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Taxa Info

Crustaceans (Subphylum Crustacea)
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Crustaceans (Crustacea /krʌˈsteɪʃə/) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice, and barnacles. The crustacean group is usually treated as a subphylum, and thanks to recent molecular studies it is now well accepted that the crustacean group is paraphyletic, and comprises all animals in the Pancrustacea clade other than hexapods. Some crustaceans are more closely related to insects and other hexapod Learn more »
sarahkearney observed one on 2021-04-21 in Athens, GA, USA
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Photo: (c) Antonio Guillén, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Crustaceans - Photo (c) Jenny, all rights reserved
Giant Waterlily (Victoria amazonica)
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Victoria amazonica is a species of flowering plant, the largest of the Nymphaeaceae family of water lilies. It is the National flower of Guyana. Learn more »
geneise observed one on 1997-05-02 in Maynas Province, Peru
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Photo: (c) Mario Castañeda Sánchez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Giant Waterlily - Photo (c) Steven Lek, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
Gran Sasso Mountain Grasshopper (Podisma goidanichi)
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noriszugno observed one on 2020-06-27 in Lombardia, IT
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Photo: (c) Roberto Sindaco, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Gran Sasso Mountain Grasshopper - Photo (c) Roberto Sindaco, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
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The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. Although once considered to be three separate species, it is now considered to be one, with nine recognised subspecies. A member of the Artamidae, the Australian magpie is placed in its own genus Gymnorhina and is most closely related to the black butcherbird (Melloria quoyi). It is not, however, closely related to the European magpie Learn more »
cobaltducks observed one on 2021-04-16 in Onkaparinga River National Park, SA, Australia
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Photo: (c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Australian Magpie - Photo (c) Nik Borrow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Variegated Pond-Lily (Nuphar variegata)
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Nuphar variegata (the variegated pond-lily) is a plant in the water lily family, Nymphaeaceae. It is native to much of Canada and the northernmost United States. Learn more »
matthewt6416 observed one on 2021-04-21 in McDonough Lake, Eagan, MN, US
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Photo: (c) Tig, all rights reserved
Variegated Pond-Lily - Photo (c) Jason Hollinger, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Primates, Rodents, and Allies (Superorder Euarchontoglires)
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Euarchontoglires (synonymous with Supraprimates) is a clade and a superorder of mammals, the living members of which belong to one of the five following groups: rodents, lagomorphs, treeshrews, colugos and primates. Learn more »
snowyowlbiologicalsociety observed one on 2021-04-22 in Haikou, CN-HA, CN
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Photo: (c) Vijay Anand Ismavel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Dr. Vijay Anand Ismavel MS MCh
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Silver Banksia (Banksia marginata)
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Banksia marginata, commonly known as the silver banksia, is a species of tree or woody shrub in the plant genus Banksia found throughout much of southeastern Australia. It ranges from the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, to north of Armidale, New South Wales, and across Tasmania and the islands of Bass Strait. It grows in various habitats, including Eucalyptus forest, scrub, heathland and moorland. Banksia marginata varies widely in habit, ranging from Learn more »
juliemhart observed one on 2021-04-22 in Patterson Reserve, Hawthorn, VIC, AU
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Photo: (c) Nathan Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Silver Banksia - Photo (c) Nathan Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Cape Blue Waterlily (Nymphaea capensis)
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Nymphaea capensis (Cape blue waterlily) is an aquatic flowering plant of the water lily family Nymphaeaceae. Learn more »
aninhafonte observed one on 2021-04-16 in Recife
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Photo: (c) Arthur Chapman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Cape Blue Waterlily - Photo (c) Arthur Chapman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus zeteki)
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The Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki) is a species of toad endemic to Panama. Panamanian golden frogs inhabit the streams along the mountainous slopes of the Cordilleran cloud forests of west-central Panama. While the IUCN lists it as critically endangered, it may in fact have been extinct in the wild since 2007. Individuals have been collected for breeding in captivity in a bid to preserve the species. The alternative common name, Zetek's golden frog, and the... Learn more »
chalon9 observed one on 2021-03-21 in United States
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Photo: (c) Brian Gratwicke, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Panamanian Golden Frog - Photo (c) Brian Gratwicke, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Epidendrum imperator
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Photo: (c) Gabriel Camilo Jaramillo Giraldo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Epidendrum imperator - Photo (c) Gabriel Camilo Jaramillo Giraldo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
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The eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) is a large New World sparrow. The taxonomy of the towhees has been under debate in recent decades, and formerly this bird and the spotted towhee were considered a single species, the rufous-sided towhee. Learn more »
ckhunt observed one on 2021-04-22 in Townshend, VT, USA
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Photo: (c) Henry T. McLin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Eastern Towhee - Photo (c) Steve Guttman NYC, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
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Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)

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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

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Arachnids (Class Arachnida)

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Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

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Molluscs (Phylum Mollusca)

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Birds (Class Aves)

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Amphibians (Class Amphibia)

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Kelp, Diatoms, and Allies (Kingdom Chromista)

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Protozoans (Kingdom Protozoa)

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