Ocean+Shore+Organisms

Definition: Single-celled organisms with no nucleus. //Thiomargarita namibiensis// Cocci shaped Found along ocean shorelines

//Epulopiscium fishelsoni// Bacilli shaped Comonly found in surgeonfish

**__Protozoa__** Single celled organisms that have a nucleus and organelles, but no cell wall or chlorophyll.

Scientific name: //Alexandrium ostenfeldii// Method of movement: Flagellum Lives in cold water ocean shores in low numbers mainly along the west coast of Europe.

Scientific name: //Globigerina bulloides// Method of movement: Cilia Is more commonly found in cold water close to the ocean shoreline



**Fungi** **Multi-celled organisms without chlorophyll that absorb nutrients.**

**Ascomycota:** **Sac/cup shaped fungi** //Acrocordiopsis sphaerica (No common name)// Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Dothideomycetes Order: Pleosporales Family: Melanommataceae Genus: //Acrocordiopsis// species: //fungorum// Lives in the intertidal zone in the Philippines

Zygomycota: Thread-like-spore at the end of filament //Mucor hiemalis// (no common name)Kingdom: Fungi Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Zygomycota Class: Zygomycetes Order: Mucorales Family: Mucoraceae Genius: //Mucor// Species: //hiemalis// Commonly found in soil, digestive systems, plant surfaces, and rotten vegetable matter

** Chytridiomycota: ** **fungi that live water or soil.** ** //Olpidium longicollum// (no common name) ** Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Chytridiomycota Class: Chytridiomycetes Order: Spizellomycetales Family: Olpidiaceae Genus: //Olpidium// species: //longicollum// Lives in the water and in the soil of ocean shores.

**//Glomus deserticola// (No common name)[[image:biomesfirst11/ocean_shore_fungus_2011.jpg width="351" height="244" align="right" caption="Glomus deserticola."]]**
Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Glomeromycota Class: Glomeromycetes Order: Glomerales Family: Glomeraceae Genius: Glomus Species: deserticola Common near plants roots

**Plants****Multi-celled, cell walls and has chlorophyll** **Magnoliophyta: Comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary.** //Chamaesyce// //mesembrianthemifolia// Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Euphorbiales Family: Euphorbiaceae Genus: //Chamaesyce// species: //mesembrianthemifolia// Located on ocean shores along the Florida Keys

**Magnoliophyta: Comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary.** //Uniola paniculata// Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: //Uniola// species: //paniculata// Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 7 meters (21 feet).

**Pteridophyta: all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds.** //Microsorum pteropus// Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Pteridophyta Class: Pteridopsida Order: Polypodiales Family: Polypodiaceae Genus: //Microsorum// species: //pteropus// Located in the shallow waters of the intertidal zone.

=Rhodophyta: Plants with green and red chlorophyll and no flagella.= //Corallina officinalis// Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Rhodophyta Class: Florideophyceae Order: Corallinales Family: Corallinaceae Genus: //Corallina// species: //officinalis// Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 0 meters (1 feet).

** Magnoliophyta: Comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary. **  //Ammophil// // breviligulata // Kingdom: PlantePhylum: MagnoliophytaClass: LiliopsidaOrder: PoaleFamily: PoaceaeGenius: //Ammophila//Species: //breviligulata//Grows on dunes that border the beaches. **Cycodopsida: Pakmlike gymnosperms.** //Cycas revoluta// Kingdom: Plantea Phylum: Cycodophyta Class: Cycodopsida Order:Cycadales Family: Cycadaceae Genius: //Cycas// Species: //revoluta// Grows in warm, subtropical regions.

//Ulota crispa// Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Bryophyta Class: Bryopsida Order: Orthotrichales Family: Orthotrichaceae Genus: //Ulota// species: //crispa// Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 103 meters (339 feet).
 * Bryophyta: A division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots. **

**Pinophyta: A division of seed plants characterized as vascular plants with roots, stems, and leaves, and with seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary but are borne on cone scales or exposed at the end of a stalk.** // Pinus contorta var. contorta // Kingdom: Plantea Phylum: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Pinaceae Genius: //Pinus// Species: //contorta// Comonly found in western North America.

