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Draculoides Vinei
''Draculoides'' is a genus of troglobite arachnid endemic to North West Australia. Often mistaken for a spider, ''D. bramstokeri'' is a schizomid — a small, soil-dwelling invertebrate that walks on six legs and uses two modified front legs as feelers. It uses large fang-like pedipalps, or pincers, to grasp invertebrate prey and crunch it into pieces before sucking out the juices. The genus was first described in 1992 by M.S. Harvey of the Western Australian Museum, based on his earlier description of ''Schizomus vinei'' ('' Draculoides vinei''). A second species was described in 1995, ''Draculoides bramstokeri'', based on specimens found at Barrow Island, Western Australia; the specific epithet honours Bram Stoker, the author of ''Dracula ''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draculoides Vinei
''Draculoides'' is a genus of troglobite arachnid endemic to North West Australia. Often mistaken for a spider, ''D. bramstokeri'' is a schizomid — a small, soil-dwelling invertebrate that walks on six legs and uses two modified front legs as feelers. It uses large fang-like pedipalps, or pincers, to grasp invertebrate prey and crunch it into pieces before sucking out the juices. The genus was first described in 1992 by M.S. Harvey of the Western Australian Museum, based on his earlier description of ''Schizomus vinei'' ('' Draculoides vinei''). A second species was described in 1995, ''Draculoides bramstokeri'', based on specimens found at Barrow Island, Western Australia; the specific epithet honours Bram Stoker, the author of ''Dracula ''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dracula
''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking a business trip to stay at the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula. Harker escapes the castle after discovering that Dracula is a vampire, and the Count moves to England and plagues the seaside town of Whitby. A small group, led by Abraham Van Helsing, hunt Dracula and, in the end, kill him. ''Dracula'' was mostly written in the 1890s. Stoker produced over a hundred pages of notes for the novel, drawing extensively from Transylvanian folklore and history. Some scholars have suggested that the character of Dracula was inspired by historical figures like the Wallachian prince Vlad the Impaler or the countess Elizabeth Báthory, but there is widespread disagreement. Stoker's notes mention neither figure. He found the name ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schizomida Genera
Schizomida (common name shorttailed whipscorpion) is an order of arachnids, generally less than in length. The order is not yet widely studied. About 300 species of schizomids have been described worldwide, most belonging to the Hubbardiidae family. A systematic review including a full catalogue may be found in Reddell & Cokendolpher (1995). The Schizomida is sister to the order Uropygi, the two clades together forming the Thelyphonida. Based on molecular clock dates, both orders likely originated in the late Carboniferous somewhere in the tropics of Pangea, and the Schizomida underwent substantial diversification starting in the Cretaceous. The oldest known fossils of the group are from the Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber of Myanmar, which are assignable to the Hubbardiidae. E. O. Wilson has identified schizomids as among the "groups of organisms that desperately need experts to work on them." Taxonomy Schizomids are grouped into three families: * Calcitronidae † (fossil) (dubio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthropods Of Western Australia
Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and cuticle made of chitin, often mineralised with calcium carbonate. The arthropod body plan consists of segments, each with a pair of appendages. Arthropods are bilaterally symmetrical and their body possesses an external skeleton. In order to keep growing, they must go through stages of moulting, a process by which they shed their exoskeleton to reveal a new one. Some species have wings. They are an extremely diverse group, with up to 10 million species. The haemocoel, an arthropod's internal cavity, through which its haemolymph – analogue of blood – circulates, accommodates its interior organs; it has an open circulatory system. Like their exteriors, the internal organs of arthropods are generally built of repeated segments. Their nervous system is "ladder-lik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arachnids Of Australia
Arachnida () is a Class (biology), class of joint-legged invertebrate animals (arthropods), in the subphylum Chelicerata. Arachnida includes, among others, spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, pseudoscorpions, opiliones, harvestmen, Solifugae, camel spiders, Amblypygi, whip spiders and Thelyphonida, vinegaroons. Almost all adult arachnids have eight Arthropod leg, legs, although the front pair of legs in some species has converted to a sensory function, while in other species, different appendages can grow large enough to take on the appearance of extra pairs of legs. The term is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek word (''aráchnē'', 'spider'), from the myth of the hubristic human weaver Arachne, who was turned into a spider. Almost all Extant taxon, extant arachnids are terrestrial animal, terrestrial, living mainly on land. However, some inhabit freshwater environments and, with the exception of the pelagic zone, marine environments as well. They comprise over 100,000 named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Threatened Fauna Of Australia
Threatened fauna of Australia are those species and subspecies of birds, fish, frogs, insects, mammals, molluscs, crustaceans and reptiles to be found in Australia that are in danger of becoming extinct. This list is the list proclaimed under the Australian federal ''Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999'' (EPBC Act). The classifications are based on those used by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), however IUCN and Australian rankings do differ. Each state and territory has its own legislation relating to environmental protection. Based on the list of Australian animals extinct in the Holocene, about 33 mammals (27 from the mainland, including the thylacine), 24 birds (three from the mainland), one reptile, and three frog species or subspecies are strongly believed to have become extinct in Australia during the Holocene epoch. These figures exclude dubious taxa like the Roper River scrub robin (''Drymodes superciliaris colcloughi'') and possibly exti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draculoides Neoanthropus
