Coral+Reef+Facts

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 <span style="background-color: rgb(213,248,22);"><span style="background-color: rgb(252,227,49);">    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; color: rgb(15,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">**Monerans: single celled organisms with no nucleus**    <span style="color: rgb(18,12,12); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="background-color: rgb(253,252,252);"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(123,27,187);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(228,254,27);"><span style="background-color: rgb(213,248,22);"><span style="background-color: rgb(252,227,49);"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(10,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">//P////rochlorococcus marinus// are an example of a moneran in the Coral Reef. <span style="color: rgb(130,18,222);"><span style="color: rgb(10,0,0);">//Prochlorococcus marinus// are found everywhere in <span style="color: rgb(0,4,25);">the ocean, including the Coral Reef. They are mainly found between 40 degrees N, and 40 degrees S. //Prochlorococcus marinus// are considered the most plentiful species on the planet with 1 milliliter of water containing 100,000 or more cells. Worldwide, it is estimated to be around 100 octillion //Prochlorococcus marinus. Prochlorococcus marinus// is the smallest photosynthetic organism in the world measuring only 0.5-0.8 micrometers across. A surprising fact is that they are responsible for an estimated 20% of all oxygen in the earth's atmosphere.
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<span style="background-color: rgb(123,27,187);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(228,254,27);"><span style="background-color: rgb(213,248,22);"><span style="background-color: rgb(252,227,49);"><span style="color: rgb(13,8,8); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(20,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">//Serratia marcescens// is another example of a moneran in the Coral Reef. //Serratia marcesens// is found in the intestines of humans and animals, but can survive in soil and water. They are the main cause of death in marine invertebrates. They live near the elkhorn coral in the Florida Keys, and cause them to have white pox. //Serratia marcesens// consumes the thin layer of tissue that covers the coral's limestone skeleton, which slowly kills it. Symptoms of //Serratia marcesens// on the Elkhorn coral will include large white lesions on the elkhorn coral. This eventually leads to death. <span style="background-color: rgb(123,27,187);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(228,254,27);"><span style="background-color: rgb(213,248,22);"><span style="background-color: rgb(252,227,49);">

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<span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 160%; color: rgb(250,237,56); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(242,89,248); text-align: center;">** Kingdom Protista ** =<span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="color: rgb(20,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">  = <span style="color: rgb(11,5,5); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="background-color: rgb(123,27,187);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(228,254,27);"><span style="background-color: rgb(213,248,22);"><span style="background-color: rgb(252,227,49);">**//<span style="background-color: rgb(255,250,250);">Cora <span style="background-color: rgb(255,250,250);">lline algae //<span style="background-color: rgb(255,250,250);"> are an example of a protist that lives in the Coral Reef. //Corraline algae// is in the family Corallinaceae, in the order Corallinales. They are a type of red algae. //Coralline algae// lives in many places even within the Coral Reef. They are epiphytic so they live on other marine angiosperms, or they are epizoic, which means the <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">y live on animals. Some are par<span style="background-color: rgb(255,250,250);">a <span style="background-color: rgb(255,250,250);">sitic, and live on their own species. They play an important view in Coral Reefs because they provide food for other organisms. **     <span style="background-color: rgb(123,27,187);">
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<span style="color: rgb(15,5,5); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="background-color: rgb(123,27,187);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(228,254,27);"><span style="background-color: rgb(213,248,22);"><span style="background-color: rgb(252,227,49);"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(29,2,2); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: rgb(26,14,14); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="background-color: rgb(251,249,249);">Another example of a protist in the Coral Reef is the //Symbiodinium microadriaticium//. This species is a type of single celled algae. The //Symbiodinium microadriaticium// lives inside the Hematypic, or reefbuilding coral, within the Coral Reef itself. The Coral Polyp originally feeds on the //Symbiodinium microadriaticium// then the //Symbiodinium microadriaticium// breeds in the polyp. The //Symbiodinium microadriaticium// is also found in jellyfish and clams. **    <span style="background-color: rgb(213,248,22);"><span style="background-color: rgb(252,227,49);"><span style="color: rgb(10,6,6); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(10,6,6); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="background-color: rgb(123,27,187);"><span style="background-color: rgb(213,248,22);"><span style="background-color: rgb(252,227,49);">

