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= Welcome To ﻿Open Ocean Facts!! =

= __ ﻿ ____ Kingdom Monera __ =

** single celled organisms with no nucleas **

//**__ Ventricaria Ventricosa __**//

 * Scientific Name: // Ventricaria Ventricosa //**
 * Shape: Cocci **

[[image:Ventricaria_Ventricosa.jpg caption="Ventricaria Ventricosa"]]
=//__ Pleurocapsales __//=


 * Location: //Pleurocapsale// is found of the coasts of Hawaii, Portugal, **
 * Puerto Rico, Cape Verde, and near the coasts of Guam. **


 * Shape: Circular, rounded on edges, or cocci **
 * Scientific Name: // Pleurocapsa fuliginosa //**

**__ Kingdom Protist __**** Most Protists are single celled they do have a nucleus and organelles. ** Mastigamoeba aspera
 * Definition of Protozoan: is animal like, has no cell walls **
 * and no chlorophyll **
 * Scientific Name: // Mastigamoeba aspera //**
 * Location: Found throughout the oceans **

**__// Botryocladia skottsbergii //__**

 * Scientific Name: // Botryocladia Skottsbergii //**
 * Common Name:// 'Red Valonia' //**
 * Location: Its found throughout the Indian ocean, Western Pacific, and East Atlantic. **
 * Definition of Algae: It is singled celled and makes its own food. **

** Cup shaped **

 * Common Name: Shell Lichen **
 * Description: Lives throughout the ocean. **
 * Kingdom: Fungi **
 * Phylum: Ascomycota **
 * Class: Dothideomycetes **
 * Order: P﻿﻿﻿yrenulales **
 * Family: Arthopyreniaceae **
 * Genus: // Arthopyrenia //**
 * Species: // halodytes //**

__ Zygomycota (Class) __ ** Threadlike with a spore at the end. **
 * Description: Lives throught the ocean and does not have a common name. **[[image:173.jpg width="181" height="226" align="left" caption="Zygomycota(Class)"]]
 * Kingdom: Fungi **
 * Phylum: Zygomycota **
 * Class: Zygomycotese **
 * Order: Mortierelles **
 * Family: Mortierellaceae **
 * Genus: // Mortierella //**
 * species: // minutissima //**

__ Chytridiomycota(phylum) __** commonly are found in the water or soil ** //Rhizophydium globosum//
 * Description of where they live:**
 * are found in the water or in the soil **
 * Kingdom: Fungi **
 * Phylum: Chytridiomycota **
 * Class: **** Chytridiomycetes **
 * Order: Chytridiales **
 * Family: Chytridiaceae **
 * Genus: **//** Rhizophydium **//
 * speices: // globosum //**
 * //Rhizophydium globosum// has no**
 * common name**

** Microspora (Phylum) **
oval single-celled spores usually with rough outer walls

//__ Glugea vincentiae __//

 * Description of where they live: a parasite **
 * found in Australian marine fish, Vincentia Conspersa **
 * and it has no common name. **
 * Kingdom: Fungi **
 * Phylum: Microspora **
 * Class: Microsprea **
 * Order: Microsporida **
 * Family: Glugeidae **
 * Genus: // Glugea //**

= **__ Chromista __** = ** Most are single celled, most have chlorophyll (green and other colors) and live in water ** Jaiden F.
 * Definition of Haptophyta: Chlorophyll (green and brown), two flagella **
 * Description of where they live: Throughout the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. **
 * Kingdom: **** Chromista **
 * Phylum ** : ** Haptophyta **
 * Calss: Prymnesiophyceae **
 * Order:** ** Prymnesiales **
 * Family: Noelaerhabdaceae **
 * Genus:// Emiliania //**
 * Species: // huxleyi //**



Jaiden F.
 * Definition of Cryptophta**:** Chlorophyll (green and brown), curled flagella **
 * Description of where they live: found at a **** mean distance **
 * from sea level of 2 meters. **
 * Kingdom: Chromista **
 * Phylum: Cryptophta **
 * Class: Pyrenomonadales **
 * Order: Cryptophyceae **
 * Family: Chroomonadaceae **
 * Genus:// Chroomonas //**
 * Species: // acuta //**

Katelyn B.
 * Definition: chlorophyll (green and gold), curled flagella **
 * Description of where they live:** **Located in very salty water in the ocean**
 * Kingdom: Chromista **
 * Phylum: Ochrophyta **
 * Class: Bodonophyceae **
 * Order: Bodonales **
 * Family: Bodonaceae **
 * Genus: // Bodo //**
 * Species: // saltans //**

