#metazoa — Public Fediverse posts

The genus Macrotis, commonly known as bilbies, represents a distinct lineage of desert-dwelling marsupial omnivores classified within the family Thylacomyidae and the order Peramelemorphia.
#Metazoa #Bilby #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/met03142601.html

#Arapaima gigas, colloquially known as the pirarucu, is a giant neotropical freshwater teleost belonging to the family Arapaimidae within the order Osteoglossiformes (bonytongues).
#Metazoa #Ichthyology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/met02032601.html

The genus #Geococcyx comprises two species of fast-running ground #cuckoos within the family #Cuculidae and the order #Cuculiformes. Native to the arid and semi-arid scrublands of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America
#Metazoa #birds #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/met02012601.html

The genus #Geococcyx comprises two species of fast-running ground #cuckoos within the family #Cuculidae and the order #Cuculiformes. Native to the arid and semi-arid scrublands of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America
#Metazoa #birds #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/met02012601.html

The genus #Geococcyx comprises two species of fast-running ground #cuckoos within the family #Cuculidae and the order #Cuculiformes. Native to the arid and semi-arid scrublands of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America
#Metazoa #birds #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/met02012601.html

The genus #Geococcyx comprises two species of fast-running ground #cuckoos within the family #Cuculidae and the order #Cuculiformes. Native to the arid and semi-arid scrublands of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America
#Metazoa #birds #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/met02012601.html

The genus #Geococcyx comprises two species of fast-running ground #cuckoos within the family #Cuculidae and the order #Cuculiformes. Native to the arid and semi-arid scrublands of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America
#Metazoa #birds #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/met02012601.html

The Humboldt #marten is a critically imperiled subspecies of the Pacific marten (Martes caurina), belonging to the family Mustelidae and order Carnivora. It is biologically distinct from the American marten (Martes americana) and is historically endemic to the humid, coastal coniferous forests of Northern California and Oregon.
#Metazoa #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/met01222601.html

Sea anemones (Actiniaria): The Metazoa Explorer
The #Actiniaria are an order of soft-bodied, predatory marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa and the phylum Cnidaria. Exclusively polypoid in structure, lacking a medusa stage, they attach primarily to hard benthic substrates via an adhesive pedal disc, though some species burrow in soft sediment or float pelagically.
#Metazoa #MarineBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/met01202601.html

The Timber #rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) is a venomous pit #viper belonging to the family Viperidae and the subfamily Crotalinae.
#Metazoa #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/met01192601.html

I learned recently that while the #EvoDevo and #phylogenomics literature overwhelmingly use the term #Metazoa, it is an obsolete junior synonym to #Animalia. #zoology
#NCBI taxonomy uses Metazoa, consistent with the use in molecular fields https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=33208&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
but @gbif uses Animalia https://www.gbif.org/species/1, as does @Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal
As for #ICZN, they don't seem to care for modern concerns about phylogeny and such http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/loadcachedpage?url=animalbase-code.html