𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐀

Arthropoda

• Crustacea → Malacostraca → Decapoda: crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, prawns
• Hexapoda → Insecta →
  • Coleoptera: beetles
  • Hemiptera: "true bugs;" cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, shield bugs
  • Hymenoptera: sawflies, wasps, bees, ants
  • Lepidoptera: butterflies, moths
  • Mantodea: "mantids"

Chordata

• Gnathostomata → Chondrichthyes: cartilaginous fish
• Osteichthys → Actinopterygii: ray-finned fish
  • Cypriniformes: carps and their kin (barbs, gobies, loaches, botias, minnows, etc)
  • Syngnathiformes: leafy seadragons, sea moths, trumpetfishes, seahorses
• Sarcopterygii/Crossopterygii: lobe finned fish; tetrapods
  • Tetrapoda
  • Actinistia: coelacanths

Cnidaria

• Scyphozoa: true jellyfish

Enchinodermata

• Asterozoa: starfish, brittle stars, basket stars

Mollusca

• Bivalvia: clams, oysters, cockles, mussels, scallops

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𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐄

• Rafflesia: stinking corpse lily
• Nepenthes: tropical pitcher plants; monkey cups
• Arecaceae: palms

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𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐒

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𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋

• have not emerged naturally but have been created, either through experiments or indirect means

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𝐌𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 / 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐘

• Yōkai: 妖怪, "strange apparition" - supernatural entities and spirits
• Yōsei: 妖精, lit. "bewitching spirit" - synonymous with the English "fairy"
• Yūrei: 幽霊 - akin to the Western concept of ghosts

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𝐔𝐍𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐍 / 𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐆𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐃