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Definition: Organisms that have no nucleus and are single-celled Cocci Shaped The bacteria, Enterococcus is found in salt water beaches.↓   **
 * __Monerans__ **
 * // __Enterococcus faecalis__ //**

__⇧__ //__Escherichia coli__ //** Bacilli Shaped Found in sand on salt water and fresh water beaches

 **__ Protists  __** __Definition:__ Single or multi-celled organisms that "hunt" their own food.

__Protozoans:__ "Animal-like" protists that have no cell walls and chlorophyll  // __Ceratium longipes __// Ceratium longipes are found in water from the depth of 0 to -5,981 meters. __

Algae-"plant like" has cell walls and chlorophyll. __ **//Nereocystis luetkeane//** Attaches to rocks below low tide level.(Fastest growing seaweed in the world, can grow up to 200 feet just in one summer.)↓



Fungi: __Definition:__ Multi-celled, no chlorophyll, absorbs nutrients

** Glomus cerebriforme ** glomeromycota- fungi that grow on the roots of plants. Kingdom: Fungi Pylum: Glomeromycota Class: Glomeromycetes Order: Glomerales Family: Glomerceae Genus: Glomus**
 * no common name
 * Species: cerebriforme**

== (orange peel fungus) usually growing in clusters on the ground, often in clayey soil or disturbed ground (road banks, landscaping areas. Kingdom: Fungi**
 * Aleuria aurantia **
 * Ascomycota- is a phylum that is known as sac fungus.
 * Phylum: Ascomycota**
 * Class: Ascomycetes**
 * Order: Pezizales**
 * Family: Curculionoidea**
 * Genus: Aleuria**
 * Species: aurantia**

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= //Glomus intraradices// = = // Glormeromycota- a taxonomic phylum or division, within kingdom Fungi // = == **__Kingdom__:** //Fungi// //Glomus intraradices// can be found in almost all soils, especially those populated with common host plants and in forests and grasslands.
 * __Phylum__:** //Glomeromycota//
 * __Class__:** //Glomeromycetes//
 * __Order__:** //Glomerales//
 * __Family__:** //Glomeraceae//
 * __Genus__:** //Glomus//

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;"> = = =// **Phycomyces blakesleeanu** //= = Zygomycota- Fast-growing, terrestrial, class **__Kingdom__:** //Fungi// = **__Phylum__:** //Zygomycota//
 * __Class__:** //Zygomycetes//
 * __Order__:** //Mucorales//
 * __Family__:** //Phycomycetaceae//
 * __Genus__:** //Phycomyces// //Phycomyces blakesleeanus// is found on drift logs.

Plants

Alloschmidia glabrata Tracheophyta- plants with a vascular system. common name: palm tree
 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Phylum:** //Tracheophyta//
 * Class:** //Liliopsida//
 * Order:** //Arecales//
 * Family:** //Noctuoidea// glabrata
 * Genus:** //Alloschmidia//
 * Species:** //glabrata//

Honckenya peploides

**Species:** //peploides//
Halosaccion glandiforme //Kingdom://** //Plantae
 * Rhodophyta-** lower plants, mostly marine (red algea).
 * common name: salt sac
 * Phylum:** Rhodophyta
 * Class:** Florideophyceae
 * Order:** Palmariales
 * Family:** Pyraloidea
 * Genus:** Halosaccion
 * Species:** glandiforme//

Codium magnum //Kingdom://** //Plantae
 * Chlorophyta- a divion of algea that procces chlorophyll.
 * Phylum:** Chlorophyta
 * Class:** Chlorophyceae
 * Order:** Codiales
 * Family:** Codiaceae
 * Genus:** Codium
 * Speciest:** magnum//

Rhodophyta- lower plants, mostly marine (red algea) common name: Irish moss Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Chondrus crispus[[image:qw.jpg width="163" height="123" align="right"]]
 * Phylum:** //Rhodophyta//
 * Class:** //Florideophyceae//
 * Order:** //Gigartinales//
 * Family:** //Gigartinaceae//
 * Genus:** //Chondrus//
 * Species:** //crispus//

