Estuary+Facts

 ​ Estaury Facts​​​​​​ Welcome to the Estaury Facts page By: Kyle B. and Tommy C.

 Scientific Name: //Calothrix cyanobacteria// Shape: Jelly-like mass Location: Intertidal rocks on the coast of estuaries
 * Kingdom Monera (Monerans): Monera or Monerans are single celled organisms that have no nucleus. **

Scientific Name: Lyngbya lutescens Shape: Bacilli Location: Top of rocks

Kingdom Protists (Protista): Protista or Protists are single celled organisms with a nucleus. **
 * __Protista or Protists__

 Kyle's Algae: Scientific Name: //Oscillatoria brevis// Common Name: Japanese Freshwater Algae Where they live: Japan's freshwater bodies of water Definition of Algae: Algae is an organism that can be either single celled or multicellular. Algae fun fact: Algae were once considered to be plants but are now classified separately because they don't have true roots, stems, or leaves.

==== Tommy's **Protozoan** //Name: Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.// Location: On the eyes and skin of fish. Definition of Protozoan: "Animal-like" it doesn't have cell walls or chlorophyll  ====

FUNGI

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Zygomycota Order: Mucorales Family: //Mucor// Genus: //Mucor// Species: //ramosissimus// Where it lives: Found on dead decaying matter in estuaries



Magnoliopsida
==== Definition:A phylum within the plant kingdom comprising plants with a vascular system that bear flowers during at least some stage of their life cycle. ==== Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Family**:** Rhizophoraceae

Genus: Rhizophora

Species: apiculata

Common Name: Mangroves

Where it lives: Off the coast of estuaries

Psilotopsida

Definition: A Division of the kingdom plantae it contains two families, Psilotaceae and Ophioglossaceae, placed in orders Psilotales and Ophioglossales, respectively. The affinities of these two groups have long been unclear and a close relationship between them has only recently been confirmed.

**Class:** Psilotopsida
 * Phylum:** Tracheophyta
 * Order:** Psilotales
 * Family:** Psilotaceae


 * Genus: ** //Psilotum//

Species: //nudum//

Common Name: Skeleton Fork Fern

Where it lives: Riverbanks



Liliopsida Definition: comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids. = =
 * Kingdom:** Plantae
 * Phylum:** Tracheophyta
 * Class:** Liliopsida
 * Order:** Poales
 * Family:** Eriocaulaceae
 * Genus:** //Eriocaulon//
 * Species**: //parkeri//
 * Common Name:** Parker's Pipewort
 * Where it lives**: In marshes and on banks



Bryopsida

Definition: the class of plants comprising the true mosses, having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes; it comprises the orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; and Sphagnales. **Kingdom:** Plantae
 * Phylum:** Bryophyta
 * Class**: Bryopsida
 * Order:** Bryales
 * Family:** Bryaceae
 * Genus:** //Bryum//
 * Species:** //warmeum//
 * Common Name**: Bryum moss
 * Where it Lives**: Along the coasts of Estuaries

Genus: //Cycas species: circinalis//
Animals Definition: Any of a kingdom Animalia of living things including many-celled organisms and most often single-celled ones lacking chlorophyll and can not do photosynthesis. Therefore it must hunt for it's food.

Kyle's Plants: =Invertibrate //Cliona celata// = =Kingdom: Animalia = =Phylum: Porifera = =Class: Demospongiae = =Order: Hadromerida = =Family: Clionaidae = =<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Genus: //Cliona// = =<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Species: //celata// = =<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Common Name: Boring Sponge = =<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Where it lives: Intertidal areas of estauries = =<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Definition of phylum: Have Jelly like bodies =

=<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Vertibrate: Anas platyrhynchos = =<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Kingdom: Animalia = =<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Phylum: Chordata = =<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Class: Aves = =<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Order: Anseriformes = =<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Subfamily: Anatinae = =<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Genus: //Anas// = =<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Species: //platyrhynchos// = =<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Common Name: Green Headed Duck = =<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Where it lives: Freshwater wetlands = =<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Definition of phylum: known for having hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail. =

<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Invertibrate: //Scylla serrata// Kingdom: Animalia Pyhlum:​ Arthropods Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Family: Portunoidea Genus: //Scylla// Species: //serrata// Common Name: common mud crab Where it lives: Off the coasts of estuaries mostly in the Cheaspeake Bay estuary. Definition of Phylum: Any of numerous invertebrate animals of the phylum Arthropoda, including the insects, crustaceans, arachnids, and myriapods, that are characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and a segmented body to which jointed appendages are articulated in pairs.

Invertibrate: //Anthopleura xanthogrammica// Kingdom: Animal Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Anthozoa Order: Actiniaria Family: Actiniidae Genus: //Anthopleura// Species: //xanthogrammica// Common name: Green Sea Anemone Where it's found: In the low tide of anb any estuary.

<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**Class-** Reptilia
====<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**Order-** Testudines ==== ==== <span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**Family-** Cheloniidae **<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Genus- **<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> //Caretta// ====

<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Where it lives: in deep estuary waters
====<span style="background-color: #ff4500; color: #f2b13a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Defintion of Phylum: are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. They are united by having, at some time in their life cycle, a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail. ====

**Class:** Aves
==== **Order:** Ciconiiformes ====