Abstract The following list of non-marine gastropod fauna summarizes the known species and subspecies that are recognized from Mexico and Central America. It is an annotated list of 1789 terminal taxa presented in a hierarchical framework. These include 1491 native species plus 278 native subspecie
Snails of Florida ID Guide Land Snails of Papua New Guinea
Your bird field guide may be out of date now that Florida Museum of Natural History scientists discovered a new genus of frogmouth bird on a South Pacific island. New genera of living birds are rare discoveries — fewer than one per year is announced globally. David Steadman and Andrew Kratte
southeast Asia and the other in Australia and New Guinea
Lice from 1,000-year-old mummies in Peru may unravel important clues about a different sort of passage: the migration patterns of America’s earliest humans, a new Florida Museum of Natural History study suggests. „It’s kind of quirky that a parasite we love to hate can actually inform us how we t
found as far away as the highlands of Papua, New Guinea
Daisy Stingray Dasyatis margarita This smaller, oval-shaped stingray has a pointed snout, and a round, pearl-like tubercular thorn in the very top center of the stingray’s disc. Its tail is slightly longer than its body, thick at the base and whip-like at the end, with one long, serrated ven
In one study off the coast of Sierra Leone and Guinea
Three grants from the National Science Foundation will enable the Florida Museum of Natural History’s invertebrate zoology division to contribute crucial specimen data and images to online research networks. The grants represent the first two major funding initiatives to digitize modern marine organ
Surveys of Papua New Guinea uncovered about 150 snail
Queen Angelfish Holacanthus ciliaris This vibrant oval-shaped reef fish has trailing dorsal and anal fins and a triangular tail. It is blue-green with blue and yellow highlights on its fins, and can be differentiated from the similar blue angelfish by the prominent dark ringed ‚crown‘ spot o
demoiselle royale (French), gele engelvis (Dutch), guinea
Tripletail Lobotes surinamensis This flat, almond-shaped fish has large, round dorsal and anal fins that match the caudal (tail) fin, giving it its ‚tripletail‘ name. It has a triangular head, and as it ages, the forehead grows more dramatically concave. It’s a coastal tropical fish that pre
as from Madeira Island (Portugal) to the Gulf of Guinea
Goblin Shark Mitsukurina owstoni Not a great deal is known about this rare shark. Living in the deep ocean, the goblin shark catches prey by quickly projecting its jaw forward. This feature and its large extended snout prompted its fearsome name. Order – Lamniformes Family – Mitsukurinidae
Guyana, France, Madeira, Senegal, Portugal, Gulf of Guinea
Gray Angelfish Pomacanthus arcuatus These flat, oval fish have trailing dorsal and anal fins, sometimes as long as their squared tail fin. They are gray to brown, with dark spots on each scale, and white mouths. Juveniles are almost black, with five yellow bands on each side, but they change
French), enxada (Portuguese), frade (Portuguese), guinea
Many frogs look like a water balloon with legs, but don’t be fooled. Beneath slick skin, some species sport spines, spikes and other skeletal secrets. While most frogs share a simple skull shape with a smooth surface, others have evolved fancier features, such as faux fangs, elaborate crests, hel
Hemisus guineensis, the Guinea shovelnose frog of sub-Saharan
