The Face-hugger, Manumala noxhydria
Etymology
Manu = hand, in Latin | Mala = Bad or jawbone, from malum = evil or wrongdoing
Nox = night, in Latin. NOx is also short for Nitric Oxide, an important gaseous signalling molecule and a bi-product in almost all organisms. | Hydria = A type of Greek/Roman water jug with two handles on the side OR the Hydra of Greek mythology, a creature with eight heads that, when one is cut off, two grow in its place OR level of fluid in the body (medical terminology).
Thus:
Manumala = Evil Hand
Noxhydria = Jar of Night
Kingdom – Animalia
Also called Metazoa, this kingdom does not include prokaryotes (bacteria) or protists (unicelluar eukaryotic organisms). All animals are multi-celluar and gain nourishment from other organisms.
Phylum – Arthropoda
Traits:
– Invertebrate
– Jointed appendages
– Segmented Body
– External Skeleton

Subphylum – Chelicerata
Contains:
– Horseshoe crabs
– Sea spiders
– Arachnids

Class – Arachnida
Eight legs
Bilateral symmetry

Clade – Arachnomorpha
– Spider-shaped

Order – Thelyphonida
Traits:
– Whip-like flagellum
– Acidic

Family – Tabellariae
Couriers
Genus – Manumala
“Evil hand”

Species (Specific epithet) – Noxhydria
“Jar of night”
References
Classification
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Animalia/
http://adameducation.com/adam_images
https://blogs.bgsu.edu/invertebratefun/2017/11/17/subphylum-chelicerata-behavior/
wikivisually.com/wiki/Thelyphonida
https://archive.org/details/newnaturalhistor06lyderich
Nitric Oxide
Roszer, T (2012) The Biology of Subcellular Nitric Oxide. ISBN 978-94-007-2818-9
Etymology
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malum
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