jellies From Wim van Egmond's Micro Homepage

Corals

• Coral Reefs of Nova Scotia; [The] Who knew?! Super site. Newfoundland has corals too!
• Deep Sea Corals may Provide Coorful Homes, Food for Fish About Nova Scotia corals.

Crustaceans

Cladocerans

• Cladocera All about "water fleas". Super!

Decapods

• Lobster's Life, [A] A lobster's life cycle. From the Gulf of Maine Aquarium All About Lobsters site.

Isopods

• Woodlice (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) [The] A subpage of Gordon Ramel's excellent Wonderful World of Insects website.
• World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Marine and freshwater species. An excellent scientific resource from the United States National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution. Unfortunately, the pages are a little hard to navigate and extract information from.

Lists of Links - Crustaceans

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General

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Hydroids

• The Double Life of Obelia From Wim van Egmond's Micro Homepage

Insects

Ants

• Antbase Awesome.
• Ants. North America Catalog Huge.
• Myrmecology Portal: News . An excellent, useful site. Deserves a visit.

Beetles

• Atlantic Canada Coleoptera Great site. Lots of pictures!
• Lady Beetle I.D. Guide
• Maine Carabid Survey
• Unlikely Allies Diving beetles and environmental change. The research of Dr. David Larson.

Butterflies and Moths

• Butterflies of New Brunswick Includes some excellent photos of species found in Newfoundland and Labrador. From Stuart Tingley. [No response the last time the link was checked]
• Butterflies North and South A peculiar site, dealing with butterflies of both Canada and Peru! Burdened by overdone graphics, too many frames, and needless sound files. However, there is much here to interest Newfoundland butterfly enthusiasts.
• Butterflies of Nova Scotia; [The] Billed as a checklist, but includes images and species accounts.
• Butterfly WebSite [The] Primarily about butterfly gardening, conservation, and education. But not limited to these topics. MANY, diverse, butterfly links, and lists of links. Pretty amazing!
• Web Images of North American Moth Species For many species, there are images of LARVAE as well as adults! Yeah! An American site, but largely applicable to our area. HUGE! Astounding!

Dragonflies

• Digital Image Links for Maine's Odonates Super.
• Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata Information Network) From the International Odonata Research Institute. Under construction.
• Michigan Odonata Survey Very extensive and wide-ranging!
• Odonata: Dragonfly Diversity Great site.
• Odonata - Dragonflies and Damselflies Remarkable!
• Odonata Information Network Extensive and wide-ranging! [Not entirely operational]

Forensic Entomology

• Forensic Entomology Pages, International About the use of insect knowledge in the investigation of crimes.
• Forensic Entomology Web Ring

General

• Gordon Ramel's Wonderful World of Insects website. Excellent and useful site. Huge! Contains more than just insects. If it has jointed legs and doesn't live in the sea, it's probably here! Have a look! RECOMMENDED. Index to sub-pages included on this page.
• Index to the Compendium of Hexapod Classes and Orders Excellent.
• Insect and Spider Collections of the World Web Site, [The] A clearing house of information on the insect and spider collections of the world. The information presented is based primarily on the 1993 book, "The Insect and Spider Collections of the World", 2nd edition, by R.H. Arnett, G.A. Samuelson & G.M. Nishida, with substantial additions and corrections.
• Insectes du Québec sur Internet An amazing site with wonderful images. A bit hard to navigate at first, but well worth the effort. [In French]
• Newfoundland Insectarium, [The] A great place to visit! Located in Deer Lake, at the Humber River Bridge.
• toile des insectes du Québec; [La] From the wonderful Insectarium de Montréal. [In French]

Grasshoppers and Allies

• Orthoptera Species File Online (Version 2) Katydids, grasshoppers and crickets. A complete, worldwide, taxonomic database. Searchable [requires registration]. Links.

