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Martesia
In ancient Greek and Roman legendary history, Marpesia (Greek: Μαρπησία "Snatcher"; sometimes wrongly spelled Marthesia) was Queen of the Amazons with Lampedo ("burning torch"), her sister, as a co-ruler. They ruled with Hippo ("horse") after the death of Lysippe.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Striate Piddock
speciesMartesia striata
Wedge-shaped Martesia
speciesMartesia cuneiformis
Martesia nairi
speciesMartesia nairi
Martesia multistriata
speciesMartesia multistriata
Martesia fragilis
speciesMartesia fragilis
Martesia pygmaea
speciesMartesia pygmaea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 196240.