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School cards widget.- Phylo (or if you rather use our preferred term of endearment, Phylomon), is many things. It is:
1. A card game that makes use of the wonderful, complex and inspiring things that inform the notion of biodiversity.
2. An exercise in crowd sourcing, open access, and open source game development.
3. Freakin' awesome!


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Atlantic ancula
Ancula gibbosa
Sorry, there is no photo available. If you have one, please submit here.10 POINTS
• Ancula gibbosa has a MOVE of 1.
Ancula gibbosa is a widely distributed species found all round the British Isles but usually in small numbers.Cool, WarmImage by Ernst Haeckel en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_HaeckelAncula gibbosa, common name Atlantic ancula, is a species of doridnudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae. (From Wikipedia, November 3, 2010) – – – The body of this nudibranch is translucent white. There are up to seven orange tipped processes on each side of the gills. A pair of longer processes project forwards from the [...]
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Steller Sea Lion
Eumetopias jubatus
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• Eumetopias jubatus has a MOVE of 2.
Tourists often see Eumetopias jubatus "sun bathing" on rocks.Cold, Cool, WarmImage by Jennifer Rae Kinyak www.dailymammal.com/The Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) also known as the northern sea lion, is a threatened species of sea lion in the northern Pacific. It is the sole member of the genus Eumetopias and the largest of the eared seals (Otariidae). Amongpinnipeds, it is inferior in size only to the walrus and the two elephant seals. The species is named for the naturalist Georg Wilhelm [...]
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Crowned Doto
Doto coronata
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• Doto coronata has a MOVE of 1.
• Doto coronata feeds on SPECIES of hydrozoa class.Cold, CoolImage by Ernst Haeckel en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_HaeckelThe crowned doto, Doto coronata, is a species of small sea slug or nudibranch, a dendronotid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae. This species is found off South Africa, in the north Atlantic Ocean and in theMediterranean Sea. (From Wikipedia.org, November 1 2010) – – – The nudibranchs called by this name are probably an aggregate species consisting of Doto species [...]
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Buttercup Scorpion Weed
Phacelia covillei
Sorry, there is no photo available. If you have one, please submit here.3 POINTS
• Phacelia covillei has a SPREAD of 1 (requires a POLLINATOR.
Cool, WarmImage by Joanna Barnum www.joannabarnum.com/Phacelia (phacelia, scorpionweed, heliotrope) is a genus of about 200 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants, native to North and South America.[1] The genus is traditionally placed at family rank with the waterleaves (Hydrophyllaceae) in the order Boraginales. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, recognizing that the traditional Boraginaceae and Hydrophyllaceae are paraphyletic with respect to [...]
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Tropical Forest
Habitat Card
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•This is a HABITAT card. You can start to build SPECIES from this card or connect to existing "compatible" networks.
• This card cannot be removed once played.Warm, HotImage by Martin Johnson Heade commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Martin_Johnson_HeadeTropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forests, are a tropical and subtropical forest biome. Tropical and subtropical forest regions with lower rainfall are home to tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests. Temperate rain forests also occur in certain humid temperate coastal regions. The biome includes several types of forests: [...]
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Bacillus subtilis
Bacillus subtilis
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• Bacillus subtilishas a SPREAD of 1.
• Bacillus subtilis is a PARASITE of any SPECIES card (except those under water).
Cold, Cool, Warm, HotImage by Maciej Górny electrofanatic.deviantart.com/Bacillus subtilis, known also as the hay bacillus or grass bacillus, is a Gram-positive, catalase-positive bacterium commonly found in soil.[3] A member of the genus Bacillus, B. subtilis is rod-shaped, and has the ability to form a tough, protective endospore, allowing the organism to tolerate extreme environmental conditions. Unlike several other well-known species, B. subtilis [...]
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CARD ATTRIBUTES DESCRIPTION
Top Left: COMMON NAME, LATIN NAME
Top Right: SCALE#, FOODCHAIN#, DIET (photosynthetic | molecular carbon | herbivore | omnivore | carnivore)
Middle: CLASSIFICATION (Kingdom, Phyla/Division, Class)
Middle Text: (currently blank) SPECIAL ABILITIES
Bottom Graphic: TERRAIN (desert | freshwater | forest | grassland | ocean | tundra | urban)
Bottom Left: ARTIST NAME, ARTIST URL
Bottom Right: CLIMATE (cold | cool | warm | hot)
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