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A green brittle star (Ophiarachna incrassata) at the Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks, Oklahoma.

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A green brittle star (Ophiarachna incrassata) at the Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks, Oklahoma.

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A mahogany tree frog (Tlalocohyla loquax) from the Tapir Valley, Costa Rica.

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A Tapir Valley treefrog (Tlalocohyla celeste) from the Tapir Valley, Costa Rica.

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A dwarf glass frog (Teratohyla spinosa) from the Tapir Valley, Costa Rica.

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A mahogany tree frog (Tlalocohyla loquax) from the Tapir Valley, Costa Rica.

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A Tapir Valley treefrog (Tlalocohyla celeste) from the Tapir Valley, Costa Rica.

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A female conehead katydid (Copiphora gracilis) at Centro Urku in Tarapoto, Peru.

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The underside of a jazzy leafwing butterfly (Hypna clytemnestra) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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The underside of a jazzy leafwing butterfly (Hypna clytemnestra) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A flat-spined brittlestar (Ophiopteris papillosa) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A flat-spined brittlestar (Ophiopteris papillosa) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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Two fat-spined brittlestars (Ophiopteris papillosa) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A flat-spined brittlestar (Ophiopteris papillosa) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A Sira poison frog (Ranitomeya sirensis) at Josh’s Frogs in Owosso, Michigan. This individual is a ‘Biolat’ morph.

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A Sira poison frog (Ranitomeya sirensis) at Josh’s Frogs in Owosso, Michigan. This individual is a ‘Biolat’ morph.

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A Southern brook lamprey (Ichthyomyzon gagei) from Hatchet Creek on the Coosa River Drainage near Goodwater, Alabama. This individual was photographed at the Fish Biodiversity Lab in Auburn, Alabama.

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A female conehead katydid (Copiphora gracilis) at Centro Urku in Tarapoto, Peru.

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A common spider crab (Macropodia rostrata) at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium in Lisbon, Portugal. This common spider crab is from the Lisbon area.

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A Yuruani glass frog (Hyalinobatrachium iaspidiense) at WWT Slimbridge in England.

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A geometrid moth (Macrolyrcea moesta) at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

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A geometrid moth (Macrolyrcea moesta) at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

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A unidentified turtle leech (Placobdella sp.) at the West Liberty University Crayfish Conservation Lab in West Liberty, Virginia.

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A unidentified turtle leech (Placobdella sp.) at the West Liberty University Crayfish Conservation Lab in West Liberty, Virginia.

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A pointed Campeloma snail (Campeloma sp.) at the Center for Aquatic Mollusk Programs in Lake City, Minnesota.

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A pointed Campeloma snail (Campeloma sp.) at the Center for Aquatic Mollusk Programs in Lake City, Minnesota.

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A unidentified giant stonefly nymph (Pteronarcys sp.) collected by the West Liberty University Crayfish Conservation Lab.

This insect was collected from Seven Springs, Pennsylvania.

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A ripple elimia (Elimia lecontiana) at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, Alabama.

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An endangered interrupted rocksnail (Leptoxis foreman) at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, Alabama.

This species was once considered to be extinct and was rediscovered in 1998.

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An unidentified green-winged stonefly nymph (Isoperla sp.), aquatic invertebrate from Mores Creek near Idaho City, Idaho.

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An unidentified turban snail (Turbo sp.) at the Akron Zoo.

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An unidentified turban snail (Turbo sp.) at the Akron Zoo.

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A margarite nassa mud snail (Nassarius margaritifer) at the Akron Zoo.

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A margarite nassa mud snail (Nassarius margaritifer) at the Akron Zoo.

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Kanawha upland burrowing crayfish with eggs (Cambarus dubius) from the wild.

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L260 Queen Arabesque plecostomus (Hypancistrus sp.) from a private collection. Plecostumus have identification numbers because many of them are quite similar. L, standing for Loricariidae, followed by their number.

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