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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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Sockeye Salmon
Oncorhynchus nerka
Sorry, there is no photo available. If you have one, please submit here.7 POINTS
PLAY: Oncorhynchus nerka has a MOVE of 2. Can also feed off on ZOOPLANKTON SPECIES.
FACT: The young fish, known as fry, spend up to three years in the freshwater lake before migrating to the ocean.
Cold, CoolImage by Brandy Masch www.brandymasch.com/Sockeye salmon Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Infraclass: Teleostei Order: Salmoniformes Family: Salmonidae Genus: Oncorhynchus Species: O. nerka Binomial name Oncorhynchus nerka Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), also called red salmon or blueback salmon in the USA, is an anadromous species of salmon found in [...]
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Purple Sea Urchin
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Sorry, there is no photo available. If you have one, please submit here.5 POINTS
Play: Strongylocentrotus purpuratus has a MOVE of 1. Must be played adjacent to at least one OCEAN terrain.
Fact: Strongylocentrotus purpuratus may live as long as 70 years.
CoolImage by Lindsay Chetek www.lindsaychetek.com/Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Echinoidea Subclass: Euechinoidea Superorder: Echinacea Order: Echinoida Family: Strongylocentrotidae Genus: Strongylocentrotus Species: S. purpuratus Binomial name Strongylocentrotus purpuratus The purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, lives along the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean extending from Ensenada, Mexico to British Columbia, Canada.[1] This sea urchin species is [...]
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Black Bear
Ursus americanus
Sorry, there is no photo available. If you have one, please submit here.5 POINTS
Play: Ursus americanus has a MOVE of 2
Fact: Ursus americanus are omnivores and their diets vary greatly depending on season and location
Cool, WarmImage by Lindsay Chetek www.lindsaychetek.com/American black bear Temporal range: Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene to recent At Lake Louise, Alberta Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae Genus: Ursus Species: U. americanus Binomial name Ursus americanus North American black bear (Ursus americanus) is a medium-sized bear native to North America. [...]
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Moss Mite
Oribatida order
Sorry, there is no photo available. If you have one, please submit here.9 POINTS
Play: Oribatida has a MOVE of 1.
Fact: Also known as a Beetle Mite.
Warm, HotImage by Kyle McQueen kylemcqueen.net/Diversity and systematics Lime nail galls on Tilia × europaea, caused by the mite Eriophyes tiliae Mites are among the most diverse and successful of all the invertebrate groups. They have exploited an incredible array of habitats, and because of their small size (most are microscopic) go largely unnoticed. Many live freely in the soil [...]
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European Honey Bee
Apis mellifera
Sorry, there is no photo available. If you have one, please submit here.5 POINTS
Play: Apis mellifera has a FLIGHT of 2 and is considered a POLLINATOR.
Cool, Warm, HotImage by Kyle McQueen kylemcqueen.net/Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) Honey bee foraging on African Oil Palm flowers Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Apidae Genus: Apis Species: A. mellifera Binomial name Apis mellifera The western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is a species of honey bee. The genus Apis is Latin [...]
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Species Protection
Event Card
Sorry, there is no photo available. If you have one, please submit here.Play: You can play this card immediately after your opponent has played an EVENT card on one of your SPECIES.
Effect: Negates the effect of the EVENT card. Does not work on EVENT cards that are not played specifically on top of SPECIES.
Image by Brandy Masch www.brandymasch.com/
QUICK CARD LINKS: Event | Mammal | Plant | Bird | Cephalopod | Reptile | Fish | Insect | Spider | Fungi | Microbe | Starters | Habitat
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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