Gelidiella pannosa common name:** Feldmann **Phylum:** //Rhodophyta//
 * Rhodophyta- lower plants, mostly marine (red algea)
 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Class:** //Florideophyceae//
 * Order:** //Gelidiales//
 * Family:** //Pyraloidea//
 * Genus:** //Gelidiella//
 * Species:** //pannosa//

= Avicennis marina =

== (Grey Mangrove) //Tracheophyta//-plants with a vascular system including fern = = = =
 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Phylum:** //Tracheophyta//
 * Class:** //Magnoliopsida//
 * Order:** //Lamiales//
 * Family:** //Avicenniaceae//
 * Genus:** //Avicennia//
 * Species**: //Avicennia marina//

= = = //Posidonia oceanica// = = = (Mediterranean Tapeweed) //Liliopsida//-Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single leaf = = = __//Acrostichum aureum//__ = (Goldern Leatherfern) //Polypodiopsida-//treated as a subdivision of //tracheophyta// (vascular plants)
 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Phylum:** //Tracheophyta//
 * Class:** //Liliopsida//
 * Order:** //Posidoniales//
 * Family:** //Posidoniaceae//
 * Genus:** //Posidoni//
 * Species:** //Posidonia oceanica//
 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Phylum:** //Tracheophyta//
 * Class:** //Polypodiopsida//
 * Order:** //Polypodiales//
 * Family:** //Pteridaceae//
 * Genus:** //Acrostichum//
 * Species:** //Acrostichum aureum//

= = = //**Caulerpa filiformis**// = //Chlorophyta-// A large division of algae that possess chlorophyll
 * Kingdom:** //<span class="wiki_link_ext">Plantae //
 * Phylum:** //<span class="wiki_link_ext">Chlorophyta //
 * Class:** //<span class="wiki_link_ext">Chlorophyceae //
 * Order:** //<span class="wiki_link_ext">Caulerpales //
 * Family:** //<span class="wiki_link_ext">Caulerpaceae //
 * Genus:** //<span class="wiki_link_ext">Caulerpa //
 * Species:** //Caulerpa filiformis//

= Corallina officinalis = (Coralline Seaweed) //Florideophyceae//- A class of red algae, division Rhodophyta, having connections between cells.
 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Phylum:** //Rhodophyta//
 * Class:** //Florideophyceae//
 * Order:** //Corallinales//
 * Family:** //Corallinaceae//
 * Genus:** //Corallina//
 * Species:** //Corallina officinalis//

=// Ulva lactuca //= (Chicory Sea Lettuce) //Ulvophyceae- A// class of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis
 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Phylum:** //Chlorophyta//
 * Class:** //Ulvophyceae//
 * Order:** //Ulvales//
 * Family:** //Ulvaceae//
 * Genus:** //Ulva//
 * Species:** //Ulva lactuca //

Animals Multi-Celled and digest food inside the body

// Hormarus americanus (American lobster) // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Arthropods-invertebrates with segmented bodies and jointed limbs. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">**Family:** Nephropidae //**Genus:** Homarus <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Arthropods-invertebrates with segmented bodies and jointed limbs.
 * Kingdom** **:** animalia
 * Phylum:** //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Arthropoda //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Class: **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Malacostraca //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Order: ** //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Decapoda //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * species:** americanus//
 * //Grapsus grapsus//** (**red rock crab**)[[image:ryan.jpg width="156" height="103" align="right"]]
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Arthropoda//
 * Class:** //Malacostraca//
 * Order:** //Decapoda//
 * Family:** //Gecarcinidae//
 * Genus:** //Grapsus//
 * Species:** //grapsus//

