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As an important habitat within the marine environment, Seagrass meadows a home to several species of fish, turtles, sharks, marine mammals (dugongs and manatees), mollusks (octopus, squid, cuttlefish, snails, bivalves), crustaceans (shrimp, crabs, copepods, isopods and amphipods) polychaete worm...
Food is another reason fish migrate as the ocean has better feeding grounds for adult organisms. At their various life stages, organisms often feed on matter that differs from the food they will eat at other periods in their life. This concept is not true only for marine organisms. For exa...
And so the marine pelagic zone is also known as the open ocean, and it consists of the entire ocean from the surface down to just above the ocean floor. And so you might recall from our previous lesson videos when we talked about the zonation of marine biomes that we already defined ...
Coral reefs are often referred to as the "rainforests of the ocean" because these ecosystems teem with life – an estimated one-quarter of marine species rely on them for food or shelter. In addition to corals and brightly-colored fish, sponges, sea anemones, sea urchins and clams make the...
How are bony fish and cartilaginous fish similar? Are zebra fish bony or cartilaginous fish? Do bony fish have lungs? What are some examples of detritivores that live in the ocean? What are examples of marine arthropods? How do bony fish reproduce? Is tuna a bony fish or cartilaginous fish...
The four types of ecosystems areterrestrial,freshwater,marine, andartificial. The first three occur naturally in various biomes. The last one is man-made. Ecosystems vary in size — from the micro-ecosystems (e.g. tree ecosystems) to the largest ecosystems such as ocean ecosystems....
This section contains facts and information about marine invertebrates along with a comprehensive list of common invertebrate species that live in different types of aquatic environments. Interesting Facts about Ocean Invertebrates Unlike thevertebrates, around 98% of the species that live on earth do no...
In marine, freshwater and brackish water habitats, the majority of Monogeneans can be found on the skin and gills of fish and a number of other organisms in their surroundings. They mostly exist as ectoparasites. Here, some of the species are host-specific and can only be found attached ...
Some marine animals, such as dolphins and octopuses, use tools for specific purposes. Dolphins in Shark Bay, Western Australia, have been documented to tear off marine basket sponges and fit them into their rostrum (snout-like projection) before foraging for bottom-dwelling fish. Experts suggest ...