Marine Microbes
This is a symbiotic formation of fungi and algae
lichen
Sargassum and giant kelp belong to this phylum of seaweeds
Phaeophyta/Brown Algae
Animals with nematocytes belong to this phylum
Cnidaria
True or False: Shellfish are objectively gross
True
This is the common name for animals belonging to Class Asteroidea
sea stars
These eukaryotic microbes have cell walls made of chitin
fungi
This type of marine plant can have prop roots, drop roots and/or pneumatophores
mangrove
This horseshoe-shaped feeding structure is used by Phoronids, Bryozoans, & Brachiopods
Lophophore
This heavily-armored benthic scavenger is an Arthropod, but is not a Crustacean
horseshoe crab
Peeing on someone is not an effective way to treat this
Jellyfish stings
This is one of two types of microbes with an internal silica skeleton
Silicoflagellates/Radiolarians
This seaweed structure serves the same purpose as the stem in terrestrial plants (i.e., the middle part)
stipe
Turbellarian flatworms belong to this Phylum
Platyhelminthes
This Class of mollusks contains clams, oysters, mussels and scallops
Bivalvia
These are the only sessile crustaceans
barnacles/Class Maxillopoda
These protozoans have a multi-chambered test made of calcite (CaCO3)
Foraminiferans
This is the common name for the flat, broad-bladed seagrass (Thalassia sp.) abundant in Florida waters
turtle grass
This sticky, toxic appendage is used by ribbon worms (Phylum Nemertea) to capture prey
proboscis
Octopuses and squids belong to this Class
Cephalopoda (cephalopods)
These flagellated microbes have an outer covering of circular calcite (CaCO3) plates, and form white, chalky sediments
coccolithophores (haptophytes)
These protists have a flagellum and a funnel-shaped collar of microvilli
Choanoflagellates
Propagules are reproductive structures produced by these plants
mangroves
This phylum of multicellular animals have jelly-like bodies but no stinging cells
Ctenophora
This Class of Echinoderm looks like a sea star but does not have tube feet
Ophiuroidea (brittle stars/basket stars)
The common name for the toxic, planktonic animals in Phylum Chaetognatha
arrow worms