Mollusca-a shell-secreting organ, the mantle, and a radula, a food-rasping organ located in the forward area of the mouth. (Opalescent Nudibranch) = = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Kingdom: //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Animalia // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Phylum: //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mollusca //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Class: // Gastropoda order: nudibranchia // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Family: Chalcidoidea Genus: Hermissenda Species: //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">crassicornis //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> = = = = = = =Ursus maritimus= //Mammalia-// a class of vertebrate animals characterized by sweat glands, hair and/or fur, three middle ear bones used in hearing and breath air (Polar Bear)
 * hermissenda crassicornis[[image:ryan1.jpg width="207" height="176" align="right"]]**
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Chordata//
 * Class:** //Mammalia//
 * Order:** //Carnivora//
 * Family:** //Ursidae//
 * Genus:** //Ursus//
 * Species:** //maritimus//

=Hydrophis belcheri= Reptilia-air-breathing, generally cold-blooded, also generally have skin covered in scales. (Faint-Banded Seasnake)
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Chordata//
 * Class:** //Reptilia//
 * Order:** //Squamata//
 * Family:** //Hydrophiidae//
 * Genus:** //Hydrophis//
 * Species:** //belcheri//

=Haliaeetus leucocephalus= //Aves-// winged warm-blooded vertebrate animals that lay eggs (White-Headed Sea Eagle)
 * Kingdom: Animalia**
 * Phylum:** //Chordata//
 * Class:** //Aves//
 * Order:** //Ciconiiformes//
 * Subfamily:** //Accipitrinae//
 * Genus:** //Haliaeetus//
 * species:** //leucocephalus//

Joseph's Animals

=//Fromia monilis//= (Marble Sea Star) Asteroidea- A class of echinoderms that are Sea stars Habitat- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif;">found solitarily on sand
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Echinodermata//
 * Class:** //Asteroidea//
 * Order:** //Valvatida//
 * Family:** //Ophidiasteridae//
 * Genus:** //Fromia//
 * Species:** //Fromia monilis//

=Hippoglossoides platessoides= (American Plaice) //Osteichthyes-// a taxonomic group of fish Habitat- found in soft sand in the ocean
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Chordata//
 * Class:** //Osteichthyes//
 * Order:** //Pleuronectiformes//
 * Family:** //Pleuronectidae//
 * Genus:** //Hippoglossoides//
 * Species****:** //Hippoglossoides platessoides//

=Macoma nasuta= (Bent-Nose Macoma) //Bivalvia-//marine and freshwater molluscs including clams Habitat- found buried in sands of 10 to 20 centimeters in depth
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Mollusca//
 * Class:** //Bivalvia//
 * Order:** //Veneroida//
 * Family:** //Tellinidae//
 * Genus:** //Macoma//
 * Species:** - //Macoma nasuta//

=Torpedo nobiliana= (Atlantic Electric Ray) //Chondrichthyes//**-** jawed fish with paired fins, paired nares, scales, two-chambered hearts, and skeletons made of cartilage Habitat- is usually //found// on sand or mud at depths between 10-350m
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Chordata//
 * Class:** //Chondrichthyes//
 * Order:** //Torpediniformes//
 * Family:** //Torpedinidae//
 * Genus:** //Torpedo//
 * Species:**//Torpedo nobiliana//

=Emerita talpoida= == (Atlantic Sand Crab) //Arthropoda////-// An arthropod is an invertebrate that has an external skeleton Habitat- Found near saltwater shores =Stenella frontalis= (Atlantic Spotted Dolphin) //Mammalia-// a class of vertebrate animals characterized by sweat glands, hair and/or fur, three middle ear bones used in hearing and breath air Habitat- Is found in the shores of the Atlantic ocean
 * Kingdom:**  //Animalia//
 * Phylum:**  //Arthropoda//
 * Class:**  //Malacostraca//
 * Order:**  //Decapoda//
 * Family:**  //Hippoidea//
 * Genus:**  //Emerita//
 * Species:** //Emerita talpoida//
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Chordata//
 * Class:** //Mammalia//
 * Order:** //Cete//
 * Family:** //Delphinidae//
 * Genus:** //Stenella//
 * Species:** //Stenella frontalis//

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