List of articles in "Species" category - Page 1592

Chlamydomonas is a genus of green algae consisting of unicellular flagellates found in stagnant water and on damp soil in freshwater seawater and even in snow as snow algae. Chlamydomonas […]

The Godolphin Arabian (c. 1724 – 1753) also known as the Godolphin Barb was an Arabian horse and was one of three stallions that founded the modern Thoroughbred race horse bloodstock […]

The Byerley Turk or Byerly Turk (c.1684–1706) was the earliest of three stallions that were the founders of the modern Thoroughbred horse racing bloodstock (the other two are the Godolphin […]

The Darley Arabian was one of three dominant foundation sires of modern Thoroughbred horse racing bloodstock the other two being the Godolphin Arabian and the Byerley Turk. This bay Arabian […]

A barnacle is a type of arthropod belonging to infraclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea and is hence related to crabs and lobsters. Barnacles are exclusively marine and tend to […]

Sacculina is a genus of barnacles that is a parasitic castrator of crabs. The adults bear no resemblance to the barnacles that cover ships and piers; they are recognised as […]

Araucaria araucana (commonly called the monkey puzzle tree monkey tail tree Chilean pine or pehuén) is an evergreen tree growing to 40 m (130 ft) tall with a 2-m (7-ft) […]

Starcraft (foaled 21 October 2000 in New Zealand) is an Australian-owned Thoroughbred racehorse who came to international attention when he won the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Newmarket […]

The leek is a vegetable that belongs along with onion and garlic to the genus Allium currently placed in family Amaryllidaceae subfamily Allioideae. Historically many scientific names were used for […]

Ephedra distachya (syn. E. vulgaris) is a shrub in the family Ephedraceae about 25 cm to 50 cm high that grows in southern Europe and parts of western and central […]