(3 of 14) Biological portraits from a mural for the Biology department at Hofstra University, located in the Eastern stairwell in Gittleson Hall. On each stairwell landing is one or two images of a species that a biologist at Hofstra is studying. The full list of species in accending order is as follows:
Brown Headed Cowbird egg in nest
Brown Headed Cowbird, Molothrus ater
Wood Turtle, Glyptemys insculpta
Horseshoe Crab, Limulus Polyphemus
Bay Scallop, Argopecten irradians
Dromaeosaur, Deinonychus antirrhopus
Cotton, Gossypium hirsutum
Nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans
Shield Bug, Parastrachia japonensis
Clostridium clariflavum
Acinetobacter baylyi
Elephantnose Fish, Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus
Eastern Brook Trout, Salvelinus fontinalis
Clown Knifefish, Chitala ornata
Polychaete Worm, Polydora nanomon