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Identification Guides

FreshwaterLife has a comprehensive list of identification aids to freshwater species and is also testing some online, electronic keys.

See list of all identification keys in FreshwaterLife.

Trial Online Keys:

Digital identification guides normally take one of two forms: either a traditional dichotomous approach where the key leads you through a series of questions, or a matrix (or multi-entry) approach where the user matches a series of character states against their specimen.

Non-specialist keys:

  • Lucid PondLife Key

Specialist keys:

*ETI - Expert centre for Taxonomic Identirication, Amsterdam
*Lucid, Centre for Biological Information Technology, Brisbane
*FBA - Freshwater Biological Association