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Good articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 18

Did you know? articles[edit]

... that the landlady's wig can be confused with the similar red alga Cordylecladia erecta, both of which grow on sand-covered rocks? (2012-10-01)
... that white rust (pictured), a plant pathogen affecting the cabbage family, predisposes its host to develop downy mildew? (2018-10-22)
... that when the population size of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium monilatum increases, it can cause a red tide that kills fish? (2012-10-14)
... that all apicomplexans are parasitic, creating a need for multiple radically different cellular morphologies? (2009-12-16)
... that Barbeyella minutissima are found in areas of up to 3,500 metres above sea level? (2012-07-05)
... that the microscopic organism Cafileria is the only living being that connects its nucleus to its mitochondria? (2023-05-20)
... that Desmarestia tropica, or tropical acidweed, is possibly extinct because of the 1982–83 El Niño event? (2018-01-12)
... that eyelash seaweed may have been made extinct by a single 2016 earthquake? (2024-02-04)
... that infestation by Halofolliculina corallasia leads to Skeletal Eroding Band, the first coral disease known to be caused by a protozoon or by any eukaryote? (2009-08-25)
... that many hyalospheniid amoebae (example pictured) construct shells by stealing mineralized particles from the shells of their prey? (2023-11-27)
... that in the kelp forests off the coast of Chile, sea urchins graze on the kelp, and starfish prey on the sea urchins? (2018-07-21)
... that the foraminiferan Marginopora vertebralis releases its embryos by means of a surprisingly complex behaviour for a single-celled organism? (2021-08-25)
... that early mycologists classified species from the class Myxogastria (random species pictured) as "fungus animals"? (2012-09-09)
... that ochrophyte algae have twice as many membranes around their chloroplasts as plants? (2024-04-15)
... that shortly after the full moon and precisely 55 minutes after sunset, the female Bermuda fireworm rises to the sea surface and produces a bioluminescent display? (2016-01-14)
... that the male Forbes sea star (underside pictured) is sometimes castrated by Orchitophrya stellarum, a parasite which feeds on its gonads? (2012-05-24)
... that an extract of peacock's tail is effective against the red cotton stainer? (2019-02-16)
... that the Top 10 New Species of the past year include a 40 foot (12 m) tall tree (pictured), a crustacean that looks like a skeleton, a protist that acts like a sponge, and a fungus named after the King of the Netherlands? (2014-06-28)
... that Trichia decipiens live on deadwood of conifers and leaf trees all year around? (2012-07-04)
... that the oldest association between Trypanosoma, which causes Chagas disease, and its vector, the assassin bug Triatoma, is found in Triatoma dominicana and Trypanosoma antiquus? (2010-02-21)
... that ablastin, a rat antibody, prevents the parasite Trypanosoma lewisi from reproducing, yet keeps it in adult form? (2011-12-10)
... that vampire amoebae are naked? (2023-05-05)
... that growth in the brown seaweed Zanardinia typus occurs at the base of the hairs that grow around the edge of the frond? (2020-02-03)
... that the ciliate Zoothamnium niveum is so densely covered by symbiotic microbes that it appears white to the naked eye? (2017-09-03)
... that a bleached coral that has expelled its zooxanthellae may be recolonised by others of a different species? (2015-05-09)

Total pages in content type is 25

Good article nominees[edit]

Chrompodellid

Total pages in content type is 1