Invertebrates
Unlike most cephalopods, this group have a large, hard shell that helps them maintain buoyancy.
Cuttlefish or nautilus
This fish is known for spending much of its time out of the water and even climbing trees.
Mudskipper
The largest animal to ever live is...
The blue whale
A toxic metal known for quickly building up in the bodies of marine predators.
Mercury
Dory from 'Finding Nemo' is what kind of fish?
Blue tang
Is coral most closely related to jellyfish, sea stars, or barnacles?
Jellyfish
Name one of the two remaining families of jawless fish.
Hagfish or lamprey
What do crabeater seals eat?
Krill
The temporary ecosystems that emerge whenever a dead whale sinks to the deep ocean are known as...
Whalefalls
This poisonous fish native to the Pacific was introduced to the Atlantic by people releasing their aquarium fish, and is now wreaking havoc with no natural predators.
Lionfish
Tongue-biter isopods make their homes in fish because their hosts lack what feature that makes their removal simple?
Hands
Great white sharks are known to prey on just about anything they can find. Aside from fish, name at least two other animals great whites commonly hunt.
If you said human you're automatically disqualified.
Cetaceans such as dolphins or porpoises, pinnepeds such as seals or sea lions, sea turtles, sea otters, and seabirds.
Some of the largest extinct reptiles, mosasaurs are most closely related to what modern group of animals?
Lizards
The relationships between cleaner wrasse and sharks, tongue-biter isopods and their hosts, and remora and whales are all examples of...
Symbiosis
This ornery invertebrate has achieved internet fame for its aggressive nature, powerful striking claws, and its color vision.
Mantis shrimp
The scientific name for the vampire squid, Vampyroteuthis infernalis, translates to...
Vampire squid from hell
Aside from electric eels, what other fish sometimes use electrical discharges to hunt or protect themselves?
Rays, Skates, Catfish, and Stargazers
Name somewhere penguins are naturally found outside of the Antarctic circle.
South America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, or the Galapagos
Hadal zone
This film has directly contributed to the hunting of marine life more than any other piece of fiction.
Jaws (1975)
The glaucus, or blue dragon sea slug, is known for its highly specialized and dangerous diet of...
Portuguese Man-o'-wars
Anglerfish have a highly unusual strategy for reproduction, instead of mating, the tiny, short-lived males seek out a female to do what?
Graft themselves to her body.
The deepest-diving insects are lice highly specialized for living on...
Pinnipeds, such as the walrus louse or seal louse.
The vibrant coloration of molluscs such as sea slugs, cuttlefish, and the blue-ringed octopus are all examples of what defensive strategy?
Aposematism
In the Phoenix Wright series, a marine animal was tried for murder, and defended by Phoenix. What was she?
A killer whale (she's eventually proven innocent)