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 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

21 species asterides-echinodermes Starfish (Echinoderms) Bivalves Clitellates Cephalopods Chondrichthyans

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Giant manta ray

Mobula birostris

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Stingray

Dasyatis pastinaca (et autres espèces de la famille Dasyatidae)

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Torpedo ray

Torpedo torpedo / Torpedo marmorata (famille Torpedinidae)

Least concern Ocean & sea

Day octopus

Octopus cyanea

Data deficient Ocean & sea

Nurse shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Lemon shark

Negaprion brevirostris

Near threatened

Tunisia

Squid

Teuthida (ordre) — ex. Loligo vulgaris

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Cuttlefish

Sepia officinalis

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Starfish

Least concern

Tunisia

Tellin

Donax trunculus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Oyster

Ostrea edulis / Crassostrea gigas

Least concern Ocean & sea

Nautilus

Nautilus pompilius

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Cockle

Cerastoderma edule

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Scallop

Least concern

Tunisia

Clam

Least concern Ocean & sea

Great Scallop

Pecten maximus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Leech

Hirudo medicinalis

Near threatened Rivers & lakes

Giant squid

Architeuthis dux

Data deficient Ocean & sea

Vampire Squid

Vampyroteuthis infernalis

Data deficient Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Mussel

Mytilus edulis / Mytilus galloprovincialis

Least concern

Goblin shark

Mitsukurina owstoni

Least concern Ocean & sea

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