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CRUSTACEANS: (Arthropods) Millipedes, Centipedes, Crabs, Shrimp
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COMMON NAME: Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp (on right)
Class:Branchiopoda
Order:Anostraca
Family:Branchinectidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:Branchinecta
Species:.
Date:8/16/2003
Location:Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ
 fairy shrimp
Comment: Vernal pool fairy shrimp1 (on right) and mosquito larva in
large puddle on side of dirt road.

COMMON NAME: Tadpole Shrimp (from Triassic Triops kit)
Class:Branchiopoda
Order:Notostraca
Family:Triopsidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:Triops
Species:Triops longicaudatus
Date:03/12/2006
Location:Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., AZ
 triops
Comment:

COMMON NAME: Triops in mud of drying pool
Class:Branchiopoda
Order:Notostraca
Family:Triopsidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:Triops
Species:Triops longicaudatus
Date:09/04/2004
Location:Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., AZ
 triops
Comment: Vernal pool shrimp.

COMMON NAME: Triops hatchling (from Triassic Triops kit)
Class:Branchiopoda
Order:Notostraca
Family:Triopsidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:Triops
Species:Triops longicaudatus
Date:03/12/2006
Location:Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., AZ
 triops
Comment:

COMMON NAME: Millipede
Class:Diplopoda
Order:Spirostreptida
Family:.
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:06/27/2004
Location:Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., AZ
 Millipede
Comment:

COMMON NAME: Desert giant millipede
Class:Diplopoda
Order:Spirostreptida
Family:Spirostreptidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:Orthoporus
Species:Orthoporus ornatus
Date:8/2000
Location:Sabino Canyon, Tucson, AZ
 Desert Giant Millipede
Comment:

COMMON NAME: Millipede
Class:Diplopoda
Order:.
Family:.
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:12/25/2001
Location:Kailua, HI
 Small garden millipede
Comment:

COMMON NAME: Small garden millipedes
Class:Diplopoda
Order:.
Family:.
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:12/25/2001
Location:Kailua, HI
 garden millipedes
Comment:

COMMON NAME: Centipede
Class:Chilopoda (Phylum Arthropoda)
Order:Lithobiomorpha
Family:.
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:12/26/2001
Location:Kailua, HI
 centipede
Comment: found in compost pile

COMMON NAME: Sow bug
Class:Malacostraca
Order:Isopoda
Family:Armadillidiidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:Porcellio
Species:Porcellio laevis
Date:5/5/2002
Location:Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ
 Sow bug
Comment: Sow bug, eating dead pill bug (flat, two tails, doesn't curl up)

COMMON NAME: Pillbug
Class:Malacostraca
Order:Isopoda
Family:Armadillidiidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:Armadillidium
Species:Armadillidium vulgare
Date:5/5/2002
Location:Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ
 Pill bug
Comment: (roly-poly, wood louse - curls up when disturbed)

COMMON NAME: Pillbug
Class:Malacostraca
Order:Isopoda
Family:Armadillidiidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:Armadillidium
Species:Armadillidium vulgare
Date:?/?/2001
Location:Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ
 Pill bug
Comment:

COMMON NAME: Small crayfish
Class:Crustacea
Order:Decapoda
Family:Cambaridae
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:8/4/2001
Location:Greencastle, PA
 small crayfish
Comment:

COMMON NAME: Small sand crab
Class:Crustacea
Order:Decapoda
Family:.
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:1989?
Location:Waimanalo Beach, Honolulu Co., HI
 sand crab
Comment:

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