Murex is a genus of medium to large sized predatory tropical sea snails. These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, commonly called "murexes" or "rock snails".
Lottia is a genus of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Lottiinae of the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.
The animal family Almidae includes about six genera of segmented worms.
The white-ankled mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mexico and in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas in the United States.
The Arizona shrew is a species of shrew native to North America.
The family Criodrilidae is represented by genus Criodrilus comprising limicolous (mud-dwelling) and/or aquatic earthworms endemic to the Palaearctic currently known only from Europe and Japan, respectively. Only three or four species are described, and the type, Criodrilus lacuum, has been introduced into North and South Americas, and is found rarely in plant pots or paddy fields.
Hoffmeister is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Stenoplax is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs in the family Ischnochitonidae.
Heliopora is a genus of cnidarian in the family Helioporidae. The genus consists of reef building corals, and is ancient and highly conserved. The species heliopora coerulea is also known as "blue coral".
Alveopora is a genus of colonial stony corals in the family Acroporidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region and are often found on reef slopes in turbid water. They are generally uncommon.
Pontoscolex is a genus of earthworms in the family Glossoscolecidae, or alternatively, in the family Rhinodrilidae.
Haplotaxidae is a family of earthworms of the Haplotaxida order.
Andiorrhinus is a genus of earthworm in the family Glossoscolecidae. The genus contains 37 species subdivided into four subgenera.
Werner Friedrich Hoffmeister was a German physician and botanist. He accompanied his childhood friend, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Waldemar of Prussia,, son of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783–1851), as a personal physician on an expedition 1845-46 to India and was fatally hit by a bullet in a skirmish with the Sikhs.
Aulophorus is a genus of Naididae.
Asterosmilia is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Caryophylliidae.
Culicia is a genus of corals belonging to the family Rhizangiidae.
Narapa is a monotypic genus of annelids belonging to the monotypic family Narapidae. The only species is Narapa bonettoi.
Falcontoxodon is an extinct genus of toxodontid notoungulate that lived from the late Pliocene to the Pleistocene in what is now Venezuela. Fossils of this genus have been found in the Chapadmalalan-Uquian Codore Formation, as well as in the more recent Ensenadan San Gregorio Formation.
Lilium nanum is a species belonging to the lily family (Liliaceae). The species is widespread throughout the Himalayas and is one of the genus's smallest species. Lilium nanum was discovered in 1845 on a journey by Prince Waldemar of Prussia. The name was first described in 1860.
