Catalogue of Organisms

An inordinate fondness for systematics

Rock Mosses

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Black rock-moss Andreaea rupestris , photographed by Sture Hermansson . Upon first examining the picture above, you might think that you ...
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The Diversity of Neosauropods, or Pity Poor Camarasaurus

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Articulated skeleton of juvenile Camarasaurus lentus in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, photographed by Daderot . Let me just ge...
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Sleepers

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Hawaiian sleeper Eleotris sandwicensis , from the Hawaii Biological Survey . Fishes of the genus Eleotris are a group of gobioids common...
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Raphitoma histrix

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The shell in the photo above (from G. & Ph. Poppe ) belongs to Raphitoma histrix (Bellardi 1847)*, a small marine gastropod (the shel...
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The Araeolaimida: We Barely Know Ye

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Axonolaimus sera , from here . Overall, the nematodes cannot be considered one of the best-known groups of animals. This is not because t...

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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