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The largest of the ants, and the heaviest species of the order, are the females of the African Dorylus helvolus, reaching a length of 5.1 cm (2.0 in) and a weight of 8.5 g (0.30 oz). [1] The ant that averages the largest for the mean size within the whole colony is a ponerine ant, Dinoponera gigantea , from South America, averaging up to 3.3 cm ...
The giant guitarfish is largest species in the skate order The largest and most diverse order of rays' largest species is the giant guitarfish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis) of the Red Sea and the eastern Indian ocean. The top size of the species is 227 kg (500 lb) and 3.1 m (10 ft). [61]
Gigantocypris include the largest ostracods, at up to 3.2 cm (1.3 in) across. [5] The largest are G. agassizii and G. australis. [10] [12] Another relatively large species is G. muelleri, which reaches up to 2 cm (0.8 in), [13] but typically is about 1.0–1.8 cm (0.4–0.7 in), with Southern Ocean individuals averaging largest. [10]
At 8 kilometres (5 mi) across, and estimated at 100,000 years old, [3] it may be one of the largest and oldest clonal colonies on Earth. [4] [5] [6] Among animals, the largest species are all marine mammals, specifically whales. The blue whale is believed to be the largest animal to have ever lived. [7]
The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 18.8 m (61.7 ft). [8] The whale shark holds many records for size in the animal kingdom, most notably being by far the most massive living non-cetacean animal.
Scientists consider the blue whale, which grows up to 110 feet (33.5 meters) long, to be the largest known animal ever to exist on the planet. But it’s possible that the 202 million-year-old ...
The researchers were searching for wildlife in the ocean’s “mesophotic” region, which is considered the upper level of the deep-sea between about 100 feet and 500 feet underwater, according ...
Marine life, sea life or ocean life is the collective ecological communities that encompass all aquatic animals, plants, algae, fungi, protists, single-celled microorganisms and associated viruses living in the saline water of marine habitats, either the sea water of marginal seas and oceans, or the brackish water of coastal wetlands, lagoons ...