**//Chromista//****//Single or multi-celled, nucleus, organelles, chloophyll, cell walls//** // **Ochrophyta: A yellowish-brown chromista with two flagella.**  // // Fucus spiralis // // Kingdom: Chromista  // // Phylum: Ochrophyta  // // Class: Phaeophyceae // // Order: Fucales // // Family: Scarabaeoidea // // Genus: Fucus // // species: spiralis // // Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 52 meters (171 feet). //

//**Ochrophyta: A yellowish-brown chromista with two flagella.**Ectocarpus siliculosus////Ectocarpus siliculosus//Kingdom: ChromistaPhylum: OchrophytaClass: BicasoecophyceaeOrder: BicosoecalesFamily: CafeteriaceaeGenius: //Ectocarpus//Species: //siliculosus//Found at ocean shore's water's edge.

// Acronema sippewissettensis // Kingdom: Chromista Phylum: Heterokontophyta Class: Bicasoecophyceae Order: Bicosoecales Family: Cafeteriaceae Genius: //Acronema// Species: //sippewissettensis// Found commonly in Massachusetts and Cape Cod
 * Heterokontophyta: Chlorophyll (green and gold), two flagella **

**Heptophyta: Chlorophyll (green and brown)**, **two flagella** // Chrysochromulina bergenensis // Kingdom: Chromista Phylum: Heptophyta Class: Phymnesiophyceae Order: Prymnesiales Family: Prymnesiaceae Genius: //Chrysochromulina// Species: //bergenensis//

**Animals** **Multi-celled organisms that digest food inside the body.**

**Ascidiacea: Flexible outer skeleton, attached to surface** //Distaplia cylindrica// Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Ascidiacea Order: Enterogona Family: Holozoidae Genus: //Distaplia// species: //cylindrica// Located in all oceans and seas, mainly in shallow water on rocks, shells, or algae.

**Porifera: Absorb food through pores, one opening for food/waste, attached to surface** Xestospongia testudinaria Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Class: Demospongiae Order: Haplosclerida Family: Petrosiidae Genus: //Xestospongia// species: //testudinaria// //Located along intertidal zones of the Caribbean.//



// Echinus esculentus // Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Echinodea Order: Camarodonta Family: Echinidea Genus: //Echinus// Species: //esculentus// Lives in the water by the shorelines.
 * Echinodermata: Two openings for food and waste, simple circulatory sytems, ability to regenerate. **



// Pelecanus conspicillatus // Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Pelecanidea Genus: //Pelecanus// Species: //conspiciccatus// Found in Australia.
 * Aves: Hollow bones, scaly legs, feathers. **

// Acanthemblemaria macrospilus // Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Antinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Chaenopsidae Genus: //Acanthemblemaria// Species: //macrospilus// Lives in barnacles.
 * Antinopterygii: Fins supported by bones, upper jaw bones slide forward when opened. **

//** Arthropoda: Two openings for food/waste, jointed appendages, exoskeleton **// // Pagurus bernhardus // Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Family: Paguridae Genus: //Pagurus// species: //bernhardus// Located in both rocky and sandy areas, from the Artic waters of Iceland, Svalbard and Russia as far south as southern Portugal.

**Cnidaria: Two layers of cells with jelly-like substances, one opening for waste/food.** Aurelia aurita Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Scyphozoa Order: Semaeostomeae Family: Ulmaridea Genus: //Aurelia// Species: //aurit// Commonly found along United States beaches. **Mollusca: Soft body, two openings, simple organ systems, some with shell** //Strombus gigas// Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Neotaenioglossa Family: Strombidae Genus: //Strombus// species: //gigas// Found in warm shallow waters in grassbeds of the Caribbean Sea.

//Limulus polyphemus// Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Merostomata Order: Xiphosura Family: Limulidae Genus: //Limulus// Species: polyphemus Commonly found in water with a depth from 0-23 meters deep. //Mirounga angustirostris// Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Phocidae Genus: //Mirounga// Species: //angustirostris// Found in sub-Arctic and Arctic waters.
 * Arthropoda: Two openings for food/waste, jointed appendages, exoskeleton**
 * Mammalia: Hairy, milk producing, endothermic[[image:biomesfirst11/ocean_shore_seal.jpg align="right" caption="Northern Elephant Seal"]] **

= = = Cephalochordata: Skeleton of cartilage, simple brain, no true vertebrae = //Branchiostoma lanceolatum// Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Cephalochordata Order: (not assigned) Family: Branchiostomidae Genus: //Branchiostoma// species: //lanceolatum// Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,145 meters.

**Cephalaspidomorphi: Jawless fish, skeleton of cartilage, hatch in fresh water, live in salt water as adult, back to fresh water to lay eggs** //Petromyzon marinus// Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Cephalaspidomorphi Order: Petromyzontiformes Family: Petromyzontidae Genus: //Petromyzon// species: //marinus// Typically found in fresh and salt water with a depth of -2,400 to 0 meters.

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