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    • Cryptic Sea Stars
    • Cryptic Sea Stars
    • Cryptic Sea Stars
    • Cryptic Sea Stars

    Cryptic Sea Stars

    DNA can unite species that were thought to be different. Scientists believed these Sea Stars to […]

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    • Pencil Urchins
    • Pencil Urchins
    • Pencil Urchins
    • Pencil Urchins

    Pencil Urchins

    Cryptic species – species that look alike – present a challenge for scientists who classify organisms. […]

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    • Xerces Blue
    • Xerces Blue

    Xerces Blue

    Xerces Blue butterflies were last seen in the early 1940s in the San Francisco Bay area. […]

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    • Hawaiian Snails
    • Achatinella rosea
    • Carelia bicolor
    • Achatinella vittata

    Native Hawaiian Snails

    The Hawaiian Islands once had over 800 different types of land snails. Scientists estimate that nearly […]

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    • Native and Invasive Snails
    • Giant African Snails (Lissachatina fulica)
    • Rosy Wolf Snail (Euglandina rosea)
    • Hawaiian Snails (Partulina virgulata)
    • Hawaiian Snails (Partulina virgulata)

    Native and Invasive Land Snails

    Predators, like Florida’s Rosy Wolf Snail, were introduced to many Pacific islands to control invasive snails […]

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    • Schaus’ Swallowtail
    • Schaus’ Swallowtail
    • Schaus’ Swallowtail
    • Schaus’ Swallowtail
    • Schaus’ Swallowtail caterpillars
    • Schaus’ Swallowtail caterpillar
    • Schaus’ Swallowtail caterpillars

    Schaus’ Swallowtail

    Once abundantin the greater Miami area and the Florida Keys, these endangered butterflies are now limited […]

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    • Giant Clam
    • Giant Clam
    • Giant Clam
    • Giant Clam

    Giant Clam

    Giant Clams can grow to be huge in nutrient-poor waters due to the help of tiny […]

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    • World’s Largest Pill Bug (Bathynomus)
    • World’s Largest Pill Bug (Bathynomus)

    World’s Largest Pill Bug

    The World’s Largest Pill Bug, a crustacean distantly related to shrimp and crabs, lives in deep […]

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    • Squat lobsters
    • Squat lobsters
    • Squat lobsters
    • Squat lobsters
    • Squat lobsters
    • Squat lobsters
    • Squat Lobster
    • Squat Lobster

    Squat Lobsters

    Invertebrates are poorly known, even colorful Squat Lobsters. Many of these brightly colored animals remain undescribed […]

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    • Paynes Prairie Moths (various species)
    • Paynes Prairie Moths (various species)
    • Paynes Prairie Moths (various species)
    • Paynes Prairie Moths (various species)
    • Paynes Prairie Moths, Imperial Moth
    • Paynes Prairie Moths (various species)

    Paynes Prairie Moths

    Museum staff began surveying local moths in 2005. So far nearly 1,000 different moth species have […]

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