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<span style="background-color: rgb(213,248,22);"><span style="background-color: rgb(123,27,187);"><span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(255,253,240);">//Aspergillus niger// is another example of a saltwater fungus. The //Aspergillus niger// lives mainly in the sponges in the Coral Reefs. They cause black mold in onions, and cause humans to have aspergillosis. The common name for the //Aspergillus niger// is black mold. <span style="background-color: rgb(213,248,22);">



=<span style="background-color: rgb(123,27,187);"><span style="background-color: rgb(213,248,22);"><span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(255,254,250);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: rgb(251,236,24); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(252,59,241); text-align: center;">Kingdom Plantae <span style="display: block; color: rgb(195,24,251); text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; color: rgb(195,24,251); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 80%; color: rgb(10,0,0);"><span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">  <span style="display: block; color: rgb(195,24,251); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 80%; color: rgb(10,0,0);"><span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Plants: Multi-cellular organisms with a cell wall, and chlorophyll that make their own food through the process of photosynthesis. =

<span style="color: rgb(15,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> //Sonneratia pagatpat// is an angiosperm in the Coral Reef. //Sonneratia pagatpat// is a mangrove, and it lives in large mangrove forests. Coral Reefs protect mangrove forests from storms, and in return mangrove forests provide Coral Reefs with dead and living matter for the organisms in the Coral Reef to feed on//.// The common name for the //Sonneratia pagatpat// is the mangrove apple. The classification for //Sonneratia pagatpat// is as follows:

Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Myrtales Family: Lythraceae Genus: //Sonneratia// species: //pagatpat// <span style="color: rgb(15,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(15,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">  <span style="color: rgb(19,1,1);">//Pyrrosia eleagnifolia//    <span style="color: rgb(19,1,1);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> is a fern that lives near the coral reef. <span style="color: rgb(15,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> //Pyrrosia eleagnifolia// lives in the shorelines near the coral reef. The common name for the <span style="color: rgb(15,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> //Pyrrosia eleagnifolia// is the Leather leaf fern. <span style="color: rgb(9,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pteridophyta Class: Filicopsida Order: Polypodiales Family: Polypodiaceae Genus: //Pyrrosia// <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Species: //eleagnifolia//  <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(15,6,6); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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<span style="color: rgb(1,5,10); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(35,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The crystalwort is a bryophyte, specifically a liverwort, near the coral reef. The scientific name for the crystalwort is //Riccia fluitans. Riccia fluitans// is found stranded on shorelines near the ocean.

Kingdom: Pantae Division: Marchantiophyta Class: Marchantiopsida Order: Marchantiales Family: Ricciaceae Genus: //Ricca// species: //fluitans//  <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(35,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(35,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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<span style="color: rgb(10,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> //Equisetum fluviatile// is a horsetail that lives near the coral reef. //Equisetum fluviatile// lives in dense colonies along the shorelines. The common name for the //Equisetum fluviatile// is the water horsetail.

Kingdom: Plantae Division: Equistophyta Class: Equisetopsida Order: Equistales Family: Equisetaceae Genus: //Equisetum// species: //fluviatile//

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<span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(35,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> //Huperzia phlegmaria// is a <span style="color: rgb(47,94,23);">Lycopodiophyta living near the Coral Reef. //Huperzia phlegmaria// lives in small islands, like in the Pacific Ocean, which has many Coral Reefs. The common name for the //Huperzia phlegmaria// is the tassel fern.

Kingdom: Plantae Division: Lycopodiophyta Class: Lycopodiopsida Order: Lycopodiales Family: Lycopodiaceae Genus: //Huperzia// species: //phlegmaria//

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<span style="color: rgb(15,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The seaside juniper is a conifer. The scientific name for the seaside juniper is //Juniperus maritima//. The seaside juniper lives on the seaside, as its name says.

Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Cupressaceae Genus: //Juniperus// species//: maritima//  <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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<span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(14,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The flatfork fern is a whisk fern. The scientific name for the flatfork fern is //Psilotum complanatum. Psilotum complanatum// lives on small islands like the Fiji islands, and the Nicobar Islands.

Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pteridophyta Class: Psilotopsida Order: Psilotales Family: Psilotaceae Genus: //Psilotum// species: //complanatum// <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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<span style="color: rgb(19,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Birds: <span style="color: rgb(19,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Red tailed Tropicbird is a bird that lives near the Coral Reef. The scientific name is //Phaethon rubricauda.// The Red tailed Tropicbird lives in atolls and oceanic islands. The Red tailed Tropic bird is a carnivore, and eats fish and squid.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Phaethontidae Genus: //Phaethon// species//: rubricauda// <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

<span style="color: rgb(24,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Wedge-tailed Shearwater is another bird. The Scientific name is //Puffinus pacificus.// The Wedge-tailed Shearbird lives in islands throughout the tropical areas in the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean. The Wedge-tailed Shearbird is a carnivore, and eats fish, squid, and crustaceans.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Procellariiformes Family: Procellariidae Genus: //Puffinus// species//: pacificus// <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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<span style="color: rgb(5,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(5,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mollusks: The Caribbean Reef squid is a mollusk that lives in the Coral Reef. The scientific name is //Sepioteuthis sepioidea.// The Caribbean Reef squid lives in shallow coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea, and off the coast of Florida. The Caribbean Reef squid is a carnivore, and eats small fish, crustaceans, and other mollusks.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Teuthida Family: Loliginidae Genus: //Sepioteuthis// species: //sepioidea// <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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<span style="color: rgb(29,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Queen Conch is another mollusk in the Coral Reef. The scientific name is //Strombus gigas.// The Queen Conch lives in warm shallow waters in grassbeds of the Caribbean Sea. The Queen Conch is a herbivore and eats seagrasses and algae.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Sorbeoconcha Family: Strombidae Genus: //Strombus// species: //gigas// <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reptiles: The Green turtle is a reptile that lives in the Coral Reef. The scientific name is //Chelonia mydas.// The Green turtle lives in seagrass beds, shallow coastal waters and coral reefs, and deep waters in their earlier stages of life. The Green turtle mainly lives in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Young green turtles are carnivores, and the older turtles are herbivores, living near seagrass beds.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family: Cheloniidae Genus: //Chelonia// species: //mydas// <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Hawksbill turtle is another reptile. The scientific name is //Eretmochelys imbricata.// The Hawksbill turtle lives in tropical reefs in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Ocean. The Hawksbill Turtle is a carnivore, and mainly feeds on sponges.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family: Cheloniidae Genus: //Eretmochelys// species: //imbricata// <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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<span style="color: rgb(19,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mammals: The West Indian Manatee is another mammal living in the coral reef. The scientific name is //Trichechus manatus.// The West Indian Manatee lives in shallow coastal waters, and canals in the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea, where a lot of Coral Reefs are found. The West Indian Manatee is a herbivore, and eats sea grasses, and plants from the coral reef.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Sirenia Family: Trichechidae Genus: //Trichechus// species: //manatus// <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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<span style="color: rgb(10,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Common Bottlenose dolphin is another mammal. The scientific name is //Tursiops truncatus.// The Common Bottlenose dolphin is found in tropical and temperate seas worldwide. The Common Bottlenose Dolphin is a carnivore, and mainly eats small fish and squid.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Family: Delphinidae Genus: //Tursiops// species: //truncatus// <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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<span style="color: rgb(5,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Cartilaginous fishes: The Tiger shark is a Cartilaginous fish living in the Coral Reef. The scientific name is //Galeocerdo cuvier.// The tiger shark lives close to the shore in tropical and subtropical waters, and can also be found in Coral Atolls and small islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Tiger shark is a carnivore, and eats squid, fish, birds, seals, sharks, sea turtles, and other types of animal life.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Carcharhinidae Genus: //Galeocerdo// species//: cuvier// <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

