Catalogue of Organisms

An inordinate fondness for systematics

Wasps with Fangs on their Feet?

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Theronia septentrionalis , photographed by Stephen Cresswell . The ichneumons are one of the more familiar groups of parasitoid wasps for...
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The Importance of Genitalia

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Take a look at the figure above (taken from Mauriès 2003). What you're looking at is the intimate business of a male millipede, in this...
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Arthropods in the Precambrian?

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The Ediacaran animal Spriggina floundersi , from here . The Ediacaran biota has been touted as one of the great mysteries of palaeontolog...
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Star-Grass

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Common star-grass Hypoxis hirsuta , photographed by Merel R. Black . It does not require a great deal of insight to understand why the pl...
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Caulerpa: Sea Grapes, Feather Algae and Other Variations on a Tube

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Invasive Caulerpa taxifolia in the Mediterranean, from here . There is an observation (it has been dubbed 'Gorton's Law') th...
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Dragons in a Desolate Land

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Ring-tailed dragon Ctenophorus caudicinctus , from here . The comb-bearing dragons of the genus Ctenophorus are an assemblage of 28 (and...

Shock Me like an Electric Eel

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Electric eel Electrophorus electricus , photographed by Stefan Köder . The electric eel Electrophorus electricus is one of those animals...
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