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- Antiarchi † Arthrodira † Petalichthyda † Phyllolepida † Ptyctodontida † Rhenanida † Brindabellaspida † Acanthothoraci † ...8 KB (1,138 words) - 06:22, 24 November 2022
- Clam is an imprecisely defined common name variously used for certain bivalve mollusks or for all bivalve mollusks. As a member of the class ...10 KB (1,484 words) - 22:30, 10 December 2023
- A pearl is a hard, smooth, rounded (not necessarily round), lustrous object made of nacre (mother-of-pearl) that is organically produced by certain ...20 KB (3,138 words) - 19:56, 22 April 2023
- Snail is the common name applied to most members of the mollusk class Gastropoda that have coiled shells. Snails are found in freshwater, marine ...16 KB (2,467 words) - 15:00, 27 April 2023
- Characidae is a large and diverse family of freshwater subtropical and tropical fish, belonging to the order Characiformes. Known as characins ...10 KB (1,322 words) - 02:06, 13 January 2023
- Seaweeds are macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae. They are generally benthic, being anchored to the bottom of the ocean or to solid structures. ...11 KB (1,607 words) - 17:38, 25 January 2023
- Carp is a common name for various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fishes that dominates the fish faunas of Eurasia ...12 KB (1,855 words) - 00:56, 13 January 2023
- Lake Baikal ( о́зеро Байка́л Ozero Baykal , ˈozʲɪrə bʌjˈkɑl , Байгал нуур Baygal nuur ) sits in Southern Siberia ...14 KB (2,082 words) - 05:36, 4 March 2023
- Trichoptera is an order of moth-like, holometabolous insects, known commonly as caddisflies (or caddis flies), with aquatic, silk-spinning, caterpillar ...12 KB (1,840 words) - 16:48, 2 May 2023
- Koi is any of the ornamental, domesticated varieties of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, of the Cyprinidae family, a freshwater fish characterized ...13 KB (2,084 words) - 22:49, 18 October 2021
- Stingray is the common name for any of the various cartilaginous fish comprising the family Dasyatidae, characterized by enlarged and flat pectoral ...25 KB (3,545 words) - 18:03, 21 October 2022
- Class Branchiopoda :Subclass Phyllopoda :Subclass Sarsostraca Class Remipedia Class Cephalocarida Class Maxillopoda :Subclass Thecostraca ...12 KB (1,751 words) - 19:04, 4 June 2020
- The Great Lakes of Africa are a series of lakes in and around the Great Rift Valley. They include Lake Victoria, the second largest freshwater ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- Anhinga is the common name for members of the bird species Anhinga anhinga of the darter family, Anhingidae. Also known as snakebird, darter ...10 KB (1,445 words) - 01:45, 9 January 2023
- Odonata is an order of insects (class Insecta) encompassing dragonflies and damselflies, with members characterized by large, compound eyes, ...9 KB (1,363 words) - 00:22, 29 December 2023
- A fjord (or fiord) is a long, narrow deep inlet of the sea bordered by steep cliffs. Fjords commonly extend far inland and are extremely deep ...16 KB (2,484 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- Crappie (plural: Crappie or crappies) is the common name for either of two species of North American freshwater fish comprising the genus Pomoxis ...11 KB (1,545 words) - 01:11, 7 April 2022
- Vacuoles are membrane-bound compartments within some eukaryotic cells that serve a variety of secretory, excretory, and storage functions. These ...10 KB (1,475 words) - 23:00, 13 November 2022
- Calanoida Cyclopoida Gelyelloida Harpacticoida Misophrioida Monstrilloida Mormonilloida Platycopioida Poecilostomatoida Siphonostomatoida ...10 KB (1,426 words) - 02:55, 8 January 2024
- In recreational fishing, a lure is an object that is attached to the end of the fishing line and designed to resemble and move like prey. The ...10 KB (1,609 words) - 17:31, 28 March 2024
