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Later, during the Cretaceous, the state was again partially submerged by seawater, where marine vertebrates flourished. On land the state was home to subtropical forests. The sea covering southern Alabama remained in place during the early part of the Cenozoic era. Marine invertebrates and primitive whales lived there.
As the state bird of Alabama, [10] this subspecies is known by the common name "yellowhammer", ... Other invertebrates eaten include flies, butterflies, moths ...
The northern flicker or "yellowhammer" is the state bird of Alabama. This list of birds of Alabama contains species ... Most eat small invertebrates picked out of the ...
The Southern sand darter was first formally described in 1975 by the American biologist James D. Williams with the type locality given as Cedar Creek on Alabama State Route 41 near Sardis, Alabama. [5] This species forms a clade within the genus Ammocrypta with the scaly sand darter and the eastern sand darter. [3]
Invertebrates cells fire in response to similar stimuli as mammals, such as tissue trauma, high temperature, or changes in pH. The first invertebrate in which a neuron cell was identified was the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis. [14] [15] Learning and memory using nociceptors have been described in the sea hare, Aplysia.
Invertebrates of American Samoa (11 P) Invertebrates of Hawaii (4 C, 2 P) A. Anthozoa of the United States (1 C, 6 P) Arthropods of the United States (5 C, 29 P) B.
The U.S. state of Alabama is home to 93 indigenous reptile species, not including subspecies. Indigenous species include one species of crocodilian, 12 lizard species, 49 snake species, and 31 turtle species. Three native species have possibly been extirpated from the state.
The U.S. state of Alabama has 73 known indigenous amphibian species. [1] These indigenous species include 30 frog and toad species and 43 salamander species. [2] [3] [4] Two of these native species may have become extirpated within the state. They are the Mississippi gopher frog and flatwoods salamander. [1] [5]