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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
Leaf Slug Facts This pleasant-looking denizen of the oceans of the world bears, among others, the common name of the Leaf Slug. It’s also known to many by several other alternate names. These include such similar terms as leaf sheep and salty ocean caterpillar. Professionals, such as researchers, meanwhile, typically refer to the creature by […]
Giant Forest Ant Facts This impressive and distinctive creation of Nature and evolution, quite understandably, most frequently goes by the common name of the Giant Forest Ant. Unlike many species around the world, for the moment the insect has no other common name. Professional researchers, meanwhile, generally refer to the remarkable creature by another term. […]
Eight Spotted Forester Moth Facts This magnificent Lepidoptera is most commonly referred to by the somewhat cumbersome term of the Eight Spotted Forester Moth. For the moment, unlike many of its related species, this marvel has no other generally accepted common name. Professional researchers, meanwhile, typically refer to the insect by its official scientific name. […]
Indian Red Scorpion This amazing variety of arthropod most frequently goes by the dually descriptive and informative common name of the Indian Red Scorpion. Like the great majority of species in the world, though, this invertebrate also possesses other common names. Due to this, it also goes by the term of the eastern indian scoprion. […]
Porites lutea Facts The short and simple term of Porties lutea serves as the official scientific name of a variety of stony coral that’s evolved a unique behavioral pattern. For the moment, this marvel of Nature and evolution has no generally accepted common name. It held other scientific names in the past, though. The one […]
Malaysian Dead Leaf Mantis Facts The most frequently used common name for this marvel of Nature and evolution is the descriptive term of the Malaysian Dead Leaf Mantis. It’s also, however, sometimes referred to by the somewhat misleading term of the giant dead leaf mantis. Professional researchers, though, typically refer to it by its formal […]
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 […]
