Second name | Scientific name |
Porifera | |
1. Bath sponge, Horny sponge | Euspongia (Spongia) |
2. Blue coral | Heliopora |
3. Boring sponge | Cliona |
4. Crown sponge (Urn sponge) | Scypha |
5. Dead man?s finger (Mermaid?s Gloves) | Chalina |
6. Glass rope sponge | Hyalonema |
7. Horny sponge (Bath sponge) | Euspongia (Spongia) |
8. Horse sponge | Hyppospongia (a Euspongia) |
9. Mermaid?s Gloves (Dead man?s finger) | Chalina |
10. Neptune?s cup | Proterion |
11. Stinging coral | Millepora |
12. Sulphur sponge | Cliona |
13. Urn sponge (Crown sponge) | Scypha |
14. Venus flower basket | Euplectella |
Cnidaria | |
15. Moon jelly | Aurelia aurita |
16. Brain coral | Meandrina |
17. Dead man?s fingers | Alcyonium |
18. Jelly fish | Aurelia |
19. Little sail (Purple sail, Sail-by-wind) | Velella |
20. Mushroom coral | Fungia |
21. Organ pipe coral | Tubipora |
22. Portuguese-man-of-war | Physalia |
23. Purple sail (Sail-by-wind, Little sail) | Velella |
24. Red coral | Corallium nobile |
25. Sail-by-wind (Purple sail, Little sail) | Velella |
26. Sea anemone | Adamsia |
27. Sea fan | Gorgonia |
28. Sea feather | Pteriodes |
29. Sea flower | Sea anemone |
30. Sea fur | Obelia |
31. Sea pansy | Renilla |
32. Sea pen or Sea feather | Pennatula |
33. Stag horn coral | Madrepora |
34. Star coral | Astraea |
Ctenophora | |
35. Sea walnut | Hormiphora |
Platyhelminthes | |
36. Beef tapeworm | Taenia saginata |
37. Pork tape worm | Taenia solium |
Aschelminthes | |
38. Eye worm | Loa loa |
39. Hookworm | Ancylostoma |
40. Horse hair worm | Gordius |
41. Pinworm, Thread worm, Seat worm | Enterobius vermicularis |
42. Serpent worm (Dragon or Guniea worm) | Dracunculus medinensis |
43. Whip worm | Trichuris trichura |
Annelida | |
44. Blood worm | Tubifex |
45. Earthworm | Lampito |
46. Fan worm | Serpula |
47. Fire worm | Odontosyllis |
48. Lug worm (Lob worm) | Arenicola |
49. Nature?s ploughman (friends of farmers) | Pheretima (earthworm) |
50. Paddle worm | Chaetopterus |
51. Palalo worm | Polynoe |
52. Peacock worm | Sabella |
53. Peanut worm | Sipunculus |
54. Polalo worm | Eunice |
55. Sand worm (Clam worm or rag worm) | Nereis |
56. Scale worm | Polynoe |
57. Sea mouse | Aphrodite |
Arthropoda | |
58. Acorn or Rock Barnacle | Balanus |
59. Bed bug | Cimex lectularius |
60. Cabbage aphid | Aphis brassicae |
61. Cray fish | Astacus |
62. Dragon fly | Sympetrum hypomelas |
63. Gandhi poka, Gundhi Bug, Rice or Paddy bug | Leptocorisa varicornis |
64. Hermit crab | Eupagurus |
65. Horse-shoe crab (King crab) | Limulus |
66. Leaf insect | Phyllium scythe |
67. Praying mantis | Mantis religiosa |
68. Rat flea | Xwnopsylla cheopis |
69. Rock barnacle (acorn barnacle) | Balanus |
70. Ship barnacle (Goose barnacle) | Lepas |
71. Silver fish | Lepisma saccharina |
72. Stick insect | Carausius morosus |
73. Walking worm | Peripatus |
74. Water flea | Daphnia |
75. White ant | Microtreme (Termite) |
Mollusca | |
76. Apple snail (Pond snail) | Pila globosa |
77. Cuttle fish | Sepia |
