Najas – (BENTHIC-sav) See facts

Name of animal-plant: Najas

Species name: Najas arguta

Animal type: BENTHIC

Subcategory: sav

 

Fact:

All animals and plants are given a species name based on a technical term in biological taxnomy. The species name consists of two words and is based on Latin.

Latin-species-two-word-chart

The first part of the name identifies the genus to which the species belongs and  the second part identifies the species within the genus. In this animals case it is: Najas arguta