Lists of Links - Insects

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Mayflies

• Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) All about mayflies. A subpage of Gordon Ramel's excellent Wonderful World of Insects site. Slow.
• Mayflies of North America [The] Essentially a taxonomic species list. Continuously updated. See also: Mayfly Central, the homepage for this site.

Molluscs

Clams

• Morphological Variation of Mytilus edulis and Mytilus trossulus in Eastern Newfoundland A scientific paper by D.J. Innes and J.A. Bates. PDF file.
• A Molecular Approach to the Ecology of a Mussel (Mytilus edulis - M. trossulus) Hybrid Zone on the East Coast of Newfoundland, Canada A scientific paper by A.S. Comesana, J.E. Toro, D.J. Innes, and R.J. Thompson. PDF file.
• A Mussel Hybrid Zone: Genetics, Ecology and Evolution Implications for Aquaculture Mussel research at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Amazing stuff.

General

• Conchologists of America, inc. All sorts of mollusc information.
• Freshwater Gastropods of North America Project Participate!
• Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods Huge! Photos!
• Terrestrial & Fresh Water Molluscs of the World
• Vita Marina & Spirula Home Page A complex and eclectic site. A gold mine!

Land Snails and Slugs

• Vertiginidae of Poland [The] From the website of the Association of Polish Malacologists/Stowarzyszenie Malakogów Polskich. Surprisingly relevant to the Newfoundland and Labrador region. [Archived files]

Lists of Links - Molluscs

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Sea Slugs

• Slug Site, [The] Awesome! Super links.
• Field Guide to the Nudibranchs of the British Isles, [A] Online edition of the BOOK, by B.E. Picton and C.C. Morrow!
• www.seaslug.com Everything you ever wanted to know about marine slugs, pyramidellids, nudibranchs & related mollusks. Bibliography, online forum, taxonomic/systematic files, search engine, books for sale. Links to seaslug illustrations, related websites, and the Opisthobranch Newsletter.

Squids and Octopus

General

• Cephalopod Page [The] An excellent Canadian site. Comprehensive links.

Giant Squid

• Architeuthis Buoyancy and Feeding All about ammonia! From Tonmo.com [PDF file]
• Architeuthis (Giant Squid) reproduction, with notes on basic anatomy and behavior
• Architeuthis dux: Giant Squid A brief natural history.
• Cornell Bioacousticians Track Whales in Search for Giant Squid ... The ultimate "critter cam".
• [Dr. Fred Aldrich Describing the Acquisition of the Hare Bay Giant Squid] [Archived file]
• [Dr. Fred Aldrich Describing the Acquisition of the St. Brenden's Giant Squid] [Archived file]
• Estimating age and growth rate in Architeuthis dux From Tonmo.com [PDF file]
• Giant Squid Links Huge list!
• [Giant Squid] This webmaster showing one of the Provincial Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador's Giant Squid specimens to a group of American tourists. From the Wildland Tours website.
• Giant Squid [The] From the "Museum of Unnatural Mystery".
• Giant Squid: Architeuthis An excellent photo of the recent Australian specimen, plus a second photo of a specimen laid out for measuring.
• Giant Squid (Architeuthis Clarkei) Still images from the computer animation film "Incredible Suckers". Pretty incredible stuff.
• Giant squid 'attacks French boat'
• Giant Squid in Ireland A nice account, with photo.
• Giant squid lived fast, died young From the November 2004 issue of Natural History magazine.
• Giant squid washes ashore in Conception Bay [2004]
• He Seeks the Giant Squid Clyde Roper's quest.
• Home of the Giant Squid, [The]! On November 2, 1878, a giant squid ran aground in Glover's Harbour (Thimble Tickle), Newfoundland. The article is part of the History of Glover's Harbour web page; scroll down a bit to see it.
• In Search of the Giant Squid. An interview with Dr. Clyde Roper. From Salon Magazine
• In Search of Giant Squid Excellent pages from the Smithsonian Institution.
• New giant squid predator found Sleeper Sharks!
• 'New species' of giant squid found
• Ocean Lab Giant Squid Page, [The] Excellent Scottish site.
• Records of Architeuthis Specimens from Published Reports Exhaustive! [PDF file]
• Scientists Close in on Elusive Giant Squid An article by William J. Broad.
• Sex trap for giant squid
• Video of the dissection of the two 2004 Newfoundland specimens.

