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Giant Fanworm

Pseudobranchiomma longa

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) kareema_salie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

24 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 3, February 0, March 8, April 16, May 2, June 1, July 0, August 0, September 2, October 2, November 2, December 2.
South Africa38
Western Cape31
Eastern Cape4
KwaZulu-Natal3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumSegmented Worms · Annelida
ClassPolychaete Worms · Polychaeta
OrderSabellida
FamilyFeather Duster Worms · Sabellidae
GenusPseudobranchiomma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Giant Fanworm with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.