Marine Microbes
These microbes can be divided into "yeasts" and "molds"
Fungi
This structure is used by seaweeds to attach themselves to the seafloor
holdfast
These are the simplest multicellular animals
Sponges/Porifera
Animals using a radula for feeding belong to this Phylum
Mollusca
This is the most useful substance a marine organism can make
mucus/mucilage
These microbes are often described as"extremophiles"
Archaea/archaeons
Coralline algae get their name from this mineral embedded into their tissues
calcium carbonate/calcite/CaCO3
This is the common name for animals in Phylum Ctenophora
comb jellies
4 out of every 5 animals on the planet belong to this Phylum
Nematoda/Nematodes
This process causes fluids moving in the Northern Hemisphere to be deflected to their right
Coriolis Force/Coriolis Effect
These microbes have a "glass" frustule (made of silica/SiO2)
Stramenopiles (Diatoms)
This phylum of seaweeds contains red algae and is often found in sushi
Rhodophyta
Sea anemones and true corals belong to this Class
Anthozoa
This phylum contains segmented worms that have a hydrostatic skeleton
Annelida (Annelids)
The process of nutrient-poor surface waters being moved away and replaced by cold, nutirent-rich water from below is called _______
Upwelling
These microbes have 2 flagella and sometimes live inside corals
Dinoflagellates/Alveolates/Zooxanthellae
This is the horizontal portion of seagrass that lies within the sediment
rhizome
The Portuguese man-of-war belongs to this class of colonial Cnidarians
Hydrozoa
Sea hares (which are not larval manatees) belong to this Class
Gastropoda (gastropods)
This term means using bright colors to indicate toxicity as a warning for potential predators
aposematic coloration
These microbes use pseudopods for locomotion and prey capture
amoeboid protozoans
This group of marine plants have culms and tillers
salt marsh plants
This Phylum contains animals that have 2 valves, but are not bivalve mollusks
Brachiopoda/lamp shells
The fleshy stalk that clams use to circulate seawater in/out of their bodies
Siphon
This feeding strategy used by most benthic worms involves eating large amounts of sediment and digesting all the organic matter it contains
deposit feeding