1. Animal which turns its body most times
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Cockroach (25 times/sec)
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2. Deepest Living
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Myriotrochus bruuni. Found at a depths up to 10,710 m or (35,130 ft). Marianas Trench
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3. Deepest living mollusc
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Ewig's Gastroverm lives at an ocean depth of about 20,000 ft (over 4500m).
Over 1,100 species of molluscs have been discovered living deeper than 1 mile (1600m).
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4. Fastest flying butterfly
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Monarch butterfly (17 miles/hr)
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5. Fastest flying insect
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Australian Dragonfly (58 km/hr)
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6. Fastest running insect
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Tropical Periplaneta Americana (5.4 km/hr)
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7. Fastest Wing Beat
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A tiny midge (mosquito group) can beat its wings 1000 times a second.
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8. Fattest fly
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Pantophthalmus bellardi (Central America). 2 inch
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9. Heaviest insect
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Goliath beetle (about 100 g & 11 cm long) (found in Africa).
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10. Heaviest Starfish
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Thromidia catalai (Maximum weight of 6 kg 13 lb 4 oz). New Caledonia
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11. Highest lifespan in insect
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Splender beetle (it has found the beetle which lived 51 years)
Ant (Queen). 11-16 yrs. Some are 28 years.
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12. Highest olfactory power in insects
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Emperor Moth (can recognize the smell of same race at 11 km away)
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13. Largest and heaviest invertebrate (largest and heaviest mollusc)
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Giant squid (Architeuthis): Max. size at 13 m (43 ft) for females and 10 m (33 ft) for males from caudal fin to the tip of the two long tentacles.
(Weight 5 tones, length 18 m, diameter 6 m).
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14. Largest annelid
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The hydrothermal vent tubeworm, Riftia pachyptila, reaches lengths of 7.9 feet (2.4 meters)
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15. Largest ant
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Dinopohtera (ant of Africa)
Daurilus (female). About 40 mm long
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16. Largest arthropod
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Pseudocarcinus gigas, the Tasmanian Giant Crab, obtains a carapace width of 1.5 feet (0.46 meters)
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17. Largest beetle
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Goliath beetle
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18. Largest Butterfly
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Queen Alexandra bird wing (found in Guinea). Wingspan 28 cm,
weight 5 g
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19. Largest class
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Hexapoda (Insecta)
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20. Largest colonial Cnidarian, that is not a coral reef
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Bubblegum Coral, (Paragorgia arborea) that can reach heights of 9.8 feet (3 m)
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21. Largest coral reef
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Great barrier reef of north east coast of Australia (2000 km)
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22. Largest crustacean
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Giant spider crab
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23. Largest ctenophore
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Cestum veneris ("Venus' girdle") and Velamen parallelum. They have up to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) length.
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24. Largest ctenophore
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Lampocteis cruentiventer with a length of 0.52 feet (16cm)
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25. Largest dragonfly
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Giant petal tai (Australia). Wingspan: 6.3 inch
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26. Largest earth worm
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Microchaetus rappi
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27. Largest echinoderm
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The starfish Thromidia catalai and Thromidia gigas can reach 3.2 lbs (6 kg). ”Thromidia catalai-the South Pacific species reaches a maximum span of a little over 2 feet (60-65 cm). But Thromidia gigas, which occurs in South Africa, was measured with a diameter of nearly 70 cm!”
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28. Largest egg in insect
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Walking stick insect (egg has 8 mm long)
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29. Largest eye (as compared to body size) among animals
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Giant squid (Architeuthis)
Largest recorded eyes: Atlantic Giant Squid - approximate diameter of 50 cm (20 inches).
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30. Largest flat worm
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Taenia solium (Tapeworm)
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31. Largest flatworm
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Diphyllobothrium latum, the human tapeworm, at a length 65 feet (20 meters)
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32. Largest fly
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Goromidas heros (South America)- 6 cm long
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33. Largest group in insects
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Beetles (about 300,000 items)
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34. Largest group of animals that utilize the beating of cilia for locomotion
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Ctenophore (Comb jellies)
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35. Largest hemichordate
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The largest colony is Cephalodiscus densus with a length of 8.2 feet (2.5 meters) and the noncolonial species is Balanoglossus gigas with a length of 9.8 inches (250 mm)
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36. Largest honeybee
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Apis dorsata (South East Asia)-3 cm long
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37. Largest insect
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Atlas moth (wingspan: 33 cm)
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38. Largest jelly fish
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Cyanea arctica
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39. Largest known bivalve
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"Giant Clam" (Tridacna gigas Linne)
Weight: 734 pounds (333kg)
Length: nearly 4 ft (1.4m) in.
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40. Largest locust Swarm
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A Swarm of desert locusts that crossed the Red Sea in 1889. Swarm estimated to contain 250,000,000 insects weighing about 500,000 tonnes and covering 5,000 sq. km
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41. Largest moth
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Atlas moth
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42. Largest non-colonial Cnidarian
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Arctic Lion’s Mane Jellyfish, Cyanea arctica, with a bell diameter of up to 1.7 m and a tentacle length of 36.6 m
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43. Largest phylum
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Arthropoda
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44. Largest roundworm
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Placentonema gigantissima (a parasite found in the placentas of sperm whales). Max. length: 30 ft (9 m)
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45. Largest roundworm in human
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Ascaris lumbricoides
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46. Largest Sea Cucumber
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Stichopus variagatus. 1 m long by 24 cm diameter (39 ins by 9.5 ins). Philippines
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47. Largest sea snail (univalve)
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Syrinx aruanus Linne (Australian trumpet or false trumpet).
