Costa Rica Photos, the taxonomic presentation

• Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
    • Class: Mammalia
      • Order: Rodentia
        • Family: Sciuridae
          • Genus: Sciurus
            • Species: variegatoides (Variegated)?
              • at San Miguel
      • Order: Primates
        • Family: Atelidae
          • Subfamily:Mycetinae
            • Genus: Alouatta
              • Species: palliata (Howler Monkey)
                • getting fruit near Cabuya
                • eyeing jump near Cabuya
                • resting near Cabuya
                • with baby near Cabuya
                • playing near Cabuya
                • leaping near Cabuya
                • at San Miguel
                • munching fruit at San Miguel
                • looking around at San Miguel
                • youth at San Miguel
        • Family: Cebidae
          • Genus: Cebus
            • Species: capucinus (White-faced (aka White-headed) Capuchin Monkey)
              • Capuchin
        • Family: Hominidae
          • Subfamily:Hominidae
            • Genus: Homo
              • Species: sapiens (human)
                • our guide at insect house with beetles
                • class at insect gardens
                • Dana and Anna at artsy cafe
                • Allison and George
                • Allison and Ed
                • Mariba band
                • Holly whacks
                • Jean prepares gifts
                • group boards ferry
                • group sunset orientation
                  (Or should next 2 be in Class Amphibia?)
                • below falls
                • below falls #2
                • An Actinopterygii story?
                • Diana Lieberman
                • presentation time
                • campfire last night
                • group at San Miguel
      • Order: Xenarthra
        • Family: Myrmecophagidae
          • Genus: Tamandua
            • Species: mexicana
              • collared anteater
      • Order: Carnivora
        • Family: Canidae
          • Genus: Canis
            • Species: lupus
              • Subspecies: familiaris
                • politely showing justification for hunger
    • Class: Amphibia
      • Order: Anura
        • Family: Hylidae
          • Genus: Agalychnis
            • Species: callidryas
              • Red-eyed treefrog
        • Family: Bufonidae
          • Genus: Bufo
            • Species: marinus (Marine toad, aka Cane Toad)
              • Cane Toad
    • Class: Reptilia
      • Order: Squamata
        • Family: Phrynosomatidae
          • Genus: Sceloporus
            • a green "Spiny Lizard"
        • a jumping lizard
        • lizard
        • Family: Iguanidae
          • Genus: Ctenosaura
            • Species: similis
              • a green Iguana (ctenosaur?)
              • ctenosaur
              • ctenosaur on beach (giving me the finger)
    • Class: Aves
      • Order: Charidriiformes
        • Family: Laridae
          • Genus: Larus?
            • gulls alongside ferry
      • Order:Piciformes
        • Family: Picidae (woodpecker)
          • woodpecker
        • Family: Ramphastidae?
          • toucanette
      • Order: Passeriformes
        • Family: Thraupidae
          • Genus: Thraupis
            • Species: episcopus (Blue-gray Tanager)
              • bluegray tanager??.
        • Family: Icteridae
          • Genus: Icterus?
            • Oriole
          • Genus: Euphonia
            • Species: luteicapilla
              • Yellow-crowned Euphonia
      • Order: Trochiliformes
        • Family: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
          • hummingbird
          • hummingbird
          • hummingbirds
      • Order: Pelecaniformes
        • Family: Pelecanidae
          • Genus: Pelecanus
            • Species: (pelican)
              • pelican in tree
      • Order: Ciconiiformes
        • Family: Ardeidae
          • Genus Tigrisoma
            • Tiger-heron stalking at Montezuma beach
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
    • Class: Malacostraca
      • Order:Decapoda
        • Family: Coenobitidae
          • Genus: Coenobita
            • Species: compressus (Pacific Hermit Crab)
    • Class: Insecta
      • skin from molt?
      • Order: Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths and skippers)
        • moth #4, on cabina wall
        • moth #5 in lab
        • moth #8 on barracks' wall
        • moth #10 on lab wall
        • butterfly (captive) yellowpatch longwing?
        • moth or butterfly on lab wall
        • Family: Arctiidae
          • Leopard moth (moth #12) ("Crazy eights")
          • Subfamily: Ctenuchinae
            • Genus: Cosmo
              • Cosmo thuthra? (moth #6) in lab
          • Genus: Eupseudosoma
            • Eupseudosoma involatum (moth #1), on cabina wall
        • Family: Geometridae
          • moth #2, on cabina wall
          • moth #3, on cabina wall
          • moth #7 on George's back
          • moth #11 on lab wall
        • Family: Noctuidae
          • Prominent? moth (moth #9)
        • Family: Nymphalidae
          • Genus: Caigo
            • Caligo idomeneus, Owl butterfly
        • Family: Saturnidae
          • Genus: Automeris
            • caterpillar of something similar to Io moth, pic#1
            • caterpillar of something similar to Io moth, pic#2
      • Order: Orthoptera
        • Family: Tettigoniidae (grasshoppers)
          • grasshopper? with claws not very useful for on a florescent light
          • Katydid, portrait
          • Katydid
          • Katydid foot
          • grasshopper sprawlled out
          • grasshopper foot
          • grasshopper, portrait shot
      • Order: Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps)
        • Family: Formicidae (ants)
          • Genus: Atta
            • Species: cephalotes or columbica? (leaf-cutter)
              • with hatchling
              • with leaf
      • Order: Coleoptera (beetles)
        • Beetle #1: Tortoise-shell beetle, pic #1.
        • Beetle #1: Tortoise-shell beetle, pic #2.
        • Beetle #2, on San Luis sign.
        • Beetle #3, on San Luis sign.
        • Beetle #4, on San Luis sign.
        • Beetle #5, on San Luis sign.
        • Beetle #6, on Cabina wall.
        • Beetle #7, on Cabina wall.
        • Beetle #8, on Cabina wall.
        • Beetle #9, on Cabina wall.
        • Beetle #10, on Cabina wall.
        • Beetle #11, on Cabina wall.
        • Beetle #12, on Cabina wall.
        • Beetle #13, on Cabina wall.
        • Beetle (or grasshopper?)#14, on Cabina wall.
    • Class: Arachnida
      • Order: Araneae (Spiders)
        • The spider Holly found at our first lunch.
        • The spider that made webs off the diningroom deck.
        • spider in forest.
        • spider in forest.
        • spider with egg sac?
        • Family: Lycosidae
          • Species: (wolf spider)
            • wolf spider
      • Order: Scorpiones
        • Family: Buthidae
          • Scopion on dininghall deck.
• Phylum: Bryzoa
  • Bryzoan (Sea Lace?)
• Phylum: Nemertea
  • ribbon worm
• Phylum: Spurculida
  • peanut worm
• Phylum: Annelida
  • (fireworm?)
• Phylum: Mollusca
  • Class: Polyplackophora
    • (Chiton)
  • Class: Gastropoda
    No photograph I took on the trip contributed more to my appreciation of an organism than this one:
    • (Sea slug)
• Phylum: Echinodermata
  • M Lieberman says humans evolved from this phylum
  • Class: Echinoidea
    • Urchin
    Subclass: Asteroidea (sea stars and star fishes)
    • (Brittle Star)

