Fishes
-a cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes with gills, and usually has fins
and scales (Merriam-Webster)
Shark- a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a
Eels- elongated fish, no pelvic fins, and many cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the
species also lack pectoral fins. sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused
to the head
Tuna- a sleek and streamlined fish, adapted for speed, Swordfish- known as “broadbills,” are large migratory
tend to live in warm waters, where the temperature fish, are elongated, round-bodied, and lose all teeth and
ranges between 17° C to 33° C scales by adulthood.
Rays- have broad heads, triangular pectoral fins, and horn-shaped cephalic fins located on either side of their mouths
-have horizontally flattened bodies with eyes on the sides of their heads behind the cephalic fins, and gill slits on their
ventral surfaces.
Marine mammals- have adapted to life in the ocean. They have all the
characteristics of mammals such as being warm-blooded, having hair or fur, breathing air through
lungs and bearing live young, yet they are distinctive in their appearance and survival strategies.
Dolphin seals
Whales- are large, intelligent, aquatic mammals, Walrus- have large, flabby bodies covered in brown
breathe air through blowhole(s), have sleek, or pink skin, fin-footed, semiaquatic marine mammal
streamlined bodies that move easily through the water.
Mollusks- are soft-bodied, unsegmented animals, with a body organized into a muscular
foot, a head, a visceral mass containing most of the organ systems, and a fleshy mantle that secretes
the calcareous shell.
Clams- have two shells of equal size connected by two Conch- are medium to large shelled snails with
adductor muscles and have a powerful burrowing foot. shells pointed on both ends
Oyster- shells are usually oval or pear-shaped, but will vary widely Squid- elongated bodies, large eyes, eight arms and
in form depending on what they attach to; generally whitish-gray in two tentacles
outer shell color, and their inside shell is usually a porcelain white.
Octopus- have eight arms and bulbous heads, they Cuttlefish- have an internal shell (cuttlebone), large W-
squirt ink to deter predators; and being boneless, shaped pupils, and eight arms and two tentacles furnished
they can squeeze into (or out of) tight spaces with suckers, with which they secure their prey.
Marine turtles- characterized by a long, streamlined shell , Limbs and flippers are
adapted for swimming
Sea snakes- grows to about 2 meters long and has a smallish head for its body size
-Their tails are flattened to make fast swimming possible and flaps over their nostrils
close when they are underwater.
Aquatic Plants- plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments.
Red algae- characterized by having eukaryotic cells without
flagella and centrioles, chloroplasts that lack external
Kelp- are large brown algae seaweed; grows in endoplasmic reticulum and contain unstacked (stroma)
"underwater forests" (kelp forests) in shallow oceans thylakoids, and use phycobiliproteins as accessory pigments,
which give them their red color
Seaweed- are generally anchored to the sea bottom Seagrass- are flowering plants which grow in
or other solid structures by rootlike “holdfasts,” marine environments.
References:
• https://feiromarinelifecenter.org/marine-mammals/
• https://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/
• Bradford, A. (2014). Walrus facts. Retrieved from: https://
www.livescience.com/27442-walrus-facts.html
• Animals Network Team. Conch. Retrieved from:
https://animals.net/conch/
• https://seaworld.org/animals/facts/reptiles/sea-turtles/
• https://www.livescience.com/55478-octopus-facts.html
• https://www.ducksters.com/science/ecosystems/marine_biome.php
• http://www.okeanis.org/what-organisms-live-in-marine-ecosystems/
