Coral+Reef+Facts

= ﻿Coral Reef Facts =

= Monerans: Single celled organisms with no nucleus. =

Example 1 (Ally F.) = // Lyngbya aestuarii // =

// Scientific name: Lyngbya aestuarii // Shape: Bacilli

Location: They live on the Northwest coast of Florida and the East coast of Saudi Arabia.

Example 2 (Ryan B.)

// Prochlorococcus marinus //


Scientific name: //Prochlorococcus marinus// Shape: Cocttci

Location: //Prochlorococcus marinus// lives all over the world in all parts of the ocean, but it is mostly found in coral reefs. Some specific places are the Florida Keys and around the Caribbean.

= Protist Kingdom  = nucleus and organelles, most single celled Protazoan- "animal like", no cell walls, no chlorophyll. Scientific Name: Entamoeba histolytic Where they live: // Entamoeba histolytic // lives predominantly in the human or other animals (like fish) body's to cause disease.

Algae Algae-"plant like" cell walls and chlorophyll.



// Zooxanthella nutricula // lives in coral reefs mostly in the Pacific Ocean.

Fungi﻿  Multi-Celled, no chlorophyll Absorbs Nutrients   Zigomycota: Thredlike with a spore at the end Ryan Bailey: Kingdom:Fungi Phylum:Zygomycota Class: Zygomycetes Order:Mucorales Family: Mucoraceae Genus: Actinomucor Species: rapens Scientific Name:Actintomucor rapens The distribution is mostly in the European waters.

Chytridiomycota // ﻿ // : Live in water or soil Ryan Bailey: Scientific Name: //Olpidiaceae viciae// Common Name:? Found in and around the japan waters and in the Philippians.
 * Kingdom:** Fungi
 * Phylum:** //Chytridiomycota//
 * Class:** //Chytridiomycetes//
 * Family:** //Olpidiaceae//
 * Genus:** //Olpidium//
 * //Species://**//viciae//

__** Ascomycota- cup shaped **__ Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes Order: Helotiales Family: Sclerotiniaceae Genus: //Monilia// Species : //albicans// Scientific Name: //Monilia albicans// Common name: Candidiasis or thrush Where it lives: It lives on the human body as a horrible infectious disease infecting usually the oral cavity or any skin.

__** Ascomycota #2- cup shaped **__ Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes Order: Hypocreales Family: Clavicipitaceae Genus: //Beauveria// Species: //alba// Scientific Name: //Beauveria alba// Common name: None Where it lives: It lives off the coast of Australia (Great Barrier Reef)

__**Chromista**__  Definition: Most single celled, most have chlorophyll and live in water. Ally F. ﻿Ochrophyta **- chlorophyll (green and gold), two flagella** Kingdom: Chromista Phylum: Ochrophyta Class: Phaeophyceae Order: Dictyotales Family: Scarabaeoidea //Genus: Dictyota// //species: acutiloloa// Distribution: //Dictyota acutilioloa// lives in tropical pacific waterswhere there is a lot of salt.



Ryan B.

Labyrinthulea- **No chlorophyll, one flagellum** Kingdom:Chromista Phylum:Labyrinthista Class: Labyrinthulales Order: Thraustochyriales Family: Thraustochytriaceae //Genus: Althornia// //species: crouchii//

Ally F, Ochrophyta - **chlorophyll (green and gold), two flagella** Kingdom: Chromista Phylum: Ochrophyta Class: Phaeophycea Order: Dictyotales Family: Dictyotaceae //Genus: Padina// //species: boergesenii// Distribution: Typically lives in rockier reefs

Ally F. __**Oomacota**__**- No chlorophyll, one or two flagella** Kingdom: Chromista Phylum: Oomacota Class: Oomycetes Order: Olpidiopsidales Family: Olpidiopsidaceae //Genus: Olpidiopsis// //species: saprolegniae// Distribution: It lives in colder areas of coral reefs.

Ryan B.

Cryptophyta: Chlorophll ( green and brown), curled flagella.[[image:ryan_bailey_coral_reef_hanusia_phi.jpg align="right"]]
= // Hanusia phi // = Kingdom: Chromista Phylum: Cryptophyta Class: Crypophyceae Order: Pyrenomonadales Family: Geminigeraceae // Genus: Hansusi // //species: phi// //Hanusia phi// inhabits fresh water and salt water environments.

Ally F. __**Hyphochytriomycota-**__ **No chlorophyll, one feathery flagelum** Kingdom: Chromista Phylum: Hyphochytriomycota Class: Hyphochytriomycetes Order: Hyphochytriales Family: Rhizidiomycetaceae Genus: //Rhizidiomyces// species: //apophysatus// Distribution: It lives in the wet soil that is around the coral reefs.

