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  • Irish Moss Chondrus crispus a k a carrageen, carrageen moss, Mousse d'Irlande and Irisch Moos, is a springy, red seaweed that ranges from greenish-yellow to reddish-brown.

    NYT > Home Page By AVA CHIN 2011

  • Japanese serow Capricornis crispus is a Special Natural Monument species.

    Shirakami-sanchi (Shirakami mountains), Japan 2009

  • There are 99 breeding species, and the only Bulgarian colonies of Dalmatian pelican Pelecanus crispus (V) (80 pairs in 1999) and great egret Egretta alba (10-15 pairs).

    Srebarna Nature Reserve, Bulgaria 2009

  • They include Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus), black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor), and little gull (Larus minor).

    Yellow Sea saline meadow 2008

  • The large Manzala coastal lagoon supports beds of Ceratophyllum demersum, Potamogeton crispus, and P. pectinatus around the southern shore as well as dense phytoplankton.

    Nile Delta flooded savanna 2008

  • A number of globally threatened bird species migrate through, nest or winter in this area, including the Dalmation pelican (Pelecanus crispus), pygmy cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus), white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) and ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca).

    Euxine-Colchic deciduous forests 2008

  • The Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) is just one of 46 mammals endemic to Japan.

    Biological diversity in Japan 2008

  • The destruction and degradation of Mediterranean wetlands threaten widespread species occurring in the hotspot such as the Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus, VU), which winters in the eastern parts of the hotspot, as well as marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris, VU) and ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca).

    Biological diversity in the Mediterranean Basin 2008

  • This Important Bird Area provides an important wintering ground for the Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus), imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca), white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), and marbled duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris).

    Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh 2008

  • Other important plant species in the freshwater habitats include pondweed (Potamogeton crispus), water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), tape-grass (Ottelia alismoides), and buckbean (Nymphoides peltata).

    Yellow Sea saline meadow 2008

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