This check list is based on Woodlice and Waterlice in Britain and Ireland (Gregory, 2009). Nomenclature follows the World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans (https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda)
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Through a morning indoor session we will learn to recognize the main types of millipede and look closely at the 33 species local to Sheffield. One of these only occurs in Ecclesall woods, so we will be well placed to search for that and other specimens and then study our finds under microscopes in the afternoon.
Nomenclature follows Lee, P. (2006) Atlas of the Millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland. Pensoft.
Click on a species name to access its brief species account outlining identification, distribution and habitats preferences. Details of recommended identification keys can be found here.
This list is based upon Barber, A.D. (2009) Centipedes. Synopses of the British Fauna (NS) 58, Field Studies Council. Species names follow Chilobase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda).
Click on a species name to access its brief species account, outlining identification, distribution and habitats preferences.