<span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(15,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The Nurse Shark is another Cartilaginous fish. The scientific name is //Ginglymostoma cirratum.// The Nurse Shark lives in reefs, and channels between mangrove islands and sand flats in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Caribbean Sea. The Nurse Shark is a carnivore, and eats crustaceans, mollusks, sea snakes, fish, stingrays, shrimp, sea urchins, octopi, squid, and marine snails.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Orectolobiformes Family: Ginglymostomatidae Genus: //Ginglymostoma// species//: cirratum// <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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<span style="color: rgb(15,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Arthopods: The Scarlet Reef Hermit Crab is a Arthopod in the Coral Reef. The Scientific name is //Paguristes cadenati.// This crab lives in coral rubble in Coral Reefs in the Caribbean Sea, and Atlantic ocean. The Scarlet Reef Hermit Crab is a herbivore and eats algae and cyanobacteria.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Family: Diogenidae Genus: //Paguristes// species//: candenati// <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

<span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Marble shrimp is another arthopod. The scientific name is //Saron marmoratus.// The Marble shrimp lives in Coral Reefs in the Indo-Pacific and Hawaii. The Marble shrimp is a carnivore, and eats fish and plankton.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Family: Hippolytidae Genus: //Saron// species//: marmoratus// <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida Class: Polychaeta Order: Canalipalpata Family: Sabellidae Genus: //Sabellastarte// species//: magnifica//

The Christmas Tree Worm is another roundworm. The scientific name is //Spirobranchus giganteus.// The Christmas Tree Worm lives in Coral Reefs in the Indo-Pacific, and the Caribbean Sea. The Christmas Tree Worm is a carnivore, and eats zooplankton.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida Class: Polychaeta Order: Canalipalpata Family: Serpulidae Genus: //Spirobranchus// species: //giganteus// <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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Bony Fish: The titan triggerfish is a fish at the coral reef. The scientific name is //Balistoides viridescens.// The titan triggerfish lives in flat areas of the reef, in Coral Reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The titan triggerfish is an omnivore, and eats coral, shellfish, crustaceans, fish, as well as algae.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae Genus: //Balistoides// species: //viridescens//



The lagoon triggerfish or the blackbar triggerfish is another fish. The scientific name is //Rhinecanthus aculeatus.// The lagoon triggerfish lives in flat and sandy areas in Indo-Pacific Coral Reefs. The titan triggerfish is a omnivore and eats algae, small fish, worms, sea urchins, coral, and crustaceans.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae Genus: //Rhinecanthus// species//: aculeatus//



The Blackspotted puffer is a fish in the Coral Reef. The scientific name is //Arothron nigropunctatus.// The Blackspotted puffer lives in reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The Blackspotted puffer is an omnivore, and eats algae, coral, sponges, seasquirts, mollusks, and crustaceans.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Tetraodontidae Genus: //Arothron// species: //nigropunctatus//



The White-spotted Puffer is another fish in the Coral Reef. The scientific name is //Arothron hispidus.// The White-spotted puffer lives in the SE Atlantic Ocean, E Pacific Ocean, and the Indian Ocean in reefs, lagoons, estuaries, and tide pools. The White-spotted puffer is an omnivore, and eats coralline algae, mollusks, sponges, coral, crustaceans, seastars, urchins, worms, and corals.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Tetraodontidae Genus: //Arothron// species: //hispidus//



Echinoderms: The Crown-of-Thorns Starfish is an Echinoderm in the Coral Reef. The scientific name is //Acanthaster planci.// The Crown-of-Thorns Starfish lives in reefs in the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean. The Crown-of-Thorns Starfish is a carnivore, and most known for its eating of Coral Polyps.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Valvatida Family: Acanthasteridae Genus//: Acanthaster// species: //planci//



