Prof August Friedrich Leopold Weismann FRS (For), HonFRSE, LLD was a German evolutionary biologist. Ernst Mayr ranked him as the second most notable evolutionary theorist of the 19th century, after Charles Darwin. Weismann became the Director of the Zoological Institute and the first Professor of Zoology at Freiburg.
The Escapees' Medal is a military award bestowed by the government of France to individuals who were prisoners of war and who successfully escaped internment or died as a result of their escape attempt. The "Escapees' Medal" was established by a 1926 law, intended to honour combatants not only of the First World War, but also of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Its statute was later amended to include combatants of the Second World War and later conflicts.
Turritopsis is a genus of hydrozoans in the family Oceaniidae.
Parthenina is a genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks.
Bougainvilliidae is a family of marine hydroids in the class Hydrozoa. Members of the family are found worldwide. There are sixteen accepted genera and about ninety-three species.
Pandeidae is a family of hydroids in the class Hydrozoa. Like other jellyfish there is usually a mature medusa form which is pelagic and reproduces sexually and a hydroid or polyp form which is often benthic and reproduces asexually by budding.
Limnomedusae is an order of hydrozoans.
Aglaophenia is a genus of hydrozoans in the family Aglaopheniidae.
Swiftia is a genus of gorgonian-type octocorals in the family Plexauridae.
Capitata is a suborder of Hydrozoa, a class of marine invertebrates belonging to the phylum Cnidaria.
Pennaria is a genus of hydrozoans. It is the only genus within the monotypic family Pennariidae.
Haliscera is a genus of hydrozoans in the family Halicreatidae.
Corymorpha is a genus of hydrozoans in the family Corymorphidae.
Eirene is a genus of hydrozoans in the family Eirenidae.
Amblyderus is a genus of antlike flower beetles in the family Anthicidae. There are about 11 described species in Amblyderus.
Octophialucium is a genus of Hydrozoan in the family Malagazziidae. The genus contains bioluminescent species.
The Jurasaidae are a family of Coleoptera known from 5 rare species in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest; all known species have neotenic females and normal males.
Cirrholovenia is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Cirrholoveniidae.
Zanclea is a genus of hydrozoans belonging to the family Zancleidae.
