iNaturalist.org · kueda's Profile

I'm a naturalist! I'm also one of the developers around here, so if you have any problems or ideas, please let me know in our Google Group. Oh, and my real name is Ken-ichi Ueda, in case you were wondering.

A little about me: I've been fascinated by nature for as long as I can recall. I used to horrify my mom by waltzing into the house holding snakes and salamanders to show her. Eventually, I translated that love into a degree in biology. Since then, I've worked as a GIS technician, web developer, and wildlife technician. iNaturalist grew out of the belief that I might not be alone in my desire to combine nature and the Web. Turns out I'm not!

Elsewhere:

* BugGuide contributions
* Tree of Life contributions
* my field guides on Goodreads

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kueda's favorite taxa

broomrapes - Photo (c) Bastiaan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

broomrapes Info

Broomrape or Broom-rape (Orobanche) is a genus of about 150 species of parasitic herbaceous plants in the family Orobanchaceae, mostly native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Some species formerly included in this genus are now referred to the genus Conopholis. The broomrape plant is small, from 10-60 cm tall depending on species. It is best recognized by its yellow-to-straw coloured stems completely lacking chlorophyll, bearing yellow, white or blue, snapdragon-like flowers. The flower shoots are scaly,... (From Wikipedia)

Salamanders - Photo (c) Laurence Livermore, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Salamanders Info

Salamander is a common name of approximately 500 species of amphibians. They are typically characterized by their slender bodies, short noses, and long tails. All known fossils and extinct species fall under the order Caudata, while sometimes the extant species are grouped together as the Urodela. Most salamanders have four toes on their front legs and five on their rear legs. Their moist skin usually makes them reliant on habitats in or near water, or under... (From Wikipedia)

Clarkia - Photo (c) Philip Bouchard, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

Clarkia Info

Clarkia is a genus within the flowering plant family Onagraceae. Over 40 species are currently classified in Clarkia; almost all are native to western North America, though one species (Clarkia tenella) is native to South America. (From Wikipedia)

Arachnids - Photo (c) Bob, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

Arachnids Info

Arachnids are a class (Arachnida) of joint-legged invertebrate animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. All arachnids have eight legs, although in some species the front pair may convert to a sensory function. The term is derived from the Greek word Ã¡Â¼â‚¬ÃÂÃŽÂ¬Ãâ€¡ÃŽÂ½ÃŽÂ· (arÃƒÂ¡chnÃ„â€œ), meaning "spider". (From Wikipedia)

Sea Spiders - Photo (c) AsbjÃ¸rn Hansen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

Sea Spiders Info

Sea spiders, also called Pantopoda or pycnogonids, are marine arthropods of class Pycnogonida. They are cosmopolitan, found especially in the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas and the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans. There are over 1300 known species, ranging in size from 1 to 10 millimetres (0.04 to 0.4Ã‚Â in), to over 90Ã‚Â centimetres (3.0Ã‚Â ft) in some deep water species. Most are toward the smaller end of this range in relatively shallow depths, however, they can grow to be quite... (From Wikipedia)

Nudibranchs - Photo (c) Nazir Erwan Amin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

Nudibranchs Info

A nudibranch ( /ˈnjuːdɨbræŋk/) is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms. The clade Nudibranchia is the largest clade within the heterobranchs, with more than 3,000 described species. (From Wikipedia)

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