Ocean+Shore+Facts

 **      Welcome to the Ocean Shore Facts Page! Created By: Lindsay M. and Madeline O.      // Animals  //** ** The definition of animals is multi-celled organisms that digest their food inside the body. **  A flatworm that can be found on hard substances in shallow water is the //Maritigrella crozierae //or known as the Tiger flatworm. The Tiger flatworm is a carnivore.  // Kingdom: Animalia  // // <span style="color: rgb(26, 95, 203); font-size: 70%;">Phylum: Platyhelminthes  // <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">// <span style="color: rgb(26, 95, 203); font-size: 70%;">Class: Turbellaria  // <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">// <span style="color: rgb(26, 95, 203); font-size: 70%;">Order: Polycladida  // <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">// <span style="color: rgb(26, 95, 203); font-size: 70%;">Family: Eurylephidae  // <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">// <span style="color: rgb(26, 95, 203); font-size: 70%;">Genus:  <span style="color: rgb(26, 95, 203); font-size: 70%;">Maritigrella // <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">// <span style="color: rgb(26, 95, 203); font-size: 70%;">species:  <span style="color: rgb(26, 95, 203); font-size: 70%;">crozierae // <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(17, 73, 197);">A flatworm is the  // <span style="color: rgb(17, 73, 197);">Pseudobiceros fulgor  // <span style="color: rgb(17, 73, 197);"> found in marine enviorments. This flatworm is also known as Polyclad Flatworm. The Polycad Flatworm is a carnivore. <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(17, 73, 197);">Kingdom: Animalia    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(17, 73, 197);">Phylum: Platyhelminths <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(17, 73, 197);">Class: Turbellaria    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(17, 73, 197);">Order: Polycladida <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(17, 73, 197);">Family: Pseudocerotidae <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(17, 73, 197);">Genus:  // <span style="color: rgb(17, 73, 197);">Pseudobiceros // <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(17, 73, 197);">species:  // <span style="color: rgb(17, 73, 197);">fulgor  // <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">A amphibian is the  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Grandisonia brevis  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> this amphibian can be found on islands. There is no common name. The // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Grandisonia brevis  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> is a omnivore. <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Kingdom: Animalia    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Phylum: Chordata    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Class: Amphibia   <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Order: Gymnophiona <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">  <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Family: Caeciliidae <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">  <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Genus:  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Grandisonia  //  <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">species:  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">brevis  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">  <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">A amphibian found Ecuador (Which is bordering the ocean) is the  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Caecilia subterminalis  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">, there is no common name for this amphibian. The // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Caecilia subterminalis  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> is a omnivore. <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Kingdom: Animalia <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Phylum: Chordata <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Class: Amphibia <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Order: Gymnophiona    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">    Family: Caeciliidae <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">   Genus:    //    Caecilia    // <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">    species:    //    subterminalis    // <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">

<span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">A sponge found in Caribbean Sea is the  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Ircinia campana  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> or known as the vase sponge. Sponges are producers   <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">     <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Kingdom: Animalia <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">       <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">      <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">     <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Phylum: Porifera       <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Class: Demospongiae    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Order: Dectyoceratida    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Family: Irciniidae    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Genus:  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Ircinia  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">  <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">species:  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">campana  //  <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">   <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">

<span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">A sponge found along the ocean shoreline is the  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Grantia compressa  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> there is no common name for this animal. // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Grantia compressa // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> is a producer. This sponge can be found on rocky shores on the Atlantic coasts of Europe. <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">

<span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Kingdom: Animalia   <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">   <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Phylum: Porifera   <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">    <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">   <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Class:     <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Calcarea       <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">               <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">         <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">       <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Order: Leucosolendia                <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">                <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">         <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">       <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Family: Grantiidae                <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">                <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">         <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">       <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Genus: Grantia                 <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">          <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Species: compressa          <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">

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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">A mullusk is  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Calliostoma annulatum  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> or known as the purple-ring topsnail, the blue-ring topsnail, or the jewlled topsnail. This snail is an omnivore and can be found on the pacific coast of North America. <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Kingdom: Animalia <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Phylum: Mollusca <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Class: Gastropoda <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Order: Archaeogastropoda <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Family: Calliostomatidae    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Genus: //<span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Calliostoma //   <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">species: //<span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">annulatum //   <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">A Cnidarian found along the ocean shore is a  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Aurelia aurtia  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> or known as the moon jelly, moon jellyfish, common jellyfish, saucer jelly. This jellyfish can be found all over the worlds oceans. The type of consumer // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Aurelia aurtia  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> is a carnivore. Due to the fact that is has stingers. <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">  <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">  <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Kingdom: Animalia <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">  <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Phylum: Cnidaria <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">  <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Class: Scyphozoa <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">  <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Order: Semaeostomeae <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">  <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Family: Ulmaridae <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">  <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Genus:  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Aurelia  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">  <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">species:  // <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">aurtia  //<span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">   <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">

