classification
are not always clearly defined and can change with new observations.
What are Taxa above species?
Linnaeus's time
When did scholars use Latin?
meaning old.
What does Greek mean?
What is the Epipelagic Zone?
(upper shore) splash zone-not submerged
What is the Supralittoral Zone?
Scientists favored naming them after their stinging capacity instead of having a hollow gut.
What is the "jellyfish" phylum Cnidaria, used to be Coelenterata?
it is neutral and should not offend other languages.
Why is Latin used?
living in inhospitable environments.
What are Extremophiles?
(middle) bottom photic, down to 3000ft
What is the Mesopelagic Zone?
bottom area between high and low tide marks
What is the Littoral Zone?
The next group is closely related species.
What is the genus?
Podas (foot) used in Gastropod.
Hydrothermal vents, high salinity pools, high sulfur pools, acidic areas, and inside volcanoes.
Where does archaea live?
(deep) deep open ocean down to 13,000 ft
What is the Bathypelagic Zone?
continental shelf bottom near shore.
What is the Sublittoral Zone?
includes 24 species of reef sharks.
What is the Genus Carcharhinus?
Spheniscus Smithus named after a penguin scientist.
some archaea are chemo synthesizers
What are possibly the oldest form of life in existence?
(bottomless) deep ocean above abyss to 20,000 ft
What is the Abyssopelagic Zone?
ocean bottom at the outer edge of the shelf
What is the Outer Sublittoral Zone?
This name is specific to one and only one organism.
What is Orcinus ocra?
helps to avoid confusion.
What does classification do?
Prokaryotes, Bacteria, Archaebacteria, Eukaryotes, Protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia
(hades abode of the dead) waters above the trench to 36,000 ft
What is the Hadalpelagic Zone?
ocean bottom from the continental shelf to the deep ocean bottom.
What is the Bathyl Zone?