MARINE ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION
The octopus, cuttlefish and squid are part of this group of invertabrates.
What are Cephalopods?
These animals do have a backbone, but it is made out of cartalidge, which is what your ears and tip of your nose is made of.
What are sharks?
This zones scientific name is the Mesopelagic zone, and its common name is also the name of a tv show!
What is the twilight Zone?
These furry marine mammals are called keystone species. If they were extinct, the urchins they eat would take over.
What are sea otters?
Animals such as cephalopods, Sea stars and eels are part of this group, meaning lacking a back-bone.
What are invertabrates?
Animals not having a back-bone are called this.
What are invertabrates?
This zone is the very top ocean zone. The common name of it the Sunlight Zone.
What is the Epipelagic zone?
In Coral Reefs, the coral depends on microscopic algae to give it its color. Without the algae, the coral becomes a ghostly white which is called this.
What is coral bleaching?
Otters, dolphins, whales, and sea horses are these special type of marine animal that give birth to live birth
What are marine Mammals?
Animals that do have a back-bone a called this.
What are vertebrates?
This is one of the deeper zones of the ocean. Its common name is the Abyss.
What is the Abyssopelagic zone?
Many animals in the ocean have these relationships, where two or more orginisms require help from one another to survive.
What are Symbiotic relationships?