List of articles in "Species" category - Page 1490

Physcomitrium is a genus of mosses commonly called urn moss that includes about 80 species and has a cosmopolitan distribution. The scientific name comes from the Ancient Greek words physa […]

Melicertus is a genus of king prawns comprising eight species:Melicertus canaliculatus (Olivier 1811)Melicertus hathor (Burkenroad 1959)Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål 1775)Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye 1896)Melicertus longistylus (Kubo 1943)Melicertus marginatus (Randall 1840)Melicertus plebejus (Hess […]

Go For Wand (April 6 1987 – October 27 1990) was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse.Sired by Canadian Hall of Famer Deputy Minister out of Obeah (winner of among other […]

Penaeus is a genus of prawns including the giant tiger prawn (P. monodon) the most important species of farmed crustacean worldwide. The genus has been reorganised following a proposition of […]

The Gnathiidae are a family of isopod crustaceans. They occur in a wide range of depths from the littoral zone to the deep sea. The adults are associated with sponges […]

Perilla teres is a species of spider. It is the only known species in the genus Perilla in the spider family Araneidae. It occurs in Myanmar Vietnam and Malaysia.

Leptospira (Greek leptos fine thin and Latin spira coil) is a genus of spirochaete bacteria including a small number of pathogenic and saprophytic species. Leptospira was first observed in 1907 […]

The common yabby Cherax destructor is an Australian freshwater crustacean in the Parastacidae family.

Cherax quadricarinatus (known by several common names including Australian red claw crayfish Queensland red claw redclaw tropical blue crayfish freshwater blueclaw crayfish) is an Australian freshwater crayfish.

The superorder Peracarida is a large group of malacostracan crustaceans having members in marine freshwater and terrestrial habitats. They are chiefly defined by the presence of a brood pouch or […]