Worm and minibeast identifier
The rest of the living world — the part with no feathers, no fur, no familiar shell.
This is the catch-all group, and that is exactly where the most surprising identifications hide. A compost worm, a centipede under a log, a stranded jellyfish: none of them has an obvious name, and all of them have one.
How do you identify a worm, a centipede or a jellyfish?
This group gathers everything that fits nowhere else: earthworms, millipedes, jellyfish, starfish, leeches. It is the catch-all of the living world, and that is exactly why the most surprising identifications turn up here — nobody has a name ready for what they meet. Image identification works well because silhouettes differ sharply from one subgroup to the next. The best shot is from above, animal whole and stretched out, on a contrasting background: dark soil for a pale worm, pale sand for a jellyfish. SafaRoll covers 54 invertebrates in the catalogue.
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In the compost, on a worm turned up by the fork.
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Under a log, on a centipede.
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On a beach, on a stranded jellyfish — without touching it.
54 species · invertebrates
Commonest firstPacific Purple Sea Urchin
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
snakelocks anemone
Anemonia viridis
Nightcrawler
Lumbricus terrestris
Arctic Green Sea Urchin
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Plumose Anemone
Metridium senile
Common Sea Star
Asterias rubens
Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin
Echinometra mathaei
Red Sea Urchin
Mesocentrotus franciscanus
Compass Jelly
Chrysaora hysoscella
Spiny Starfish
Marthasterias glacialis
Mediterranean Red Sea Star
Echinaster sepositus
Black sea urchin
Arbacia lixula
Bearded Fireworm
Hermodice carunculata
Atlantic Rock-boring Urchin
Echinometra lucunter
Red Cushion Sea Star
Oreaster reticulatus
Horse Leech
Haemopis sanguisuga
Collector Urchin
Tripneustes gratilla
Strawberry Anemone
Actinia fragacea
Bubble-tip Anemone
Entacmaea quadricolor
Symmetrical Brain Coral
Pseudodiploria strigosa
Giant Anemone
Condylactis gigantea
Striped Green Sea Anemone
Diadumene lineata
Magnificent Sea Anemone
Radianthus magnifica
Mangrove Upsidedown Jelly
Cassiopea andromeda
Caribbean Christmas Tree Worm
Spirobranchus giganteus
Elkhorn Coral
Acropora palmata
Greater Star Coral
Montastraea cavernosa
Luzon Sea Star
Echinaster luzonicus
Grooved Brain Coral
Diploria labyrinthiformis
Pineapple Sea Cucumber
Thelenota ananas
Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin
Paracentrotus lividus
Lion's Mane Jelly
Cyanea capillata
Black Longspine Urchin
Diadema setosum
Atlantic Long-spined Sea Urchin
Diadema antillarum
Sea Potato
Echinocardium cordatum
Banded Sea Urchin
Echinothrix calamaris
Variegated Sea Urchin
Lytechinus variegatus
Violet Sea Urchin
Sphaerechinus granularis
Red Pencil Urchin
Heterocentrotus mamillatus
Oyster Sponge
Crambe crambe
Cauliflower Coral
Pocillopora verrucosa
Daisy Anemone
Cereus pedunculatus
Fried Egg Jelly
Cotylorhiza tuberculata
Shingle Urchin
Colobocentrotus atratus
Yellow Cluster Anemone
Parazoanthus axinellae
Massive Starlet Coral
Siderastrea siderea
Greenfish Sea Cucumber
Stichopus chloronotus
Australian Spotted Jelly
Phyllorhiza punctata
Mediterranean Red Coral
Corallium rubrum
Pearl Bubble Coral
Physogyra lichtensteini
Catala's star
Thromidia catalai
Feather Black Coral
Plumapathes pennacea
West Indian Sea Egg
Tripneustes ventricosus
Branching Fire Coral
Millepora alcicornis
What people often ask
Yes, as long as you do not touch it: stinging cells stay active for hours after stranding, including on a dead animal. A shot from above, from fifty centimetres, is enough.
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