Kingdom: Fungi
Note: all identifications of fungi are tentative and uncertain and should not be used in making decisions regarding ediblity and safety.

• Fungus #4
• Fungus #7, (about 2mm diam sphere) is this really a fungus??
• Division: Eumycota
  • Subdivision: Basidiomycota
    • Class: Hymenomycetes
      • Order: Tremellales
        • Exidia alba, jelly fungus Fungus #6
      • Order: Agaricles
        • Mushroom #4, side/under view.
        • Mushroom #4, top view.
        • Mushroom #7 (insect gardens).
        • Mushroom #10, underview
        • Mushroom #10, overview
        • Mushroom #10, specimen 2, underview
        • Mushroom #10, specimen 2, overview
        • Family: Cortinariaceae
          • Genus: Crepodotus
            • Crepodotus basidio?? (Fungus #5)
        • Family: Tricholomataceae
          • Marasmius (Mushroom #2).
          • Marasmius (Mushroom #2), top view.
          • Marasmius? (Mushroom #8) on cut log.
          • Marasmius? (Mushroom #8), closer
          • Marasmius (Mushroom #12)
          • Marasmius (Mushroom #6) (insect gardens).
          • Mycena? (Mushroom #3) side view.
        • Family: Strophariaceae
          • Pholiota (Mushroom #9) underview
          • Pholiota (Mushroom #9) overview
        • Family: Hygrophoraceae
          • Hygrocybe (Mushroom #5) on sky-walk.
          • Hygrophorus (Mushroom #11)
      • Class: Gasteramycete
        • Order: Aphyllophorales
          • Family: Polyporaceae (probably)
            • A Polypore or Proria Fungus #1.
            • white bracket mushroom with gills, Fungus #2.
            • Mushroom #1, side view.
            • Mushroom #1, top view.
            • Coltrichia? A bracket fungus
            • daedaloid or Coltrichia? a treeful
            • daedaloid or Coltrichia? underside
          • Family: Stereaceae
            • Stereum basidios, Fungus #8, on bridge over San Luis
          • Family: Ganodermataceae
    • Division: Ascomycota
      • Fungus #3: "Dead Man's Ear"
      • Fungus #3: "Dead Man's Ear", closer view
      • Class: Discomycetes
        • Family: Pezizaceae
          • A cup fungus Apparently the point of being cup-shaped is to cause raindrops to splash out the spores.

Last updated: Feb 7 2005
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