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The North American river otter, a member of the subfamily Lutrinae in the weasel family (Mustelidae), is equally versatile in the water and on land. It establishes a burrow close to the water's edge in river, lake, swamp, coastal shoreline, tidal flat, or estuary ecosystems. The den typically has many tunnel openings, one of which generally ...
Some 680 species of leech have been described, of which around 100 are marine, 480 freshwater and the remainder terrestrial. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Among Euhirudinea , the true leeches, the smallest is about 1 cm ( 1 ⁄ 2 in) long, and the largest is the giant Amazonian leech, Haementeria ghilianii , which can reach 30 cm (12 in).
The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is a marine mammal native to the coasts of the northern and eastern North Pacific Ocean. Adult sea otters typically weigh between 14 and 45 kg (30 and 100 lb), making them the heaviest members of the weasel family, but among [3] the smallest marine mammals. Unlike most marine mammals, the sea otter's primary form ...
Overview. [edit] Seagrasses are a paraphyletic group of marine angiosperms which evolved in parallel three to four times from land plants back to the sea. The following characteristics can be used to define a seagrass species: It lives in an estuarine or in the marine environment, and nowhere else.
The climate of Animas, New Mexico on the northern edge of the Malpai Borderlands at an elevation of about 4,500 ft (1,400 m) is borderline BW (arid desert) and BS (semi-arid steppe) in the Köppen Classification system. Average monthly temperatures for Animas range from 44 °F (7 °C) in January to 80 °F (27 °C) in July.
During the Late Cambrian, the southern third of New Mexico was a marine environment. This habitat was home to a few kinds of brachiopods, a species of graptolite, and trilobites. Local trace fossils include bore marks left by ancient worms. [2] The southern third of New Mexico remained submerged by the sea throughout the entire ensuing ...
2008. Headquarters. Ostend, Belgium. Coordinates. 51°13′40.25″N 2°56′28.07″E / 51.2278472°N 2.9411306°E / 51.2278472; 2.9411306. Website. marinespecies.org. The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. [1]
The lancelets (/ ˈ l æ n s l ɪ t s, ˈ l ɑː n-/ LA(H)N-slits), also known as amphioxi (sg.: amphioxus / ˌ æ m f i ˈ ɒ k s ə s / AM-fee-OK-səs), consist of 32 described species of "fish-like" benthic filter feeding chordates [9] in the subphylum Cephalochordata, class Leptocardii, and family Branchiostomatidae.