curious creatures

Various creatures

2007.12.12

Curious or interesting creatures found in a ground, or somewhere...

* [yyyy.mm.dd] : a recorded date.

Two pairs of otolith of Red gurnard, Chelidonichthys spinosus ("houbou") (about 4mm in length, photo above) and golden thread, Nemipterus virgatus ("itoyori-dai") (about 8mm in length, photo below). 2007.12.12 [2007.12.10]
Body length of both fishes is about 25cm.

A kind of planaria, "oo-misuji-kougai-biru", Bipalium nobile (about 20cm in body length). 2007.10.21 [2007.10.20]
Discovered under the flower pot. Right photo is a head ("kougai"-shape)

A bivalve, "oo-mizogai", Siliqua alta (about 10cm in shell width). 2007.10.08 [2007.10.06]
Got at the food floor in a department store.

A golden-ringed dragonfly, Anotogaster sieboldii ("oni-yanma") (about 15cm in body length), seen around the pond. 2007.08.19 [2007.08.17]

Two kind? of Snail, Buccinum spp. ("toudai-tsubu-gai") (about 7cm in shell height). 2007.08.05 [2007.08.04]
Got at the food floor in a department store.

A kind of Trumpetfish, Fistularia petimba ("aka-yagara") (about 25cm in head length). 2007.07.16 [2007.07.14]
Got at the food floor in a department store.

A kind of Snail, Omphalius pfeifferi ("bate-ira") (about 3cm in shell height). 2007.07.11 [2007.07.11]
Got at the food floor in a department store.

Fruits of Bayberry, Myrica rubra ("yama-momo") (about 1cm in diameter) brighting through the sun light. 2007.06.22 [2007.06.21]

A kind of Sand dollar, Scaphechinus mirabilis ("hasu-no-ha-kashipan") (about 4cm in diameter) washed up on a sandy beach. 2007.05.05 [2007.05.04]

A flower of Dogtooth violet, Erythronium japonicum ("katakuri") (about 3cm in flower diameter) flowering on the ground. 2007.04.03 [2007.04.01]

A Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus ("ban") (about 30cm in body length) floating on the pond. 2007.03.30 [2007.03.29]

The reverse side of an abalone, Haliotis discus ("kuro-awabi / ezo-awabi"). 2007.03.03 [2007.03.03]

A bivalve, "oo-mategai", Solen grandis (about 10cm in length) 2007.02.24 [2007.02.24]
Got at the food floor in a department store.

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