The Blue sea star is another echinoderm. The scientific name is //Linckia laevigata.// The Blue sea star lives in shallow, tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean. The Blue sea star is a carnivore, and eats sponges and clams.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Valvatida Family: Ophidiasteridae Genus: //Linckia// species//: laevigata//



The Purple Sea Urchin is another echinoderm. The scientific name is //Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.// The Purple Sea Urchin lives in rocky, shallow seafloors in the Pacific Ocean, and off the West Coast of North America. The Purple sea urchin is a carnivore, and eats sponges, mussels, and barnacles.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Echinoidea Order: Echinoida Family: Strongylocentrotidae Genus: //Strongylocentrotus// species: //purpuratus//

===<span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(15,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> === <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(15,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Sponges: The //Clavelina picta// is a sponge found in the Coral Reef. The //Clavelina picta// is also called the Painted Tunicate. The Painted Tunicate lives in mangroves or harbors or other places below the surface. The Painted Tunicate is a omnivore and eats anything it sucks in such as plankton. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Ascidiacea Order: Enterogona Family: Clavelinidae Genus: //Clavelina// species: //<span style="color: rgb(15,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">picta //

The <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Xestospongia testudinaria// is another sponge. It is also called the Barrel Sponge. The Barrel Sponge lives in coral reefs, lagoons, or on any rock or coral substance. The Barrel Sponge is an omnivore and eats anything that it sucks in. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Poifera Class: Demospongiae Order: Haposclerida Family: Petrosiidae Genus: //Xestospongia// species: //testudinaria//



Flatworms: The <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> //Pseudobiceros hancockanus//  is a flatworm. The common name is Hancock's flatworm. The Hancock's flatworm lives under rubble in the coral reef. The Hancock's flatworm is a carnivore that eats colonial tunicates. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Platyhelminthes Class: Turbellaria Order: Polycladida Family: Pseudoceritidae Genus: //Pseudobiceros species://  //hancockanus// <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

The Red-Rim flatworm is another flatworm. The scientific name is <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Pseudoceros splendidus.// The Red-Rim flatworm lives on rocks in Coral Reefs. The Red-Rim flatworm is a carnivore.

Kingdom: Animalia <span style="color: rgb(25,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Phylum: Platyhelminthes Class: Turbellaria Order: Polycladida Family: Pseudocertidae Genus//: Pseudoceros// species: //splendidus//

<span style="color: rgb(34,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Coelenterates: On etype of coral is the //Dendrogyra cylindricus//. The //Dendrogyra cylindricus// is also known as the Pillar Coral. Pillar Coral lives at the bottom of the ocean at 200 feet maximum. The Pillar Coral can catch microscopic plankton to small fish they prefer to eat a photosynthetic algea called zooxanthellae. The Pillar Coral is a carnivore.

<span style="color: rgb(45,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria <span style="color: rgb(34,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(45,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Class: Anthozoa Order: Scleractinia Family: Meandrinidae Genus:   <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> //Dendrogyra// <span style="color: rgb(45,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">species:    //cylindricus//

Another example is the //Diploria labyrinthiformis//. The common name is Brain Coral. Brain Coral lives in outer or offshore reefs. Brain Coral eats zooxanthellae amd is a carnivore.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Class: Order: Family: Genus: //Diploria// species: //labyrinthiformis//

Jawless Fish: The //Chaenopsis limbaughi//, or Yellowface Pikeblenny, is a jawless fish that lives in the coral reef. The Yellowface Pikeblenny lives in seagrasses. It eats shrimp, worms, and planktonic copepods so it is a carnivore.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Chaenopsidae Genus: //Chaenopsis// species: //limbaughi//

The //Ophioblennius atlanticus// is another jawless fish found in the coral reef. The common name is the Redlip Blenny. It eats algea and detritus. The Redlip Blenny is an omnivore.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Blenniidae Genus: //Ophioblennius// species: //atlanticus//

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