General

 

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF):  

http://www.gbif.org

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (data portal):  

http://www.gbif.net/portal/index.jsp

Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF):  

http://www.cbif.gc.ca/home_e.php

Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS):  

http://www.iobis.org

Bay of Fundy (includes tide tables):  

http://www.bayoffundy.com

Species2000:  

http://www.sp2000.org

Integrated taxonomic information system: 

http://www.itis.usda.gov/

 

 


Marine Algae

 

Algaebase:

www.algaebase.org

Mike Guiry’s Seaweed Site: 

http://seaweed.ucg.ie/

MBARI:

http://www.mbari.org/~conn/botany/default.htm

University of Calgary: 
http://www.geo.ucalgary.ca/~macrae/palynology/dinoflagellates/dinoflagellates.html

California Academy of Sciences:

http://www.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/

Diatoms..Ever Wonder?

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/diatom/d1.html

Diatoms:

http://hjs.geol.uib.no/Diatoms/index.html-ssi

Cyanobacterial Research:

http://www-cyanosite.bio.purdue.edu/index.html

 

 


Sponges

 

Graham Davidson’s Sponge page:

http://www.teaching-biomed.man.ac.uk/bs1999/bs146/biodiversity/porifera.htm

Wonders of the Seas: 

http://www.oceanicresearch.org/sponges.html

Animal Diversity Web: 
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Porifera.html

 

 


Cnidarians

 

Hexacorallians of the World: 
http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm

Graham Davidson’s Cnidarian page:

http://www.teaching-biomed.man.ac.uk/bs1999/bs146/biodiversity/cnidaria.htm

The Cnidarian Home Page:

http://www.ucihs.uci.edu/biochem/steele/default.html

The Jellieszone:

http://jellieszone.com/

 

 


Comb jellies

 

C.E. Mills Ctenophore page:

http://faculty.washington.edu/cemills/Ctenophores.html

The Jellieszone, Ctenophore page:

http://jellieszone.com/ctenophores.htm

Tree of Life, Ctenophore page:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cnidaria/ctenophora.html

 

 


Flatworms

 

Tree of Life, Platyhelminthes page:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/platyhelminthes/platyhelminthes.html

Tubullarian Taxonomic Database:

http://linius.umesci.maine.edu/turbellaria/

 

 


Ribbon worms

 

Nemertes:

http://nemertes.si.edu

Graham Davidson’s Nemertean page:

http://www.teaching-biomed.man.ac.uk/bs1999/bs146/biodiversity/nemer.htm

 

 


Rotifers or wheel animalcules

 

Tree of Life, Rotifer page:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/phyla/rotifera/rotifera.html

Rotifera:

http://www.cladocera.de/rotifera/rotifera.html

 

 


Kinorhynchs

 

Graham Davidson’s Kinorhynchs page:

http://www.teaching-biomed.man.ac.uk/bs1999/bs146/biodiversity/kinorhy.htm

 

 


Nematomorphs or horsehair worms

 

Graham Davidson’s Nematomorphs page:

http://www.teaching-biomed.man.ac.uk/bs1999/bs146/biodiversity/nematom.htm

 

 


Thorny-headed worms

 

Graham Davidson’s acanthocephalan page:

http://www.teaching-biomed.man.ac.uk/bs1999/bs146/biodiversity/acantho.htm

Online Zoologists:

http://www.rtis.com/nat/user/elsberry/taxa/acanth.htm

 

 


Molluscs

 

Man and Mollusc:

http://manandmollusc.net/advanced_introduction/moll101aplacophora.html

http://manandmollusc.net/advanced_introduction/moll101polyplacophora.html

http://manandmollusc.net/advanced_introduction/moll101gastropoda.html

http://manandmollusc.net/advanced_introduction/moll101pelecypoda.html

http://manandmollusc.net/advanced_introduction/moll101cephalopoda.html

Tree of Life, Scaphopoda page:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mollusca/scaphs/scaphopoda.html

Theo and Frank’s Home page on Scaphopods:

http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~palaeont/fossilscaphopoda/welcome.htm

The Jellieszone:

http://jellieszone.com/molluscs.htm

Cephbase:

http://www.cephbase.utmb.edu/

Cephalopod page:

