Colorful miniature of the world - Wildlife in the Habitats

Colorful miniature of the world - Animals in the Habitats, and Biodiversity

Classified animal picture guide. Highlighting the link

of species shows the images, and clicking a link shows Evolutionary Tree.

Some of animals are wearing primitive colors with plain, spotted and stripe patterns. Many are found in tropical rain forests and coral reefs. Some of them lives in temperate zones, but mostly in tropical zone. Such bright color of wildlife is more beautiful than the arts human made.

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Cnidaria (Coral, Jelly fish)
- Class Hydrozoa (Hydroids, Hydra-like animals; 590 Mya～)
  Jellyfish Paper lantern jelly (North Pacific・North Atlantic), Flower hat jelly (Pacific Ocean)
- Class Scyphozoa (590 Mya～)
  Jellyfish Mediterranean Jellyfish (Mediterranean Sea), Spotted Jelly (Pacific Ocean)
Phylum Echinoderm (Sea lily, Sea star, Brittle star, Sea urchin, Sea cucumber)
- Subphylum Asterozoa (Placentals)
  - Class Asteroidea (488.3 Mya～)
    Sea star Eleven-armed sea star (West Pacific), Giant sea star (East Pacific), Biscuit sea star (Pacific Ocean), Blue Sea Star (Indo-Pacific)

Phylum Arthropod

Subphylum Chelicerata (Horseshoe crabs, Scorpions, Spiders, Mites)
- Class Araneae (Spiders; 409.1～0 Mya)
  Spider Goldenrod crab spider (North America)
  Tarantula Cobalt blue tarantula (Southeast Asia)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Insects, others)

Class Insecta (Insects)

		Mantis	Spiny flower mantis (Kenya; Eyespot)
		Stinkbug	Man-faced Stinkbug (Southeast Asia)
		Cicada	Lantern fly (Central and South America; Eyespot)
		Moth	Comet moth (Madagascar; １５cm), Golden emperor moth (tropical Asia; Eyespot), Oleander Hawk-moth (Africa・Eurasia), Death's-head Hawkmoth (Asia), Madagascan sunset moth (Madagascar)
		Swallowtail butterfly	Wallace's Golden Birdwing (Indonesia), Emerald Swallowtail (Southeast Asia), Common Birdwing (tropical Asia)
		Butterfly	(Agrias narcissus) (South America), (Nymphidium caricae) (South America)

Subphylum Crustacea (Crabs, Lobsters, Crayfish, Shrimp, Krill, Barnacles)

Class Malacostraca (Lobsters, Crabs, Shrimps; 516 Mya～)

		Mantis shrimp	Peacock mantis shrimp (Indo-Pacific)
		Shrimp	Banded coral shrimp (Atlantic Ocean; Red stripe), Harlequin shrimp (Indo-Pacific), Emperor Shrimp (Indo-Pacific; White stripe), Pacific cleaner shrimp (Indo-Pacific; Red stripe), Squat Shrimp (Atlantic Ocean; Red spotted)
		Crab	(Carpilius maculatus) (Tropical seas; Spotted), Sea cucumber crab (Indo-Pacific; Spotted), (Trapezia rufopunctata) (Indo-Pacific)

Phylum Mollusca

Class Gastropoda (Abalone, Limpets, Conch, Nudibranchs; 520 Mya～)

		Sea snail	Flamingo tongue snail (West Atlantic)
		Sea slug	(Chromodoris kuniei) (West Pacific), (Okenia rosacea) (East Pacific), Variable neon slug (Indo-West Pacific), (Nembrotha purpureolineata) (Indo-West Pacific), (Roboastra luteolineata) (West Pacific), (Tambja sagamiana) (West Pacific), Yellow Nudibranch (Indo-West Pacific), (Flabellina iodinea) (East Pacific), (Berghia coerulescens) (Caribbean Sea)

Class Cephalopod (Squid, Octopus, Cuttlefish, Nautilus, Ammonite; 490 Mya～)

		Squid	Striped pyjama squid (Indo-Pacific), Pfeffer's flamboyant cuttlefish (Indo-Pacific)
		Octopus	Atlantic White-spotted Octopus (Mediterranean Sea; Spotted), Greater Blue-ringed Octopus (West Pacific; Spotted), Wonderpus octopus (Indo-Pacific; Stripe)

Class Bivalvia (Clams, Oysters, Scallops, Mussels; 530 Mya～)
Giant clam Boring clam (Indo-West Pacific), Maxima clam (Indo-Pacific)

Phylum Chordate

Subphylum Vertebra

Infraphylum Gnathostomata (Jawed vertebrates)

Class Amphibia

		Salamander	Spotted Salamander (North America)
		Newt	Eastern Newt (North America; Spotted)
		Toad	Veragoa Stubfoot Toad (Central America), Monte Verde Golden Toad (Costa Rica; ？～1989)
		Frog	Golden Arrow Poison Frog (Panama; Spotted), Blue Poison Dart Frog,Okopipi (Brazil; Blue spotted), Red-eyed Tree Frog (Central America), Orange-colored Golden Frog (Madagascar; Yellow), Tomato frog (Madagascar; Red)

Class Sauropsida (Non mammal-like reptiles)

Subclass Diapsida (Two arches near the temples)

Infraclass Lepidosauromorpha (Lizards, Snakes, Tuatara)

		Chameleon	Parson's chameleon (Madagascar), Veiled Chameleon (Arabia), South-central Chameleon (Madagascar), Panther Chameleon (Madagascar), West Usambara Two-horned Chameleon (Tanzania)
		Gecko	Northland green gecko (New Zealand), Jewelled gecko (New Zealand), Common Leopard Gecko (Central Asia; Spotted), Tokay Gecko (Southeast Asia; Spotted), Madagascar Ground Gecko (Madagascar)
		Lizard	Common collared lizard (North America; Spotted), Mexican Collared Lizard (Mexico; Spotted)