List of articles in "Species" category - Page 1456

Korean Fir (Abies koreana; 구상나무 Gusang namu in Korean) is a fir native to the higher mountains of South Korea including Jeju-do island. It grows at altitudes of 1000-1900 m […]

The raft spider Dolomedes fimbriatus is a European spider of the family Pisauridae. The raft spider is one of the two largest spiders in the United Kingdom. Like other Dolomedes […]

Torreya californica is species of conifer endemic to California occurring in the Pacific Coast Ranges and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. It is commonly known as California torreya or […]

Thenus orientalis is a species of slipper lobster from the Indian and Pacific oceans.T. orientalis is known by a number of common names. The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization […]

Anamirta cocculus (Marathi: काकमारी) is a Southeast Asian and Indian climbing plant. Its fruit Cocculus indicus is the source of picrotoxin a poisonous alkaloid with stimulant properties.The plant is large-stemmed […]

Caprellidae is a family of amphipods commonly known as skeleton shrimps. Their common name denotes the threadlike slender body which allows them to virtually disappear among the fine filaments of […]

Thai basil or Asian basil (húng quế in VietnameseOriya: କର୍ପୂରକାନ୍ତି Karpura-kaanti ଦୂର୍ଲଭା Durlabha) is a type of sweet basil native to Southeast Asia that has been cultivated to provide distinctive […]

Romorantin is a traditional French variety of white wine grape that is a sibling of Chardonnay. Once quite widely grown in the Loire it has now only seen in the […]

Corophiida is an infraorder of amphipods that contains the two parvorders Caprellidira (skeleton shrimp and whale lice) and Corophiidira.In 2003-2013 this group was treated as a suborder Corophiidea which in […]

Ingolfiellidea is a small suborder of amphipods with only two families Ingolfiellidae and Metaingolfiellidae. They are small vermiform (worm-like) animals that live in the soft mud of the deep-sea floor […]