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Aplidium elegans (Giard, 1872)
🦋 Animalia Polyclinidae

Aplidium elegans (Giard, 1872)

Aplidium elegans (Giard, 1872)

Aplidium elegans is a species of colonial ascidian that forms pink cushion-shape…

Morchellium argus (Milne Edwards, 1841)
🦋 Animalia Polyclinidae

Morchellium argus (Milne Edwards, 1841)

Morchellium argus (Milne Edwards, 1841)

Morchellium argus is a distinguishable tunicate native to the northeastern Atlan…

Cystodytes dellechiajei (Della Valle, 1877)
🦋 Animalia Polycitoridae

Cystodytes dellechiajei (Della Valle, 1877)

Cystodytes dellechiajei (Della Valle, 1877)

Cystodytes dellechiajei is a tunicate species from the cosmopolitan genus Cystod…

Sycozoa cerebriformis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
🦋 Animalia Holozoidae

Sycozoa cerebriformis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Sycozoa cerebriformis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Sycozoa cerebriformis is a brain-like folded sea squirt colony that can grow up …

Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804
🦋 Animalia Pyrosomatidae

Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804

Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804

Pyrosoma atlanticum is a pelagic bioluminescent colonial tunicate found in tempe…

Thetys vagina Tilesius, 1802
🦋 Animalia Salpidae

Thetys vagina Tilesius, 1802

Thetys vagina Tilesius, 1802

Thetys vagina Tilesius, 1802 is a widespread pelagic tunicate that acts as an im…

Salpa fusiformis Cuvier, 1804
🦋 Animalia Salpidae

Salpa fusiformis Cuvier, 1804

Salpa fusiformis Cuvier, 1804

Salpa fusiformis, the common salp, is the most widespread cosmopolitan salp spec…

Aramus guarauna (Linnaeus, 1766)
🦋 Animalia Aramidae

Aramus guarauna (Linnaeus, 1766)

Aramus guarauna (Linnaeus, 1766)

Aramus guarauna, the limpkin, is a large wetland bird specialized for feeding on…

Balearica pavonina (Linnaeus, 1758)
🦋 Animalia Gruidae

Balearica pavonina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Balearica pavonina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Balearica pavonina, the black crowned crane, is an African bird with a distincti…

Balearica regulorum (E.T.Bennett, 1834)
🦋 Animalia Gruidae

Balearica regulorum (E.T.Bennett, 1834)

Balearica regulorum (E.T.Bennett, 1834)

This is the description, physical traits, distribution and habitat of the grey c…

Anthropoides paradiseus (A.A.H.Lichtenstein, 1793)
🦋 Animalia Gruidae

Anthropoides paradiseus (A.A.H.Lichtenstein, 1793)

Anthropoides paradiseus (A.A.H.Lichtenstein, 1793)

Anthropoides paradiseus, the blue crane, is a small altitudinally migratory cran…

Anthropoides virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)
🦋 Animalia Gruidae

Anthropoides virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anthropoides virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anthropoides virgo, the demoiselle crane, is the smallest crane species, breedin…

Bugeranus carunculatus (Gmelin, 1789)
🦋 Animalia Gruidae

Bugeranus carunculatus (Gmelin, 1789)

Bugeranus carunculatus (Gmelin, 1789)

The wattled crane (Bugeranus carunculatus) is Africa’s largest crane, found acro…

Grus leucogeranus Pallas, 1773
🦋 Animalia Gruidae

Grus leucogeranus Pallas, 1773

Grus leucogeranus Pallas, 1773

Grus leucogeranus, the Siberian crane, is a large white crane with specific bree…

Grus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
🦋 Animalia Gruidae

Grus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Grus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

This is a detailed morphological, behavioral, and migratory description of the s…

Grus rubicunda (Perry, 1810)
🦋 Animalia Gruidae

Grus rubicunda (Perry, 1810)

Grus rubicunda (Perry, 1810)

Grus rubicunda, the brolga, is a large Australian crane that is Queensland’s off…

Grus antigone (Linnaeus, 1758)
🦋 Animalia Gruidae

Grus antigone (Linnaeus, 1758)

Grus antigone (Linnaeus, 1758)

Grus antigone (sarus crane) is the world's tallest flying bird with a shrinking …

Grus vipio Pallas, 1811
🦋 Animalia Gruidae

Grus vipio Pallas, 1811

Grus vipio Pallas, 1811

Grus vipio, the white-naped crane, is a distinctively marked bird with specific …

Grus nigricollis Prjevalsky, 1876
🦋 Animalia Gruidae

Grus nigricollis Prjevalsky, 1876

Grus nigricollis Prjevalsky, 1876

Grus nigricollis, the black-necked crane, is a medium grey crane with a black he…

Grus monacha Temminck, 1835
🦋 Animalia Gruidae

Grus monacha Temminck, 1835

Grus monacha Temminck, 1835

Grus monacha, the hooded crane, is a small large crane with specific breeding an…

Grus americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
🦋 Animalia Gruidae

Grus americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Grus americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Grus americana, the whooping crane, is a distinctively plumaged North American c…

Grus japonensis (Statius Muller, 1776)
🦋 Animalia Gruidae

Grus japonensis (Statius Muller, 1776)

Grus japonensis (Statius Muller, 1776)

Grus japonensis, the red-crowned crane, is a large crane with distinct plumage, …

Grus grus (Linnaeus, 1758)
🦋 Animalia Gruidae

Grus grus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Grus grus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Grus grus, the common crane, is a large migratory crane that breeds across Euras…

Podica senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817)
🦋 Animalia Heliornithidae

Podica senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817)

Podica senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817)

Podica senegalensis, the African finfoot, is a secretive elusive aquatic bird fo…