Ally F. __**Plants**__ Kingdom: Plants Phylum: Rhodophyta Class: Florideophyceae Order: Corallinales Family: Corallinaceae //Genus: Corallina// //species: officinalis// Distribution: 0-155 meters in depth range.
 * Florideophyceae-(red algae)**



Haptophta : Chlorophyll ( green and brown), two flagella. Kingdom: Chromista Phylum: Haptophyta Class: Prymnesiophyceae Order: Pavlovales Family: Pavlovaceae = // Genus: Pavlova // = // species: salina // //Pavlova salina// is found in fat of fish and is an acid.

Sangenista: No chlorophyll, filaments. Kingdom: Chromista Phylum: Sagenista Class: Bicosoecophyceae Order: Bicosoecales Family: Cafeteriaceae Genus: //Cafeteria// Species: //roenbergensis//

//Cafeteria roenbergensis// is found around the reefs by Australia.

Labyrinthista : No chlorophyll, one flagellum. Kingdom: Chromista Phylum: Labyrinthista Class: Labyrinthulea Order: Labrinthulaceae Family: Labyrinthulaceae //Genus: Labyrinthula// //species: zosterae// Found along North Americas Atlantic coast.

Kingdom: Chromista Phylum: Sagenista Class: Bicosoecophyceae Order: Bicosoecaes Family: Pseudodendromonadae //Genus: Cyathobodo// //species: stipitatus // Distribution: It is found in fresh and salt water, but mostly salt.
 * __Sagenista__- No chlorophyll, filaments**

= Hyphochytriomycota = Kingdom: Chromista Phylum: Hyphochytriomycota Class: Hyphochtriomycetes Order: Hyphochytriales Family: Hyphochytraceae Genus: Cystochytrium Species :radicale Found in the water around Hawaii.

=Animals- Multi celled, digests food inside body. = =Invertebrate- no backbone or spinal chord. =

**Mollusca- Soft body, two openings, simple organ systems, some with shell. ** Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Veneroida Family: Tridacnidae //Genus: Tridacna// //species: maxima// Distribution: In the depths of 0-(-16,168) ft.

**Phylum:** Poronida **Class:** Not Assigned **Order:** Not Assigned **Family:** Not Assigned **Genus**: //Phoronopsis// **Species:** //calfornica//
 * Kingdom**: Animalia

**Kingdom:** //Animalia// **Phylum:** //Arthropoda// **Class:** //Malacostraca// **Order:** //Decapoda// **Family:** //Paguroidea// **Genus:** //Calcinus// **Specific name:** //elegans// **Common Name**: Elegant Hermit Crab Found in around the waters in Japan and Australia

**Kingdom:** //Animalia// **Phylum:** //Echinodermata// **Class:** //Holothuroidea// **Order:** //Molpadiida// **Family:** //Curculionoidea// **Genus:** //Molpadia// //**species**: forsteri// Found Around the Philippines, Inda, McDonald Islands, and Japan

Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: Porifera Class: Demospongia Order: Haplosclerida Family: Callyspongiidea //Genus: Callyspongia// //species: vaginalis// Distribution: It lives in depths around 0-(-174) ft.
 * Porifera- Absorb food through pores, one opening for food/waste, attached to surface **

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Anthozoa Order: Scleractinia Family: Scarabaeoidea //Genus: Galaxea// //Species: fascicularis// Distribution: Throughout the Caribbean and West Indies.
 * Cnidaria- Two layers of cells with jelly-like substance, one opening for food/ waste. **

= Vertebrates- With backbone or spinal chord. = Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cete Family: Delphindae //Genus: Turslops// //species: truncatus// Distribution: It lives in the inter tidal zone of the coral reef.
 * Mammalia- Hairy, milk-producing, endothermic [[image:Bottlenose_Dolphin.jpg width="198" height="147" align="right" caption="Bottlenose Dolphin"]]**

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Rajiformes Family: Dasyatidae //Genus: Taeniura// //species: lymma// Distribution:Commonly found on the sandy or rocky bottoms of coral reefs.   ** Actinopterygii-Fins supported by bones, upper jaw bones slides forward when opened. ** Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordate Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetrntitoradormes Family: Balistidea // Genus: Odonus // // species: niger // Distribution: They tend to move where there are strong moving currents.
 * Elasmobranchii- Sceleton of cartilage, fleshy fins.[[image:EDS-23_Blue_spotted_stingray,_Taeniura_lymma_1.jpg width="230" height="153" align="right" caption="Blue Spotted Stingray"]]**

Ryan B. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family: Dermochelyidae // Genus: Dermonchelyidae // // species: corieacea //

= // Neoceratodus forsteri // =

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sarcopterygii Order: Ceratodontidae Family: Ceratodontidae // Genus: Neoceratodus // // species: forsteri //

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