Length: nearly 800mm (2.5 ft).
Girth: 1m. Weight: 18kg
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48. Largest Sea Urchin
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Sperosoma giganteum. The shell has an average diameter of 32 cm (12.6 ins). Japan
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49. Largest snail (land snail)
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Giant African Land Snail (Achatina fulica).
Weight: up to 2 pounds (900g)
Length: 15.5 inches (390mm)
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50. Largest sponge
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Spheclospongia vesparium
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51. Largest sponge
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Aphrocallistes vasus (The cloud sponge) can cover an area of 11.15 feet (3.4m) x 3.6 feet (1.1m)
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52. Largest starfish
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Midgardia xandros- Can have an arm reach of 1.38 m (4 ft 6 in). Gulf of Mexico
Pyenopodia hellianthoides (30 cm diameter)
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53. Largest tentacle
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Cyanea arctica
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54. Largest terrestrial invertebrate
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Giant earth worm
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55. Lightest insect
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Banded louse (16 lakhs of louse together weighs only 1g)
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56. Longest and highest jumping insect
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Flea (jumps 220 times long and 150 times height as compared to body size)
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57. Longest animal
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The Arctic Lion's mane jellyfish. It was found washed up on the shore of Massachusetts Bay in 1870.
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58. Longest antenna in insect
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A type of cricket found in Central Nigeria
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59. Longest insect
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Giant stick insect (about 33 cm long)
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60. Longest migratory insect
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A kind of dragonfly (11,000 mile from India to Africa)
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61. Loudest insect
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Cicada (male). Sound will reach 400 m away
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62. Maximum number of chromosomes in animals
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Aulacantha (Radiolarin); 2n=1600
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63. Minimum number of chromosomes in animals
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Ascaris megalocephalus (2n=2)
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64. Most dreadful ant
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Black Bulldog ant (Australia and Tasmaina). 1.6 inch long. One bite can kill a man.
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65. Most precious coral
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Corallium nobile (red coral)
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66. Most primitive Annelid
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Polygordius
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67. Most primitive Arthropod
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Peripatus
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68. Most primitive helminth
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Planaria
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69. Most primitive molluscan
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Chaetoderma and Neomenio
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70. Shortest lifespan
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Mayfly. 30 min to 1 day after the larval stage. Some die within 5 min.
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71. Slowest moving snail
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Helix aspersa
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72. Smallest annelid
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Dinophilus gyrociliatus reaches lengths of only 0.002 inches (0.05 mm)
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73. Smallest arachnid
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Eriophyid mites (125 to 250 μm in length)
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74. Smallest arthropod
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Stygotantulus stocki, a minute parasite on copepods, only reaches a length of 0.004 inches (0.095mm)
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75. Smallest arthropod (Smallest crustacean)
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Tantulocarid Stygotantulus stocki, at a length of only 94 µm (0.0037 in)
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76. Smallest beetle
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Beetles of the tribe Nanosellini are all less than 1 mm long; the smallest include Scydosella musawasensis at 300 μm long, Vitusella fijiensis at 310 μm, and Nanosella at 300 to 400 μm. These are among the tiniest non-parasitic insects.
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77. Smallest butterfly
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Brephidium barberae (Dwarf blue)
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78. Smallest Cnidarian
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Psammohydra nanna (tiny hydra), with a height of only 0.02 inches (0.4 mm)
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79. Smallest ctenophore
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Minictena luteola with a length of 0.06 inches (1.5mm)
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80. Smallest Cucumber
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Psammothuria ganapatii
Length = less than 4mm (0.16 ins). India
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81. Smallest echinoderm
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The sea cucumber Parvotrochus belyaevi at 0.06 inches (1.5 mm)
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82. Smallest echinoderm (smallest sea cucumber)
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Psammothuria ganapatii, a synaptid which lives between sand grains on the coast of India. Its maximum length is only 4 mm.
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83. Smallest flat worm
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Cyrdodactylus funduli at a length of 0.1 inches (0.258mm)
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84. Smallest hemichordate
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The smallest colony is the species Rhabdopleura compacta at 0.11 inches in diameter (2.9 mm ) and the smallest noncolonial species is Saccoglossus pygmaeus with a length of 0.12 inches (3 mm)
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85. Smallest honeybee
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Apis florea
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86. Smallest insect
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Fairy fly (0.005 mm)
Adult males of the parasitic wasp Dicopomorpha echmepterygis can be as small as 139 μm long; females are 40 percent larger.
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87. Smallest known snail shell
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Ammonicera rota.
Diameter: 0.02 inches.
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88. Smallest molluscan
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The small marine snail, Ammonicera minortalis, at only 0.015 inches (0.4 millimeters) in diameter
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89. Smallest roundworm
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Species Micronema, living between individual grains of sediment, only reach lengths of 0.012 inches (0.3 mm)
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90. Smallest Sea Urchin
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Echinocyamus scaber. Diameter of shell = 5.5 mm (0.22 ins). Eastern Australia
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91. Smallest sponge
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Leucosolenia blance
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92. Smallest sponge
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Sycon cillatum (0.05mm height)
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93. Smallest Starfish
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Patiriella Parvivipara. Maximum Radius of 4.7 mm (0.18 ins). South Australia
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94. Smallest tapeworm of man
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Hymenolepis nana (10 cm with 200 proglottids)
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95. Tallest sponge
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Poterion
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96. Thickest shell in insect
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Beetle
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