Katelyn B.
 * Defintion: No chlorophyll, one or two flagella **
 * Description of where they live: ﻿ They are a parasite **
 * found in phytoplankton located in the oceans **
 * Kingdom: Chromista **
 * Phylum: Oomycota **
 * Class: Not assigned **
 * Order: Lagenismatales **
 * Family: Lagenismataceae **
 * Genus: // Lagenisma //**
 * Species: // coscinodisci //**

Katelyn B.
 * Definition: No chlorophyll, one feathery flagellum **
 * Description of their location: Found in **** the White Sea **
 * Kingdom: Chromista **
 * Phylum: Hyphochytriomycota **
 * Class: Hyphochytriomycetes **
 * Order: Hyphochytriales **
 * Family: Hyphochytriaceae **
 * Genus: // Hyphochytrium //**
 * Species: // peniliae //**

Jaiden F.
 * Definition of Heterokontophyta: Chlorophyll (Green and gold), two flaella **
 * Kingdom: Chromista **
 * Phylum: Heterokontophyta **
 * Class: Raphidophyeae **
 * Order: Chattonellales **
 * Family: Chattonellaceae **
 * Genus: // Fibrocapsa //**
 * Species: // japonica //**
 * Description of where they live: Lives throughout the oceans and in temperate regions. Typically grows on fish. It is a toxin that kills the fish. **

Jaiden F.
 * Definition of Haptophyta: Chlorophyll (green and brown), two flagella **
 * Kingdom: Chromista **
 * Phylum: Haptophyta **
 * Class: Prymnesiophyceae **
 * Order: Prymnesiales **
 * Family: Prymnesiaceae **
 * Genus: // Prymnesium //**
 * Species: // parvum //**
 * Description of where they live: Lives throughout the **
 * oceans and grows on fish. **** It is a concern because **
 * it can produce toxin, it typically **
 * grows on fish but has an affect on humans. **

Katelyn B.
 * Definition: ﻿ No chlorophyll, has filaments **
 * Description of where they live: located in the **
 * White Sea **
 * Kingdom: Chromista **
 * Phylum: ﻿ Sagenista **
 * Class: Bicosoecophyceae **
 * Order: Bicosoeclaes **
 * Family: Cafeteriaceae **
 * Genus: // Pseudobodo //**
 * Species: // tremulans //**

Jaiden F.
 * Definition of Ochrophyta: Chlorophyll (green and gold), two flagella **
 * Description of where they live: It lives in the Pacific Ocean in a depth of 0 to -3,518 meters. **
 * Kingdom: Chromista **
 * Phylum: Ochrophyta **
 * Class: Boildophyceae **
 * Order: Boildomonadales **
 * Family: Boildomonadaceae **
 * Genus: // Boildomonas //**
 * Species: // pacifica //**

Katelyn B.
 * Definition: Chlorophyll (green and gold), one flagellum **
 * Description of where they live: Located in the Gulf of Mexico **
 * Kingdom: Chromista **
 * Phylum: Bacillariophyta **
 * Class: Coscinodiscophyceae **
 * Order: Stictodiscales **
 * Family: Stictodiscaceae **
 * Genus: // Stictodiscus //**
 * Species: // californicus //**

Jaiden F.
 * Definition of Cryptophyta: Chlorophyll (green and brown), curled flagella **
 * Description of where they live: Usually found in soil in the open ocean. **
 * Kingdom: Chromista **
 * Phylum: Cryptophyta **
 * Class: Crytophyceae **
 * Order: Cryptomonadles **
 * Family: Campylomonadaceae **
 * Genus: // Chilomonas //**
 * Species:// paramaecium //**

Katelyn B.
 * Description of where they are found: Located in **
 * the Gulf of Mexico **
 * Definition: Chlorophyll (green and gold) one flagellum **
 * Kingdom: Chromista **
 * Phylum: Bacillariophyta **
 * Class: Bacillariophyceae **
 * Order: Bacilleriales **
 * Family: Bacillariaceae **
 * Genus: // Bacillaria //**
 * Species: // longa //**

__Animaila__  all multi-celled, digest food inside body.


 * Invertebrate- **
 * no backbone, or spinal chord **
 * Katelyn B.**
 * Description of where they live: Located in the North West Pacific Ocean **
 * Kingdom : Animaila **
 * Phylum: Cnidaria **
 * Class: Anthozoa **
 * Order: Actinaria **
 * Family: Aurelianiidae **
 * Genus: // Aureliana //**
 * Species: // japonica //**
 * Definiton: two layers of cells with jelly-like substance, **
 * one opening for food/waste **
 * [[image:open_ocean_Capena_japonica.jpg width="165" height="141" caption="Capnea japonica "]] **
 * Jaiden F.**
 * Description of where they live: Artic ocean. **
 * Kingdom: Animaila **
 * Phylum: Ctenophora **
 * Class: Tentaculata **
 * Order: Cyippida **
 * Family: Mertensiidae **
 * Genus:// Mertensia //**
 * Species: // ovum //**
 * Definition: Two layers of cells with jelly-like substance, use cilia to swim. **


