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Pages in category "Mythological aquatic creatures" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Scientists discovered the strange new species ... NIWA Fisheries scientist Dr. Brit Finucci named the fish "Harriotta avia" after her grandmother and described the aquatic creature as "unique ...
The St. Augustine Monster was a carcass that washed ashore near St. Augustine, Florida in 1896. It was initially postulated to be a gigantic octopus. Sea monster corpses have been reported since recent antiquity (Heuvelmans 1968). Unidentified carcasses are often called globsters. The alleged plesiosaur netted by the Japanese trawler Zuiyō ...
The Gill-man from Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) [8] The Gill-man from The She-Creature (1956) [9] The Gill-man from The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1958) [9] The Gill-men from City Under the Sea (1965) [10] The titular creatures from Humanoids from the Deep (1980) The mutant from Leviathan (1989) The aquatic aliens from The Abyss (1989)
Description. The Ningen has two main appearances; one describes it as a large, aquatic, whale -like creature that has anatomical similarities to humans, such as a distinct, humanoid face, and in some stories it is said to have extremely large limbs and/or arms and hands, about 20–30 m (65–100 feet) long. The second, less common description ...
The axolotl (/ ˈæksəlɒtəl / ⓘ; from Classical Nahuatl: āxōlōtl [aːˈʃoːloːtɬ] ⓘ) (Ambystoma mexicanum) [3] is a paedomorphic salamander closely related to the tiger salamander. [3][4][5] It is unusual among amphibians in that it reaches adulthood without undergoing metamorphosis. Instead of taking to the land, adults remain ...
The flipper arrangement is unusual for aquatic animals in that probably all four limbs were used to propel the animal through the water by up-and-down movements. The tail was most likely only used for helping in directional control. This contrasts to the ichthyosaurs and the later mosasaurs, in which the tail provided the main propulsion. [64]
Marine reptile. Marine reptiles are reptiles which have become secondarily adapted for an aquatic or semiaquatic life in a marine environment. Only about 100 of the 12,000 extant reptile species and subspecies are classed as marine reptiles, including marine iguanas, sea snakes, sea turtles and saltwater crocodiles. [1]