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/tcp/

Aquatic Invertebrates of Montana:

http://www.esg.montana.edu/dlg/aim/mollusca/gastropd.html

Seashells:

http://www.assateague.com/nt-bival.html

Class Gastropoda:

http://www.earth.rochester.edu/ees207/Gastropoda/higgins_gast1.html

Gallery of Worldwide Chitons:

http://home.inreach.com/burghart/

 


Entoprocts

 

Earthlife:

http://www.earthlife.net/inverts/entoprocta.html

 

 


Marine worms

 

Tree of Life, annelida page:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/annelida/polyintro.html

 

 


Arthropods

 

Tree of Life, Pycnogonida page:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/pycnogonida.html

Ostracods page:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/ostracod.html

Biology of Copepods:

http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/zoomorphology/Biology.html

Tree of Life, Branchiura page:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/crustacea/maxillopoda/branchiura.html

Biology of Barnacles:

http://www.mov.vic.gov.au/crust/barnbiol.html

The Lurker’s Guide to Stomatopods:

http://www.blueboard.com/mantis/

Mantis shrimp page (Chesapeake Bay):

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/mantis_shrimp.cfm

Decapods page:

http://www.cyhaus.com/marine/decapods.htm

The Chonchostracas:

http://atiniui.nhm.org/peet/conchostraca/

Biology of Cumaceans:

http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/crust/cumabiol.html

Cumacean page:

http://nature.umesci.maine.edu/cumacea.html

What is an isopod?:

http://tolweb.org/tree/eukaryotes/animals/arthropoda/crustacea/isopoda/accessory/!whatiso.pod/!whatare.html

The Amphipod page:

http://web.odu.edu/sci/biology/amphome/

 

 


Peanut worms

 

Tree of Life, Sipuncula page:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/sipuncula/sipuncula.html

 

 


Cactus worms

 

Earthlife, Priapula page:

http://www.earthlife.net/inverts/priapula.html

 

 


Echiurans

 

Echiura:

http://www.ibss.iuf.net/people/murina/echiura.html

Tree of Life, Echiura page:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/annelida/echiura.html

 

 


Phoronids or horseshoe worms

 

Tree of Life, Phoronida page:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/brachiopoda/phoronida.html

What is a Phoronid?:

http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/DIMAR/Phoro/WHAT/EPho.htm

 

 


Bryozoans

 

Cortland College:

http://paleo.cortland.edu/tutorial/Bryozoans/bryozoans.htm

VMNH Bryozoan page:

http://www.angelfire.com/va3/bryozoans/

Smithsonian Marine Station, Bryozoan page:

http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/IntroBryozoa.htm

 

 


Brachiopods or lampshells

 

Cortland College:

http://paleo.cortland.edu/tutorial/Brachiopods/brachiopoda.htm

Tree of Life, Brachiopod page:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/brachiopoda/brachiopoda.html

 

 


Arrow worms

 

Marine Invertebrates in the Plankton:

http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/zoo432/plankton/plchaetognatha/chaetognatha.html

Erik V. Thuesen Chaetognath page:

http://192.211.16.13/t/thuesene/chaetognaths/chaetognaths.htm

 

 


Hemichordates

 

Tree of Life, Hemichordate page:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chordata/hemichordata.html

Earthlife:

http://www.earthlife.net/inverts/hemichordata.html

 

 


Sea Squirts, Salps, and Larvaceans

 

The Jellieszone, Tunicate page:

http://jellieszone.com/tunicates.htm

Tree of Life, Urochordata page:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chordata/urochordata.html

 

 


Fish

 

Fishes of Atlantic Canada: A Photographic compendium:

http://collections.ic.gc.ca/compendium

Fishbase:

http://www.fishbase.org/search.cfm

Fish Atlas of Atlantic Canada:

http://collection.ic.gc.ca/FishAtlas

 

 


Shore birds

 

Coastal Birds:

http://www.solaster-mb.org/mb/coastal%20birds.htm

Animal Diversity Web:

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu

Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station:

http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/gmwhale/seals.htm

 


Marine Mammals

 

About Marine Mammals:

http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/education/marinemammals.htm

Jaap’s Marine Mammal page:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jaap/

Animal Biodiversity Web:

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu

Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station:

http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/gmwhale/seals.htm