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Leafy Sea Dragon, Phycodurus Sp., Kennedi X. Light Sep 2023

Leafy Sea Dragon, Phycodurus Sp., Kennedi X. Light

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

Artist Statement

Leafy sea dragons, Phycodurus sp. are part of the Syngnathidae family. Syngnathidae is a genus made up of seahorses, pipefishes, and sea dragons. All three of the species are known to have beautiful patterning. However, leafy sea dragons got their name from their leafy appendages like their fins and limbs. The reason I chose to draw a leafy sea dragon is due to my own interest in astrobiology. Astrobiology is the study of life in the universe and astrobiologists look for signs of life within the universe. I would like to be an astrobiologist one day and focus …


The Paper Zoo: 500 Years Of Animals In Art By Charlotte Sleigh, Gina M. Granter Aug 2018

The Paper Zoo: 500 Years Of Animals In Art By Charlotte Sleigh, Gina M. Granter

The Goose

Review of Charlotte Sleigh's The Paper Zoo: 500 Years of Animals in Art.


The Wolf Is Back By Robert Priest, Kelly Shepherd Feb 2018

The Wolf Is Back By Robert Priest, Kelly Shepherd

The Goose

Review of Robert Priest's The Wolf is Back.


A New Species Of Trichocera Meigen With Further Records Of Metatrichocera Dahl From Bulgaria, Romania, And Serbia (Diptera, Trichoceridae), Levente Péter Kolcsár, Andrius Petrasiunas, Edina Török, Lujza Keresztes Jan 2018

A New Species Of Trichocera Meigen With Further Records Of Metatrichocera Dahl From Bulgaria, Romania, And Serbia (Diptera, Trichoceridae), Levente Péter Kolcsár, Andrius Petrasiunas, Edina Török, Lujza Keresztes

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Here we report a new winter crane fly (Trichoceridae) species, belonging to the subgenus Metatrichocera Dahl, 1966 from Bulgaria. Further records of Metatrichocera Dahl from Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia are presented with illustrations and taxonomic remarks. The records of Trichocera (Metatrichocera) forcipula Nielsen, 1920 and Trichocera (Metatrichocera) ticina Stary & Podenas, 1995 represent the first records of Trichoceridae from Serbia.