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Blanket Octopus Facts The Blanket Octopus, or Tremoctopus, forms a genus of pelagic cephalopods. Also, the genus contains four currently known species that occupy surface to mid-waters in subtropical and tropical oceans. The common name of the breathtaking creature, understandably, occurs due to the long transparent webs it develops. Further, these connect the dorsal and […]Read More
Flamingo Tongue Snail Facts The descriptive term of Flamingo Tongue Snail serves as the accepted common name for a remarkable variety of sea snail. This marvel of Nature also goes by another name, however. Among researchers, it’s known by the name Cyphoma gibbosum. Regardless of which name one uses, it remains a most fascinating creature. […]Read More
Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly Facts The Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly represents a highly endangered species of insect. It originally evolved as endemic to a very restricted region comprising four states in the United States. These consisted of Ohio, New Jersey, Michigan, and Indiana. The beautiful Lepidoptera also remains one of the rarest known butterflies on the planet. Only […]Read More
Claudina Butterfly Facts This beautiful variety of Lepidoptera most frequently goes by the common name of the Claudina Butterfly. It also has another common name, however. That’s because, though it’s less frequently heard, it’s also sometimes known as the Claudina agrias. In a comparatively uncommon pattern, both of these terms are very similar to the […]
Sunflower Sea Star Facts This stunning marine creature most frequently goes by the descriptive, as well as informative, common name of the Sunflower Sea Star. That term’s easier to pronounce than its official name, thankfully. The technical name’s truly hard to pronounce. That’s because scientists know it best by the term of the Pycnopodia helianthoides. […]
Amazonian Giant Centipede Facts This astonishing arthropod most frequently goes by the aptly descriptive common name of the Amazonian Giant Centipede. It does, however, have an alternate common name often applied to it. That’s the term of the Peruvian giant yellow-leg centipede. Both somewhat lengthy terms descrive the creature well. Its scientific name, meanwhile, remains […]
Flapjack Octopus Facts This incredible example of the efforts of Nature and evolution most frequently goes by the common name of the Flapjack Octopus. Sometimes, however, individuals refer to it by the alternate common name of the adorabilis, for wholly understandable reasons. The distinctive common names for this wonder of Nature do not simply stop […]
Kerengga ant-like jumper Facts This remarkable invertebrate bears the cumbersome common name of the Kerengga ant-like jumper. Though this term’s a mouthful, it’s nothing compared to the scientific name of the creature. That’s because its technical name is Myrmaplata plataleoides. Neither name rolls off the tongue easily, to be certain. Each also fails to properly […]
Orange-Peel Doris Facts This unique creature, equal parts cute and bizarre in appearance, bears the common name of the Orange-Peel Doris. The distinctive term for it’s certainly more easily pronounced than the scientific name. That’s the tongue-twisting Acanthodoris lutea. Regardless of which term one uses to refer to it, the animal remains a remarkable species […]
Green Milkweed Grasshopper Facts This brilliantly colored insect bears the descriptive and informative common name of the Green Milkweed Grasshopper. That’s not the only common term for the remarkable invertebrate, though. In point of fact, it has at least two alternate names. That’s because it’s also known to some as the African bush grasshopper, and […]
Chocolate Chip Sea Star Facts The most frequently used common name for this creature with the remarkable appearance is the Chocolate Chip Sea Star. This wonder of evolution also goes by several other common names. The principle alternate term’s the horned sea star. Scientists, meanwhile, use a far more difficult to pronounce name for the […]
Scorpion-Tailed Spider Facts The attention-grabbing term of Scorpion-Tailed Spider fits this amazing arthropod. Although riveting, it’s not the only name applied to it, though. That’s because it’s also known by such terms as scorpion orb weaver and simply the tailed spider. Its official scientific name, meanwhile, remains far more difficult to pronounce. That’s because arachnologists […]
Lettuce Sea Slug Facts The humorous term of Lettuce Sea Slug refers to a specific, and visually distinctive, marine gastropod mollusk. That common name’s easier to pronounce than its scientific counterpart, though. Its technical name’s the comparatively easy Elysia crispata. It’s also borne many other, earlier names. The Swedish biologist, Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch, specifically […]
