Terrestrial invertebrate animals of the Virgin Islands National Park, St John, USVI: an annotated checklist
Muchmore WB. 1987. Terrestrial invertebrate animals of the Virgin Islands National Park, St John, USVI: an annotated checklist
A list is given of all the terrestrial invertebrates known to occur on St. John, with the exception of the Acarina and Insecta, of which only representative forms are noted. Included are the following: PLATYHELMINTHES (land planarian) - 1; MOLLUSCA (snails and slugs) - 32; ANNELIDA (earthworms) - 1; ONYCHOPHORA (peripatus) - 1; ARTHROPODA, Crustacea (woodlice, beachhoppers, crabs) - 28; Arachnida (scorpions, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, spiders, etc.) - 120; Myriapoda (centipedes, millipedes, etc.) - 19; Insecta (springtails to wasps) - 30. Descriptions of the higher categories and annotations of about 100 species are provided.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Muchmore, William
- Date of Issue
- 1987-10
- Units
- VIIS
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Checklist, Distribution, Habitats, Illustrations, Invertebrates (Invertebrata), St. John, US Virgin Islands