Portal:Animals/Did you know/5


 * ...that six new species of marine slugs in the genus Phyllodesmium (Sp. kabiranum pictured) have been described in the last two years?
 * ...that Maui's dolphin is the most endangered species of dolphin in the world, with only about 110 left?
 * ...that the land snail Euglandina rosea is a significant threat to Hawaiian freshwater snail known as Newcomb's snail (Erinna newcombi), because the predatory Euglandina is able to hunt Erinna under water?
 * ...that the body of the "X-ray fish" (Pristella maxillaris ) is so transparent that it is possible to see its backbone?
 * ...that even though the lancelets are classified as chordates, they lack a true backbone and well-defined head?