''Draculoides'' is a genus of troglobite arachnid endemic to North West Australia. Often mistaken for a spider, ''D. bramstokeri'' is a schizomid — a small, soil-dwelling invertebrate that walks on six legs and uses two modified front legs as feelers. It uses large fang-like pedipalps, or pincers, to grasp invertebrate prey and crunch it into pieces before sucking out the juices. The genus was first described in 1992 by M.S. Harvey of the Western Australian Museum, based on his earlier description of ''Schizomus vinei'' (''Draculoides vinei''). A second species was described in 1995, ''Draculoides bramstokeri'', based on specimens found at Barrow Island, Western Australia; the specific epithet honours Bram Stoker, the author of ''Dracula''. The allusion to this fictional character, a vampire, in the name of the genus is given for the method of consuming its prey. Species , the World Schizomida Catalog accepts the following six species: * '' Draculoides bramstoker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draculoides Mesozeirus
''Draculoides'' is a genus of troglobite arachnid endemic to North West Australia. Often mistaken for a spider, ''D. bramstokeri'' is a schizomid — a small, soil-dwelling invertebrate that walks on six legs and uses two modified front legs as feelers. It uses large fang-like pedipalps, or pincers, to grasp invertebrate prey and crunch it into pieces before sucking out the juices. The genus was first described in 1992 by M.S. Harvey of the Western Australian Museum, based on his earlier description of ''Schizomus vinei'' (''Draculoides vinei''). A second species was described in 1995, ''Draculoides bramstokeri'', based on specimens found at Barrow Island, Western Australia; the specific epithet honours Bram Stoker, the author of ''Dracula''. The allusion to this fictional character, a vampire, in the name of the genus is given for the method of consuming its prey. Species , the World Schizomida Catalog accepts the following six species: * '' Draculoides bramstoker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draculoides Julianneae
''Draculoides'' is a genus of troglobite arachnid endemic to North West Australia. Often mistaken for a spider, ''D. bramstokeri'' is a schizomid — a small, soil-dwelling invertebrate that walks on six legs and uses two modified front legs as feelers. It uses large fang-like pedipalps, or pincers, to grasp invertebrate prey and crunch it into pieces before sucking out the juices. The genus was first described in 1992 by M.S. Harvey of the Western Australian Museum, based on his earlier description of ''Schizomus vinei'' (''Draculoides vinei''). A second species was described in 1995, ''Draculoides bramstokeri'', based on specimens found at Barrow Island, Western Australia; the specific epithet honours Bram Stoker, the author of ''Dracula''. The allusion to this fictional character, a vampire, in the name of the genus is given for the method of consuming its prey. Species , the World Schizomida Catalog accepts the following six species: * '' Draculoides bramstoker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draculoides Brooksi
''Draculoides'' is a genus of troglobite arachnid endemic to North West Australia. Often mistaken for a spider, ''D. bramstokeri'' is a schizomid — a small, soil-dwelling invertebrate that walks on six legs and uses two modified front legs as feelers. It uses large fang-like pedipalps, or pincers, to grasp invertebrate prey and crunch it into pieces before sucking out the juices. The genus was first described in 1992 by M.S. Harvey of the Western Australian Museum, based on his earlier description of ''Schizomus vinei'' (''Draculoides vinei''). A second species was described in 1995, ''Draculoides bramstokeri'', based on specimens found at Barrow Island, Western Australia; the specific epithet honours Bram Stoker, the author of ''Dracula''. The allusion to this fictional character, a vampire, in the name of the genus is given for the method of consuming its prey. Species , the World Schizomida Catalog accepts the following six species: * '' Draculoides bramstoker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draculoides Bramstokeri
''Draculoides bramstokeri'' is a small, troglobite, Australian arachnid. Often mistaken for a spider, ''D. bramstokeri'' is a schizomid — a small, soil-dwelling invertebrate that walks on six legs and uses two modified front legs as feelers. It uses large fang-like pedipalps, or pincers, to grasp invertebrate prey and crunch it into pieces before sucking out the juices. Named for this method of dispatching victims and after Bram Stoker, the author of ''Dracula''. The species is light yellow or brown, 5 mm long and known to inhabit six caves on Barrow Island and two on the North West Cape in Western Australia. It is threatened by pollution and damage to caves and is vulnerable to extinction. ''Draculoides bramstokeri'' was first described in 1995. The other three described species of ''Draculoides'' also occur in Australia. See also * Threatened fauna of Australia *List of organisms named after famous people (born 1800–1899) In biological nomenclature, organisms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampire
A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the Vitalism, vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead, undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited while they were alive. They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance, markedly different from today's gaunt, pale vampire which dates from the early 19th century. Vampiric entities have been Vampire folklore by region, recorded in cultures around the world; the term ''vampire'' was popularized in Western Europe after reports of an 18th-century mass hysteria of a pre-existing folk belief in the Balkans and Eastern Europe that in some cases resulted in corpses being staked and people being accused of vampirism. Local variants in Eastern Europe were also known by different names, such as ''shtriga'' in Albanian mythology, Albania, ''vrykolakas'' in G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
