Glossary of Names for Experimental Organisms, O - R

Ochotona rufescens cufescens      pike

Olyzias latipes      medaka

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha      pink salmon

Oncorhynchus keta      chum salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch      coho salmon

Oncorhynchus masou      masu salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka      sockeye salmon, blueback salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka kennerlyi      kokanee

Oncorhynchus tschawytscha      king salmon

Ophicephalus punctatus      snakehead fish

Ophiogomphus sp.      aquatic invertebrate

Orconectes nais      crayfish

Oreochromis niloticus      catfish, hybrid tilapia

Ortalis vetula      plain chachalaca

Oryctolagus cuniculus      domestic New Zealand white rabbit

Oryzias latipes      rice fish

Oscillatoria sp.      blue-green algae

Osmerus sp.      smelt

Ostracoda sp.      shrimp

Otospermophilus beecheyi      California ground squirrel

Ovalipes ocellatus      calico crab

Ovis sp.      sheep

Palaemon elegans      decapod

Palaemonetes pugio      crustacean

Palaemonon macrodactylus      grass shrimp

Pandalus montagui      shrimp

Panulirus argus      spiny lobster

Panulirus japonicus      Pacific lobster

Panulirus pencillatus      lobster

Paracentrotus lividus      sea urchin

Paracoccus sp.      bacteria

Paralichthys dentatus      summer flounder

Paralichthys lethostigma      southern flounder

Paralichthys olivaceus      flatfish

Paralithodes camchatica      king crab

Paramecium caudatum      ciliate

Paramecium tetraurelia      ciliate

Paraphrys vetulus      English sole

Passer domesticus      house sparrow

Passer luteus      golden sparrow

Patella sp.      limpet

Pecten maximus      scallop

Penaeus aztecus      brown shrimp

Penaeus duorarum      pink shrimp

Penaeus monodon      shrimp

Penaeus orientalis      prawn

Penaeus setiferus      white shrimp

Penaeus stylirostris      shrimp

Pendaeus sp.      shrimp

Penicillium notatum      bacteria

Perca flavescens      yellow perch

Perca fluviatilis      perch

Periplaneta americana      common cockroach

Perna viridis      green mussel

Peromyscus gossypinus      cotton mouse

Peromyscus leucopus      white-footed mouse

Peromyscus maniculatus      deer mouse

Peromyscus polionotus      old-field mouse

Petromyzon marinus      sea lamprey

Phaeodactylum tricornutum      diatom

Phanerochaete chrysosporium      fungus

Phasianus colchicus      ring-necked pheasant

Phebalium dentatum      mollusc

Phormidium fragile      blue-green algae

Photobacterium phosphoreum      bacteria

Phoxinus phoxinus      minnow

Phrynosoma cornutum      horned lizard

Physa fontinalis      freshwater snail

Pica nuttalli      yellow-billed magpie

Pica pica      black-billed magpie

Pichia membranaefaciens      bacteria

Pimephales promelas      fathead minnow

Plasmodium berghei      protozoa

Plasmodium falciparum      bacteria

Platichthys flesus      flounder

Platichthys stellatus      starry flounder

Platyhelminthes sp.      flatworm

Pleuronectes platessa      plaice

Pleurotus ostreatus      mushroom

Ploceus cucullatus      village weaver

Ploceus taeniopterus      northern masked weaver

Podophthalmus vigil      crab

Poecilia latipinna      sailfin molley

Poecilia reticulata      guppy

Pollachius pollachius      pollack

Pollachius virens      saithe, coalfish

Polyodon spathula      paddlefish

Pomoxis annularis      white crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus      black crappie

Porphyra sp.      red algae

Porthetria dispar      gypsy moth

Portunus sanguinolentus      crab

Procambarus clarki      crayfish

Proteus morganii      bacteria

Proteus vulgaris      bacteria

Protococcus sp.      green algae

Prototheca staminea      little neck clam

Psetta maxima      turbot

Pseudemys scripta elegans      turtle

Pseudocalanus minutus      copepod

Pseudomonas acidovorans      bacteria

Pseudomonas aeruginosa      bacteria

Pseudomonas cepacia      bacteria

Pseudomonas fluorescens      bacteria

Pseudomonas pancimobilis      bacteria

Pseudomonas phaseolicola      bacteria

Pseudomonas putida      bacteria

Pseudomonas striata      bacteria

Pseudopleuronectes americanus      winter flounder

Pteronarcella sp.      stonefly

Pteronarcella badia      stonefly

Pteronarcys sp.      stonefly

Pteronarcys californica      stonefly

Pteronarcys dorsata      stonefly

Puntius conchonius      rosy barb

Puntius sophore      barb

Puntius ticto      barb

Pycnopsyche sp.      aquatic insect

Pygosteus pungitius      twelve-spined stickleback

Pylodictis olivaris      flathead catfish

Pyrethrum cinerariaefolium      chrysanthemum

Quelea quelea      red-billed quelea

Quiscalus quiscula      common grackle

Rana sp.      frog

Rana catesbeiana      bullfrog

Rana clamitans      green frog

Rana esculenta      edible frog

Rana palustris      pickerel frog

Rana pipiens      leopard frog

Rana sylvatica      woodfrog

Rana temporaria      common frog

Ranina serrata      crab

Rasbora daniconius      slender rasbora

Rasbora heteromorpha      harlequin fish

Rattus norvegicus      old world rat

Rhabdosargus holubi      an estuarine fish

Rhizobium trifolli      subterranean clover

Rhodococcus rhodochrous      bacteria

Rhodotorula rubra      bacteria