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Misc. marine biology
100
Exclusively marine jawless fish that produces lots of mucus.
What is hagfish?
100
The legislation that protects both threatened and endangered species.
What is the Endangered Species Act?
100
This structure is present in sea lions but absent in seals.
What is external ear?
100
Water enters sponges via these openings and exits via these openings.
What are ostia and osculum?
100
The only chordates that possess all the features of the group as adults.
What are lancelets?
200
Many species of chondrichthyes fish possess this structure to aid in getting oxygen to their gills.
What are spiracles?
200
The lower shell in sea turtles.
What is the plastron?
200
This is another name for the whiskers that walruses possess.
What is vibrissae?
200
This class of cnidarians are among the most dangerous marine animals known.
What is cubozoa (box jelly)?
200
These birds possess the most adaptions for an aquatic existence.
What are penguins?
300
These types of fish are dorsoventrally flattened, possess wing-like pectoral fins, and fleshy tail, but lack a spine on their tail.
What is a skate?
300
Sea snakes are found in these oceans
What are the Indian & Pacific?
300
Many species of marine mammals use this strategy to insure their offspring are born under favorable conditions.
What is delayed implantation?
300
These marine flatworms are parasitic and possess a scolex.
What are tapeworms?
300
These echinoderms possess tube feet without suckers.
What are brittle stars?
400
The majority of osteichthyes possess this structure, which aids in buoyancy control.
What is a swim bladder?
400
These marine reptiles are found only in the Galapagos Islands.
What are marine iguanas?
400
Once known as mermaids of the sea, possess fluke-like tails.
What are dugongs?
400
The oldest part of a bivalve shell.
What is the umbo?
400
These types of cells line the pores and canals that are part of the lateral line system in fish.
What are neuromasts?
500
Bands of muscle used to drive "s-shaped" swimming pattern.
What are myomeres?
500
This synthetic material is a threat to seabirds.
What is plastic?
500
Type of baleen whale known for feeding on invertebrates found in soft sediments.
What is a gray whale?
500
The name used to refer to the external body in crustacean arthropods.
What is the carapace?
500
Type of marine arthropod that is a chelicerate possessing blue blood.
What is a horseshoe crab?