Marine Zooplankton Groups
Kingdom
Phylum
Zooplankton Taxa
(Class or Order)
Description
Figure
Image source
Protozoa
Protozoa
Foraminifera
single-celled, shelled amoeba
io.uwinnipeg.ca
Actinopoda
Acantharea
radiolarian protozoa
biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca
Retaria
Polycystinea (rads)
radiolarian protozoa
pt.wikipedia.org
Cercozoa
Phaeodarea (rads)
shelled amoeba protozoa
Ciliophora
Ciliata (aloricate)
aloricate ciliates
www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Tintinnida
tintinnids (loricate ciliates)
Animalia
Cnidaria
Hydrozoa
hydroid, jellyfish
www.ville-ge.ch
Siphonophora
colonial jellies
www.ville-ge.ch
Cubomedusae/
Cubozoa
box jellyfish
uk.wikipedia.org
Scyphomedusae/ Scyphozoa
true jellyfish
www.iopan.gda.pl
Ctenophora
Ctenophora
comb jelly
www.ibss.iuf.net
Rotifera
Rotifera
tiny, multicellular, wheel of cilia around mouth
biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca
Platyhelminthes
Platyhelminthes
flat worms
biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca
Nematomorpha
Nectonema
horsehair worms
http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca
Nemertea
Nemertinea
ribbon worms
biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca
Annelida
Polychaeta
segmented worms
www.ima.uco.fr
Mollusca
Heteropoda
laterally compressed pelagic snails
www.vims.edu
Pteropoda
sea butterflies
srufaculty.sru.edu
Nudibranchia
sea slugs
www.ecy.wa.gov
Cephalopoda
squid, octopods
www.oceaninn.com
Arthropoda -Crustacea
Cladocera
water fleas
www.galaxynet.com
Ostracoda
seed shrimp
www.miljolare.no
Isopoda
isopods, pill bugs
www.thefreedictionary.com
Copepoda
copepods
www.alleco.fi
Mysidacea
mysids
www.crustacea.net
Amphipoda
shrimp-like crustacean
www.state.ky.us
Euphausiacea
krill
www.solaster-mb.org
Decapoda
shrimp
www.shim.bc.ca
Chaetognatha
Chaetognatha
arrow worms
ip30.eti.uva.nl
Chordata
Appendicularia
larvaceans
www.scielo.cl
Pyrosoma
free-floating, ciliated, bioluminescent tunicates
www.mer-littoral.org
Doliolida
barrel-shaped tunicate
science.kennesaw.edu
Salpida
barrel-shaped tunicate
www.jochemnet.de