Colossal Squid !!!!

• Colossal Squid Caught
• First example of Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni retrieved virtually intact from the surface of the ocean; [The].
• Giant Squid and Colossal Squid Fact Sheet
• Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni the "Colossal Calamari"
• Steve O'Shea examines one of the most elusive creatures in the deep [the "colossal squid"]. Video. Requires a VERY FAST CONNECTION, or a lot of patience! Includes a comparison of the Giant Squid and the Colossal Squid. Great stuff!!
• Super squid surfaces in Antarctic

Tusk Shells

• Scaphopod Page [The] "A site for information and resources pertaining to research on scaphopods and other molluscan taxa."
• Scaphopoda

Parasites

General

• American Society of Parasitologists [The] Lots of stuff here! [Very slow-loading]
• Canadian Society of Zoologists: Parasitology Section
• Directory of Parasitologists in Canada
• Distribution of Gill Parasite (Lernaeocera branchialis) Infection in Northwest Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) and Parasite-induced Host Mortality: Inferences from Tagging Data PDF file.
• "French Heartworm" Infection of Dogs & Foxes in Newfoundland [PDF file]
• Parasites and Parasitological Resoures Parasite images, directory of parasitologists, links to other parasitological resource pages. Great stuff!
• Parasites of Caribou (1): Brain Worm Infestation [PDF file]
• Parasites of Caribou (2): Fly Larvae Infestations [PDF file]
• Parasites of Caribou (3): Tapeworm Cysts [PDF file]

Lists of Links - Parasites

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Rotifers

• Rotifers From Wim van Egmond's The Smallest Page on the Web

Spiders

• Arachnida, Spiders of NW-Europe Site contains more than 300 pictures of over 170 common found spiders in NW-Europe, as well as great spider information and links.
• Arachnids A subpage of Gordon Ramel's excellent Wonderful World of Insects site.
• Arachnology Home Page [The]: The Arachnology Hub of the World Wide Web All about spiders and their relatives. Amazing.
• Arachno Web An offshoot of the Arachnology Home Page.
• Insect and Spider Collections of the World Web Site, [The] A clearing house of information on the insect and spider collections of the world. The information presented is based primarily on the 1993 book, "The Insect and Spider Collections of the World", 2nd edition, by R.H. Arnett, G.A. Samuelson & G.M. Nishida, with substantial additions and corrections.
• [Jerzy Proszynski's] Salticidae (Araneae) of the World Huge. Complete.
• Jumping Spiders of America North of Mexico
• Mighty Mites [The] A subpage of Gordon Ramel's excellent Wonderful World of Insects site.
• Jumping Spiders of the World
• Spiders in Space! Audio plug-in impaired! Guess what tune!

Sponges

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Starfishes, Sea Urchins, and Relatives

General

• The CAS Echinoderm Webpage From the California Academy of Sciences. Excellent.

Lists of Links - Starfishes, Sea Urchins, and Relatives

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Tardigrades

• Edinburgh Tardigrade Project; [The]
• Just Add Water The amazing "water bears"! Tiny animals that can dry out completely, and then "come back to life"!
• Newfoundland Tardigrades A taxonomic list, from Mike Collins.
• Tardigrade Appreciation Headquarters All about those wonderful little "waterbears". Links.
• Tardigrades: Bears of the Moss Wonderful! Covers just about everything you would ever want to know!

Worms

• Field Guide to Earthworms From WormWatch

This website is the creation of John E. Maunder, Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, Canada.

E-mail:  jem@nl.rogers.com