Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 21 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 52 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

21 species asterides-echinodermes Chondrichthyans Starfish (Echinoderms) Molluscs Polychaetes Bivalves

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Tiger shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

Near threatened

Tunisia

Sawfish

Critically endangered Ocean & sea

Basking shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Mako shark

Isurus oxyrinchus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

thresher shark

Alopias vulpinus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Common octopus

Octopus vulgaris

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Hammerhead shark

Endangered

Tunisia

Guitar Shark

Critically endangered

Tunisia

eagle ray

Myliobatis aquila

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Starfish

Least concern

Tunisia

Oyster

Ostrea edulis / Crassostrea gigas

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Tellin

Donax trunculus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Scallop

Least concern

Great Scallop

Pecten maximus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Clam

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Cockle

Cerastoderma edule

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Mussel

Mytilus edulis / Mytilus galloprovincialis

Least concern

Tunisia

Marine worm

Nereis diversicolor / Polychaeta (ordre varié)

Data deficient Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Tube Worm

Serpulidae / Sabellidae (plusieurs genres, ex. Sabella, Serpula, Spirobranchus)

Least concern Ocean & sea

Megamouth Shark

Megachasma pelagios

Least concern Ocean & sea

Frilled Shark

Chlamydoselachus anguineus

Near threatened Ocean & sea

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