BIODIVERSITY of OUACHITA UPLAND RIVERS
Benthic Macroinvertebrates
Benthic macroinvertebrate species found in Ouachita Upland Rivers. This is a preliminary list. Many specimens are still being identified by our taxonomic experts. Mussels, while benthic macroinvertebrates, are listed separately.
Phylum Platyhelminthes Phylum Annelida Phylum Arthropoda
Class Turbellaria Class Hirudinea Class Arachnida
Order Tricladida Family Glossiphoniidae Order Hydracarina (water mites)
Family Planariidae Actinobdella annectens
Actinobdella inequiannulata
Actinobdella sp.
Helobdella elongata
Helobdella sp.
Helobdella triserialis
Oligobdella biannulata
Family Hygrobatidae
Hygrobates sp.
Dugesia tigrina Family Lebertiidae
Lebertia sp.
Phylum Mollusca (non-mussel) Family Omartacaridae
Class Gastropoda Omartacarus sp.
Class Malacostraca
Family Ancylidae (limpets)
Laevapex fuscus Order Decapoda
Family Lymnaeidae
Family Planorbidae
Family Pleuroceridae
Family Cambaridae (crayfishes)
Class Oligochaeta currently being identified
Order Isopoda
currently being identified
Family Assellidae
Elimia sp. Lirceus sp.
Class Bivalvia Order Amphipoda
Family Corbiculidae Family Talitridae
Corbicula fluminea Hyalella azteca
Link to the Insect page! Class Insecta

Order Coleoptera (beetles)

Order Diptera (true flies)
Order Ephemeroptera
Order Lepidoptera
Order Megaloptera
Order Odonata
Order Plecoptera
Order Tricoptera