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Decim Periodical Cicada. Greater Blue-ringed Octopus. Nostoc linckia. Diaptomus castaneti Burckhardt 1920. Christmas tree worm. Spined Micrathena. octopus stinkhorn. Blue dragon. Agapostemon splendens (Lepeletier 1841)
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The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is an international effort, led by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, to raise awareness and understanding of living nature by providing free, open, multilingual, digital access to trusted information on all known species.
The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is a free, online encyclopedia intended to document all of the 1.9 million living species known to science. It aggregates content to form "page"s for every known species. Content is compiled from existing trusted databases which are curated by experts and it calls on the assistance of non-experts throughout the world.
There are 1402683 species of Animal, in 147157 genera and 8933 families. It includes groups like Cnidarians, Sponges, and Comb Jellies. EOL has data for 13 attributes, including:
About Encyclopedia of Life. In One Species at a Time, host and scientist-reporter Ari Daniel explored the diversity of life, talking with scientists both in their labs and out in the natural world. Hear surprising stories about nature from experts examining life forms everywhere, from yeast to the bowhead whale.
The Encyclopedia of Life: Describing Species, Unifying Biology. RICHARD BLAUSTEIN. The grand endeavor to catalog and describe every species may be biology’s unifying principle. Harvard.