 * Descrition of where they live: found in the Gulf of Mexico **
 * Kingdom: Animailia **
 * Phylum: Echinodermata **
 * Class: Crinoidea **
 * Order: Comatulida **
 * Family : Bathycrinidae **
 * Genus : //Monachocrinus// **
 * Species : //carribbeus// **
 * Definition﻿: two openings for food/waste, simple circulatory system, **
 * ability to regnerate **
 * Jaiden F.**
 * Definition: Two openings for food/waste, jointed appendages, exoskeleton **
 * Description of where they live: Atlantic ocean **
 * Kingdom: Animailia **
 * Phylum: Arthopoda **
 * Class: Merostomata **
 * Order: Xiphosura **
 * Family: Limlidae **
 * Genus:// Limulus //**
 * Species: // polyphemus //**
 * Jaiden F.**
 * Definition: Two layers of cells with jelly-like substance, one opening for food/waste. **
 * Description of where they live: Southern ocean and does not have a common name. **
 * Kingdom: Animailia **
 * Phylum: Cnidaria **
 * Class: Anthozoa **
 * Order: Actiniaria **
 * Family: Sagartiidae **
 * Genus: // Artemidactis //**
 * Species:// victrix //**

Katelyn B.
 * Description of where they live: The Antarctic Ocean **
 * Kingdom: Animalia **
 * Phylum: Porifera **
 * Class: Calcarea **
 * Order: Leucosolenida **
 * Family: Achramorphidae **
 * Genus:  ﻿ ﻿ //Achramorpha// **
 * Species: // grandinis //**
 * Definition: Abrobs food through pores, one opening **
 * for food/waste, attached to surface **


 * Vertebrates- **
 * With backbone or spinal chord **
 * Jaiden F.**
 * Description of where they live: The Atlantic ocean **
 * Kingdom: Animalia **
 * Phylum: Chordata **
 * Class: Mammalia **
 * Order: Cete **
 * Family: Delphinidae **
 * Genus: // Stenella //**
 * Species:// frontalis //**
 * Definition: Hairy,milk-producing,endothermic **


 * Jaiden F.**
 * Kingdom: Animalia **
 * Phylum: Chordata **
 * Class: Reptilia **
 * Order: Testudines **
 * Family: Cheloniidae **
 * Genus: // Chelonia //**
 * Species: // mydas //**
 * Description of where they live: Atlantic ocean, Pacific ocean, and the Indian ocean. **
 * Definition: Ectothermic, scales, four appendages. **


 * Jaiden F.**
 * Kingdom: Animalia **
 * Phylum: Chordata **
 * Class: Mammalia **
 * Order: Cetacea **
 * Family: Balaenopteridae **
 * Genus: // Balaenoptera //**
 * Species: // physalus //**
 * Description of where they live: It is found in all the worlds major oceans. **
 * Definition: Hairy, scales, four appendages **
 * Katelyn B.**
 * Descritip of where they live: located in the Gulf of Mexico **
 * and the Caribbean ﻿ ﻿ **
 * Kingdom: Animalia **
 * Phylum: Chordata **
 * Class: Elasmobranchii **
 * Order: Carcharhiniformes **
 * Family: Carcharhinida **
 * Genus: // Carcharhinus //**
 * Species: // acronotus //**
 * Definition: skeleton of cartilage, fleshy fins **

Katelyn B.
 * Definition: fins supported by bones, upper **
 * jaw slides forward when open **
 * Kingdom: Animalia **
 * Phylum: Chordata **
 * Class: Actinopterygii **
 * Order: ** ** Albuliformes **
 * Family: Albulidae **
 * Genus: ** //** Albula **//
 * Species: // neoguinaica //**
 * Location: Found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans **

Katelyn B. **Family:** **Myxinidae**
 * Definition: Skeleton of cartilage, jawless **
 * slime-producing **
 * Kingdom: Animalia **
 * Phylum: Chordata **
 * Class: Myxini **
 * Order: Myxiniformes **
 * Genus: // Myxine //**
 * Species: // affinis //**
 * Location: Found in the southwest part of the Atlantic Ocean **

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