78. Devilfish | Octopus |
79. Elephant?s tusk shell | Dentallium |
80. Grey slug | Limax |
81. Sea arrow, Squid | Loligo |
82. Sea fly | Tethys (a snail) |
83. Sea hare | Aplysia |
84. Sea lemon | Doris |
85. Sea lion | Eumatopias |
86. Sea mice or coat of mail shell | Chiton |
87. Sea pen | Loligo (Squid) |
88. Shipworm | Teredo |
89. Temple shell, Conch | Turbinella or Xancus spp. |
Echinodermata | |
90. Basket fish | Gorgonocephalus |
91. Basket star | Asterophyton |
92. Brittle star | Ophiothrix |
93. Cake urchin | Clypeaster |
94. Feather star (sea lily) | Antedon |
95. Heart urchin | Echinocardium |
96. Sand or Sea Dollar | Echinoarachinus |
97. Sea cucumber | Holothurian, Cucumaria |
98. Sea lily (Feather star) | Antedon |
99. Sea star | Asterias |
100. Sea urchin | Echinus |
101. Serpent star, Brittle star | Ophiura |
102. Star fish | Asterias |
Hemichordata | |
103. Acorn worm, Tongue worm | Balanoglossus |
Chordata | |
104. Angle fish | Cryptosaurus |
105. Blood sucker, Garden lizard | Calotes |
106. Bowfin | Amia |
107. Cat fish | Clarius & Hateropneustes Rita rita. |
108. Chital fish) | Notopterus |
109. Climbing perch | Anabas testudineus |
110. Dog fish | Scoliodon (Shark) |
111. Eagle ray fish | Myliobatis |
112. Eel worm | Anguilla |
113. Electric ray | Torpedo |
114. Flat fish | Pleuronecte, Solea & Synaptura |
115. Flute-fish | Fistularia |
116. Flying fish | Exocoetus evolans |
117. Flying frog | Rhacophorus |
118. Ghost fish, Rat /Rabbit fish, King of Herrings | Chimaera |
119. Globe fish | Tetradon |
120. Guitar fish | Rhinobates |
121. Hagfish | Myxine |
122. Hammer headed shark | Sphyrna |
123. Horse-fish | Hippocampus |
124. King of Herrings, Ghost fish, Rat fish/Rabbit fish | Chimaera |
125. Lancelet worm | Amphioxus |
126. Lung fish, Mud fish | Neoceratodus (Australia), Lepidosiren (America), Protopterus (Africa) |
127. Midwife toad | Alytes |
128. Mosquito fish | Gambusia & Labestes |
129. Pipe fish | Syngnathus |
130. Saw fish | Pristis |
131. Sea cow | Dugong (a mammal) |
132. Sea horse | Hippocampus guttalatus |
133. Sea lion | Otaria |
134. Sea Squirt, Sea potato | Herdmania |
135. Sea squirts | Ascidians |
136. Slow worm | Glass snake |
137. Sting ray | Trygon |
138. Sucker fishes | Remora, Echenies |
139. Surinam toad | Pipa pipa |
140. Tiger fish | Stegostoma tigrinum |
141. Tree frog | Hyla |
Chaetognatha | |
142. Arrow worm | Sagitta |
Uncategorized | |
143. Angler fish, Frog fish, Devil fish | Lophius |
144. Bait fish | Antennarius |
145. Ear shell | Heliotis |
146. Grand old man of intestine | Giardia |
147. Key hole-limpet | Fissurella |
148. Lung worm | Metastrongylus |
149. Paper nautilus | Argonaulta |
150. Porcupine fish | Diodon hystrix |
151. Ribbon fish | Trichuris |
152. Scorpion fish | Pterois |
153. Sea slug | Eolis |
154. Sea stick (Walking stick) | Virgularia |
155. Smooth blood worm | Glycera |
156. Spiny headed worm | Acanthocephala |
157. Trunk fish or Coffer fish | Ostracion |
158. Wheat eel worm | Anguilla |