<span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">A mammal that you can find on the ocean shore is the   //  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Mirounga angustirostris   //  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> also known as the Northern elephant seal. This animal is a carnivore this seal likes to live on offshore islands. <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">   <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">   <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">   <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">   <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Kingdom: Animalia <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">   <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">   <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Phylum: Chordata <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">   <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">   <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Class: Mammalia <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">   <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">   <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Order: Carnivora     <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">   <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Family: Phocidae   <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">   <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Genius:   //  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">Mirounga   //  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">   <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">   <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">species:   //  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">angustirostris <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);">  //  <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);"> <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">     <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">A arthropod found along the ocean shore is the   //  <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">Panuliurs interruptus   //   <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);"> also known as the California spiny lobster. The California spiny lobster is an omnivore. This lobster perfers the bottem of the ocean.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Crustacea Order: Decapoda Family: Palinuridae Genius: <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">     //    <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">Panuliurs     //   <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);"> <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">  <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">species:     //   <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">interruptus    // <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);"> <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">  <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);"> <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">   <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);"> <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);"> <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">

<span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);"> <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">   <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">A bird found along the ocean shore is the    //   <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);"> Larus pacificus    //   <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);"> also called the pacific gull some perfer being in sheltered beaches others don't mind exposed beaches. The pacific gull is a carnivore. <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">  <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);"> <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">   <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">Kingdom: Animalia <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">   <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">Phylum: Chordata <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">   <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">Class: Aves <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">   <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">Order: Charadriiforms      <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);"> <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">   <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">Family: Laridae <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">   <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">Genus:  // <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">Larus  // <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);"> <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">   <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">species:  // <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">pacificus  //    <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(15, 76, 199);">    <span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(42, 81, 183);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">

<span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">A type of animal found along the shoreline is //Chelonia mydas//. More commonly known as the Green Sea turtle. They are found on the coasts of Mexico, Hawaii, in the South Pacific, on the northern coast of Australia, Southeast Asia, and on the coasts of the Indian Ocean. The Green Sea turtle spends most of its adult life in the ocean but returns to the shore to lay eggs which hatch and after a time return to the ocean. At birth, the Green Sea turtle is a carnivore but when the turtle reaches adulthood it becomes an herbivore. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordate Class: Sauropsida Order: Testudines Family: Cheloniidae Genus: //Chelonia// species: //mydas// <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">
 * Another type of animal found on the eastern shores of North America is //Mercenaria mercenaria//. //Mercenaria mercenaria// is a clam fitting in the mollusk categorie more commonly known as Hard Clam or Quohog. Mercenaria mercenaria is a decomposer for it consumes dead organic matter.**

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Vereroida Family: Veneridae Genus: //Mercenaria// species: //mercenaria//

A type of jawless fish that is found on the ocean shore is called //Petromyzon marinus// more commonly known as the Sea Lamprey. //Petromyzon marinus// can be found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America, in the western Mediterranean Sea, and in the Great Lakes. //Petromyzon marinus// is a carnivore beacause it eats other fish.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Cephalaspidomorphi Order: Petromyzontiformes Family: Petromyzontiformes Genus: //Petromyzon// species: //marinus//



An example of a type of echinoderms is //Pycnopodia helianthoides.// More commonly known as the Sunflower Sea Star. This Sea Star can be found on sand, and rocky shorelines. //Pycnopodia helianthoides// is a carnivore because it eats fish and other sea stars.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Family: Asteriidae Genus: //Pycnopodia// species: //helianthoides//



Another type of Cnidarian is **//Chrysaora fuscescens//** more commonly known as the sea nettle or the Pacific sea nettle. //**Chrysaora fuscescens**// is found near the coast of the Pacific Ocean. //**Chrysaora fuscescens**// is a carnivore. That's what the stingers are for, catching other animals.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Scyphozoa Order: Semaeostomeae Family: Pelagiidae Genus: //Chrysaora// species: //fuscescens//

