Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 22 animal species in TunisieVet’s Animalpedia: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.

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Hexacorallia (Sea Anemones and Corals) 1 Gastropods 6 Bivalves 7 Clitellates 1 Clitellates 1 Turbellarians (Flatworms) 1 Polychaetes 2 Tardigrades (Eutardigrada / Heterotardigrada) 1 Rotifers 1 Demosponges (Poriferans) 1 Scyphozoans 1 Crustaceans (Barnacles) 1 Anthozoans 1 Hydrozoans 2 Starfish (Echinoderms) 1 Brittle Stars 1 Sea Urchins 1 Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers) 1 Crinoids 1 Millipedes 1 Turbellarians (Flatworms) 1 Malacostracan Crustaceans 13 Molluscs 1 Chondrichthyans 6 Cephalopods 6 Chondrichthyans 10 Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) 1 Actinopterygians 18 Fish (Actinopterygians) 17 Bony fish (Actinopterygians) 1 Actinistians (Sarcopterygians) 1 Sarcopterygians (Flesh-finned fish) 1 Horseshoe crabs 1 Mammals 208 Birds 131 Reptiles 62 Amphibians 13 Fish 28 Insects 55 Arachnids 11 Crustaceans 2

HABITAT

Forest Wetlands Farmland & grasslands Steppe Coastline Ocean & sea Mountain Rivers & lakes Urban environment Tropical forest Savanna Desert

IUCN STATUS

Not evaluated Least concern Endangered Data deficient Near threatened Vulnerable Critically endangered Extinct in the wild

REGION

Present in Tunisia

22 species asterides-echinodermes Anthozoans Starfish (Echinoderms) Bivalves Arachnids Clitellates

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Tunisia

Deathstalker scorpion

Androctonus australis

Not evaluated Desert

Goliath birdeater

Theraphosa blondi

Not evaluated Tropical forest

Tunisia

Spider

Araneae

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Wolf Spider

Lycosa tarantula (Lycosidae)

Least concern Desert

Tarantula

Data deficient Desert

Tunisia

Crab Spider

Thomisidae (ex. Misumena vatia)

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Tick

Ixodida (ordre), ex. Ixodes ricinus

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Harvestman

Opiliones (ordre)

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Tellin

Donax trunculus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Coral

Anthozoa (classe) ; Corallium rubrum pour le corail rouge

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Starfish

Pseudoscorpion

Oyster

Ostrea edulis / Crassostrea gigas

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Black Widow

Latrodectus mactans (et espèces apparentées du genre Latrodectus)

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Mite

Acari

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Cockle

Cerastoderma edule

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Clam

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Scallop

Least concern

Tunisia

Leech

Hirudo medicinalis

Near threatened Rivers & lakes

Great Scallop

Pecten maximus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Mussel

Mytilus edulis / Mytilus galloprovincialis

Least concern

Tunisia

Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris

Least concern Forest

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