Coral+Reef+Facts

Ilze V. Rida A. Isabelle S     Monerans Monerans are the smallest and simplest life-forms. All are single celled and have no nucleus. One example of bacteria is //Lyngbya majuscula.// It is found in an underwater reef off of Panama. These bacteria create a potent toxin that has proven effective against several human cancers in laboratory tests. Another example of a moneran is the //Symploca hydnoides//. It is cyanobacteria and has nuisince blooms that occur regularly throughout Florida and on the Belizean barrier reef.

 Protists Protists are a colletive term for organisms that have a nucleus and organells, and most single celled. One example is //Ulva fasciata.// It is commonly found in shallower areas, near fresh water and nutreint input. Another example is the //Codium reediae//. It is dark green often dirty with flattened branches. It is found in fairly calm water such as deep tidepools and on deep reef flats growin 10cm. high!  

Fungus     A fungus is multi-celled with no chlorophyll and absorbs nutriants. //Aspergillus caesiellus// is one example of a fungus in the coral reef biome. Its common namedoes not exist for this type of fungus. It is found most commonly on purple sea fans that are now brown. Another example is the //Acropora cythera//. It is found on deposited skeletal spines.  

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<span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,255,38); text-align: left;"> Plants  <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); text-align: center;"> Plants are multi-celled, have cell walls, and chlorophyll. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> One example of a plant is the //Thalassia testudinum.// The common name is Turtle grass. It is found  <span style="color: rgb(0,0,128);">       <span style="color: rgb(5,5,5);">  just north of Sebastian Inlet, Florida south to the Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, the West Indies, Central America and Venezuela. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(49,242,7); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(5,149,250);"><span style="color: rgb(51,248,42);"><span style="color: rgb(213,14,251);"><span style="color: rgb(5,166,235);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">Kingdom: Plante Division: Tracheophyta Class: Angiosperm Order: Najadales Family: Hydrocharitaceae Genus: //<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">Thalassia // species:    //<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">testudinum //

<span style="color: rgb(10,6,5);"> The //Penicillus capitatus// also known as the Neptunes shaving brush is also found in the coral reef! They are found in sea grassbeds and sand flats. Kingdom: Plante Division: Chlorophyta Class: Bryopsidophyeae Order: Bryopsidales Family: Udoteaceae Genus:       <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">    // Penicillus // species: //capitatus//

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<span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(242,127,2);">Sargassum muticum is <span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(253,115,8);">found throughout tropical areas of the world and are often the most obvious in near-shore areas where //Sargassum// beds often occur near the coral reefs. The plants grow and attach to coral, rocks or shells in moderately exposed or sheltered rocky or pebble areas. There are floating types of //Sargassum//, too.

<span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(255,23,20);">Kingdom:Chromalveolata <span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(255,23,20);">Phylum: Heterokontophyceae <span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(255,23,20);">class: phaeophyceae Order:Fucales Family:sargassaceae Genus:sargassum species: //muticum// <span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(255,23,20);">

The //Laurencia nidifica// is found on reef flats you can find a lot of this in Hawaii. Kingdom: Plantea Division: Rhodophyta Class: Rhodophyceae Order: Ceraniales Family: Rhodomelaceae Genus: //Laurencia// species: //nidifica//

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Dinoflagellate; //Ceratium hirundinella// populations are distributed throughout the coral reef waters depending on temperature, salinity, or depth. Kingdom: Chromalveolata Division: Dinoflagellata Class: Dinophyceae Family: Ceratiaceae Genus: //Ceratium// species: //hirundinella//



//Stylophora Schweigger// is found in Indo Malayan coral reefs. Kingdom: Plante Division: Cnidaria Class: Anthozoa Order: Sceleractinia Family: Pocilloporidae Genus: //Stylophora// species: //schweigger//

<span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(175,0,255);">//Dictyota menstrualis// <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(175,0,255);"><span style="font-size: 70%; color: rgb(20,16,16);"> Kingdom: <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(175,0,255);"><span style="font-size: 70%; color: rgb(20,16,16);">//Chromista// Phylum: //Orchophyta// <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Class:Phaeophyceae Order: Dictyotales Family:Dictyotaceae Genus:Dictyota species: //menstrualis//

