Other Invertebrates

Aquatic Snails

common name: Aquatic Snails
scientific name: many different species
phylum: Mollusca
class: Gastropoda
habitat: most shallow freshwater habitats, including ponds, lakes, creeks, rivers, and vernal pools
size: less than 12.5 mm long

Flatworms

common name: Flatworms
scientific name: many species
phylum: Platyhelminthes
class: Turbellaria
habitat: vernal pools, vernal swales and freshwater marshes
size: 0.5 mm to 1 cm long

Water Mite

common name: Water Mite
scientific name: Hydrachna species
phylum: Arthropoda
subphylum: Chelicerata
class: Arachnida
order: Acarina
family: Hydrachenellae
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Bacteria made life possible on Earth

For 2 billion years, bacteria were the only creatures on Earth. Long before the dinosaurs, a special type of bacteria slowly increased the level of oxygen in the Earth's air to 20 percent. Without this oxygen other plants and animals could not have evolved, including us.

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