Marine benthic dinoflagellate genera (Dinophyceae) This key includes 61 of the benthic dinoflagellate genera, excluding Glenodinium and Symbiodiniales. Dinoflagellates are protists (unicellular eukaryotes) of microscopic size (most 10–100 μm). The taxonomy of dinoflagellates is dealing…
Australian Mistletoe The Australian Mistletoe Key covers the aerial mistletoes of the families Loranthaceae and Santalaceae. Parasitic trees and shrubs of these families are not included. AuthorRoger Fryer australian_mistletoe_lucid_key Australian Mistletoe Lucid key image gallery…
Key to minerals Our goal has been to use the power of interactive software to show how geologists and mineralogists identify and classify minerals. The program will allow students and enthusiastic collectors to identify more…
Marine benthic Prorocentrum species (Dinophyceae) Mona Hoppenrath & Nicolas Chomérat Dinoflagellates are protists (unicellular eukaryotes) of microscopic size (most 10–100 μm). The taxonomy of dinoflagellates is dealing with morphospecies concepts, the most practical and informative…
A key to the Indo-Pacific reef coral genera (Skeletons) This key can only be used for identification of coral skeletons – not corals with the living soft parts. The nomenclature follows WoRMS (www.marinespecies.org). The key…
MonotomidGen – A matrix-based interactive key to the New World genera of Monotomidae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) A matrix-based LucidTM key is presented for the twelve genera of Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) represented in the New World. Monotomidae…
Carpophiline-ID: an interactive matrix-based key to the carpophiline sap beetles (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) of Eastern North America We present Carpophiline-ID, a matrix-based LucidTM key, for the adult stage of the known species of Carpophilinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)…
Seed Identification Guide Seed Identification Guide (SIG)® is a virtual publication of reference information on plant taxonomy, morphological features of plant dispersal units, identification fact sheets, identification keys, image galleries, and common botany terminologies. The…
What’s that bee? Identification keys to the bees of Uganda/East Africa This series of keys provides tools for identifying the bee families and genera that occur, or are likely to occur, in Uganda and regions…
Insects and spiders in West African Rice The proper identification of insect pests, and their associated natural enemies, is an important component in developing a holistic system for managing rice insect pests. To help national…