A type of arthropod found rite off of the ocean shore of China is called //Portunus trituberculatus.// More commonly known as the gazami crab, Japanese blue crab, or horse crab. //Portunus trituberculatus// is an omnivore. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Family: Portunidae Genus: //Portunus// species: //trituberculatus//

A type of echinoderm (sea urchin) just off the temperate north eastern coast of New Zealand is //Diadema palmeri.// More commonly known as the Diadema urchin. //Diadema palmeri// is in fact an omnivore. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Echinoidea Order: Diadematoida Family: Diadematidae Genus: //Diadema// species: //palmeri //

A type of bird found on the coastlines and the islands of the high arctic of Europe,Asia, and North America is //Uria lomvia.// More commonly known as Thick-billed Murre or Brünnich's Guillemot. //Uria lomvia// is a carnivore. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Alcidae Genus: //Uria// species: //lomvia//

Another type of mammal found on the coasts of the more northern part of the Pacific Ocean is the California Sea Lion. Scientifically known as //Zalophus californianus.// The California Sea Lion is a carnivore.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Otariidae Genus: //Zalophus// species: //californianus

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A type of jawless fish located not far from the ocean shore is a Striped Marlin. More commonly known as //Tetrapturus audax.// The Striped Marlin can be found in the tropical, temperate, and subtropical Indo-Pacific oceans near the shore. The Striped Marlin is a carnivore.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Istiophoridae Genus: //Tetrapturus// species: //audax//

Another type of reptile found on the ocean shore is //Pelamis platurus//. //Pelamis platurus// found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, South China Sea all the way northward to the coastal regions of Zhejiang and Taiwan, from the Persian Gulf to the Bay of Bengal, Pakistan,Maldives, India,Malaysia, coasts of Malay Peninsula and Indo-Australian Archipelago to New Guinea, Philipines and the Gulf of Thailand, Nicobar Islands, Andaman Islands. //Pelamis platurus// is more commonly known as the Yellowbelly Sea Snake or Pelagic Sea Snake. //Pelamis platurus// is a carnivore.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Hydrophiidae Genus: //Pelamis// species: //platurus

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__ **Plants** __ **The definition of plants are multi-celled organisms that have cell walls and chlorophyll.**

**    //Ephedra fragilis//    is a plant found growing by stone walls or in sandy soil. **   ** Kingdom: Plantae Division: Gnetophyta Class: Gnetopsida Order: Ephedrales Family: Ephedraceae Genus: //Ephedra// species: //fragilis// **

//Ammophila breviligulata// also known as American Beachgrass can be found growing on sand dunes

Kingdom: Plantae Division: Angiosperms Class: Monocots Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: //Ammophila// species: //breviligulata// //Equisetum fluviatile// or known as Swamp Horsetail this can be found in shallow water Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Equisetopsida Order: Equisetales Family:Equisetaceae Genus: //Equisetum// Species: //fluviatile//

One example of a Magnoliophyta is a //Rhapis excelsa// or known as Lady Palm. This plant needs to live where it can have water and sunlight it originated in China. Kindgom: Plantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Arecales Family: Noctuoidea Genus: //Rhapis// Species: //excelsa//

** Another type of plant found on the ocean shore is //Pinus resinosa,// also known as a Red Pine. It can be found all over the United States and Canada. Kingdom:Plantae Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Pinaceae Genus://Pinus// species: //resinosa// **

//Enteromorpha intestinalis//, another type of plant found in the ocean shore, tends to grow on gravel and rocky bottoms.You may also find them in rock pools. The common name of //Enteromorpha intestinalis// is gut weed. Kingdom: Plantae Division: Bryophyta Class: Chlorophyceae Order: Ulvales Family: Ulvaceae Genus: //Enteromorpha// Species: //intestinalis// Another type of plant found along the ocean shore is //Macrozamia communis// more commonly known as burrawang. It is found most commonly found on the east coast of New South Wales, Australia. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum:Cycadophyta Class: Cycadopsida Order: Cycadales Family: Zamiaceae Genus: //Macrozamia// species: //communis// __<span style="color: #29ff37; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">Fungi Kingdom __ <span style="font-size: 130%; color: #ffc200; font-family: 'Lucida Console', Monaco, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 130%; color: #2deba0; font-family: 'Lucida Console', Monaco, monospace;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Fungi is multi-celled it has no chlorophyll and it absorbs nutrients. **   <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">    **           One Example of fungi or ectoparasite (a type of parasite) is //Anilocra physodes.// An ectoparasite more commonly known as Parasitic isopod or a fish flea. It grows most commonly on          **            <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">   **   <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">      fish, as a host. **

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