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The Olive Sea Snake lives in coal reefs off the northern half of Australia.The olive sea snake are carnivores and molusks. Kingdom:animals Phylum:chordata Class:Reptilia Family:Hydrophiidae Genus://Aipysurus// species//:laevis//

The spiked cushion sea star is found in tropical reefs around Madigascar and Australia. It is a carnivour and a echinoderm. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum:Echinodermata Family:Oreasteridae Class: Asteroidea Order:Spinulosida Genus://Culcita// species://schmideliana//

This animal is comonly known as the puffer, or blow fish. It can live near costal areas, in the coral reef and also in the deeper ocean. It is carnivour. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodantiformes Family: Tetraodontidae Genus://Arothron// Species://<span style="color: rgb(90,54,150);"> hispidus//



Jellyfishes also live in the coral reef. This one is named //Chrysaora fuscescens.// It is a carnivour and an cnidarians. Kingdom: Anamalia Phlum: Cnidaria Class: Cubozoa Order: Cubomedusae Family: Chirodropidae Genus://Chrysaora// Species: //fuscescens//



Sand Tiger sharks live in tropical and temprate reefs are carnivours and cartilaginous fishes! Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Lamniformes Family:Odontaspididae Genus:Carcharias species: taurus



Another familiar animal in the coral reef is the sea horse! They are carnivours and arthropods! Kingdom: Animalia Phlum: Chordata Class: Actnopterygii Order: Syngnathiformes Family: Syngnathidae Genus: Hippocampus

This animal is the //Sperobranchus giganteus// a worm more commonly known as the christmas tree worm. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida Class: Canalipalata Family: Serpulidae Genus: //Sperobranchus// Species: //giganteus

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This is called the //Pseudoceros bedfordi//. It is a flatworm and is found in Puerto Princessa. Kingdom: Anamalia Phylum: Platyhelminthes Class: Turbellaria Family: Pseudocerotidae Order: Polycladida Genus: //Pseudoceros// Species: //bedfordi//

Hapalochlaena maculosa live in shallow parts of the coral reef along western Australia. The blue ringed octopus is a mollusk and is a carnivour. Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Mollusca Class:Cephalopoda Order:Octopoda Family:Octopodidiae Genus:Hapalochlaena Species:maculosa



The //Astropyga radiata// is also known as the Red Urchin. It is a Echinoderm, lives in the indo-pacific region, and is a carnivour. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Echinoidea Order Diadematoida Family: Diadematidae Genus: //Astropyga// species: //radiata//



This animal is commonly known as the Sea Anemone. It is a Cnidarian and a carnivour Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Anthozoa Order: Actiniaria Family: Actiniidae Genus: //Urticina// species: //loforensis//



This is called the tube sponge. It is a sponge and a carnivour. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Class: Demospongiae Order: Halplsclerida Family: Callyspongiidae Genus: //Callyspongia// Species: //vaginalis//



This is another sponge called the red tree sponge. It is a carnivour and is very comon throughout the Caribbean Sea. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Class: Demospongiae Order: Haplsclerida Family: Haliclonidae Genus: //Haliconda// species: //compressa//



The reef crab is also an arthropod a carnivour and can be found in Queensland and western Austrailia. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Malacostraca Order: Dacapoda Family: Nephropedae Genus: //Liomera// species: //cinctimana//



//Triaenodon obesus// is also known as the Whitetip reef shark. It is a carinvour and a cartilaginous fish. It lives in the coral reefs, in shallow areas. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Carcharginigormes Family: Carcharhinidae Genus: //Triaenodon// species: //obesus//



Clown fish are boney fish and hide in Sea Anemones. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perceformes Family: Pomacentridae Genus: //Amphiprion// species: //ocellaris//



//Dendrogyra cylindricus// another animal and a coral. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Anthosoa Order: Alcyonaria Genus: //Dendrogyra// species: //cylindricus//



A parrotfish is a herbivore. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Scaridae Genus://Cetoscarus// species: //bicolor//

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