| Jaera albifrons | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Janiridae |
| Genus: | Jaera |
| Species: | J. albifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Jaera albifrons Leach, 1814 | |
Jaera albifrons is a species of isopod in the family Janiridae. It is found in Europe and North America. [1] [2] [3]
The greater white-fronted goose is a species of goose related to the smaller lesser white-fronted goose. It is named for the patch of white feathers bordering the base of its bill, in fact albifrons comes from the Latin albus "white" and frons" forehead ". In Europe it has been known as the "white-fronted goose"; in North America it is known as the greater white-fronted goose, and this name is also increasingly adopted internationally. Even more distinctive are the salt-and-pepper markings on the breast of adult birds, which is why the goose is colloquially called the "specklebelly" in North America.
The little tern is a seabird of the family Laridae. It was formerly placed into the genus Sterna, which now is restricted to the large white terns. The genus name is a diminutive of Sterna, "tern". The specific albifrons is from Latin albus, "white", and "frons", forehead. The former North American and Red Sea S. a. saundersi subspecies are now considered to be separate species, the least tern and Saunders's tern.
The black ghost knifefish is a tropical fish belonging to the ghost knifefish family (Apteronotidae). They originate in freshwater habitats in South America where ranging from Venezuela to the Paraguay–Paraná River, including the Amazon Basin. They are popular in aquaria. The fish is all black except for two white rings on its tail, and a white blaze on its nose, which can occasionally extend into a stripe down its back. It moves mainly by undulating a long fin on its underside. It will grow to a maximum length of 50 cm (20 in).
The white-fronted amazon also known as the white-fronted parrot, or by the adopted slang term spectacled amazon parrot, is a Central American species of parrot. Not to be confused with the red-spectacled amazon. They can imitate a range from 30 to 40 different sounds. Like other large parrots, the white-fronted parrot has a long potential life span, usually around 40 years.
White-fronted capuchin can refer to any of a number of species of gracile capuchin monkey which used to be considered as the single species Cebus albifrons. White-fronted capuchins are found in seven different countries in South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Squalus albifrons, the eastern highfin spurdog, is a dogfish described in 2007. It is a member of the family Squalidae, found on the continental shelf off Queensland, Australia, at depths between 220 and 510 m. The length of the longest specimen measured is 65 cm (26 in). Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.
The ground tyrants (Muscisaxicola) are a genus of passerine birds belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. There are about 13 different species. They are ground-dwelling birds which inhabit open country in South America, particularly the Andes and Patagonia. Several southern species are migratory, moving northward for the winter. Ground tyrants feed on insects and other invertebrates, mainly by picking them from the ground.
The thick-billed weaver, or grosbeak weaver, is a distinctive and bold species of weaver bird that is native to the Afrotropics. It comprises the monotypic genus Amblyospiza and subfamily Amblyospizinae.
Gracile capuchin monkeys are capuchin monkeys in the genus Cebus. At one time all capuchin monkeys were included within the genus Cebus. In 2011, Jessica Lynch Alfaro et al. proposed splitting the genus between the robust capuchin monkeys, such as the tufted capuchin, and the gracile capuchins. The gracile capuchins retain the genus name Cebus, while the robust species have been transferred to Sapajus.
Macrosiphum albifrons, the lupin aphid, is a species of large grey/ green aphid in the family Aphididae.
Trigonometopus is a genus of flies in the family Lauxaniidae. There are more than 20 described species in Trigonometopus.
Brachiacantha albifrons, known generally as the white-fronted lady beetle or pale anthill ladybug, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America.
Ilnacora is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are more than 20 described species in Ilnacora.
Exoprosopa albifrons is a species of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae.
Phloeosinus scopulorum is a species of crenulate bark beetle in the family Curculionidae. It is found in North America.
Jaera is a genus of isopods in the family Janiridae. There are more than 20 described species in Jaera.
Janiridae is a family of isopods in the order Isopoda. There are more than 20 genera and 190 described species in Janiridae.
Symmerista albifrons, the white-headed prominent or orange-humped oakworm, is a species of moth in the family Notodontidae. It was first described by J. E. Smith in 1797 and it is found in North America.
Palpada albifrons is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.
Procerodes littoralis is a species of triclad flatworm widely distributed on the shores of northwestern Europe and on the east coast of North America from Newfoundland northwards.
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