Starfish in military history. Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name "HMS Starfish": an A-class destroyer launched in 1894; an R-class destroyer launched in 1916; and an S-class submarine launched in 1933 and lost in 1940. In the World War II, Starfish sites were large-scale night-time decoys created during The Blitz to simulate burning British cities. Starfish Prime was a high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the United States on 9 July 1962. Starfish Starfish or sea stars are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. Common usage frequently finds these names being also applied to ophiuroids, which are
Western Saharan spiny mouse Formerly considered conspecific with Cairo spiny mouse "Acomys cahirinus" but there are differences in the number of chromosomes. It may be conspecific with Chudeau's spiny mouse "Acomys chudeaui" from Morocco and, if that is the case, then the correct species name is "Acomys chudeaui" as this name has precedence. Western Saharan spiny mouse The Western Saharan spiny mouse or Aïr spiny mouse ("Acomys airensis") is a species of small, insectivorous rodent in the family Muridae found arid regions of western Africa. The Western Saharan spiny mouse is a small mouse with large ears, small eyes and a sharp snout. The