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Jessica V. and Maddy W.

Kingdoms  Monera   A moneran is a single-celled organism that has no nucleus.



Scientific Name: //Luciola majuscula// Shape: Bacilli Locations: Near Panama



Scientific Name: //Flavbacterium columnare// Shape: Cocci Location: Grows on and infects fish that live in coral reefs

Protist  A protist has a nucleus, organelles and is single celled



Protozoan: "animal-like", with no cell walls, no chlorophyll, and a nucleus Scientific Name: //Eutreptia viridis// Common Name: NA Location: Mainly in the Great Barrier Reef, on the coast of Australia



Algae- "plant like", cell walls, chlorophyll, and a nucleus Scientific Name: //Chaetoceros neglectum// Common Name: Yellow-green algae Location: Austrailia, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Samoa, and American Samoa

Fungi  Fungi are multi-cellular, have no chlorophyll, and they absorb nutrients

Common Name: Olive Yellow Location: Great Barrier Reef Kingdom: //Fungi// Phylum: //Ascomycota// Class: //Ascomycetes// Order: //Pezizales// Family: //Hypogastruroidea// Genus: //Ascobolus// Species: //crenulatus//
 * Jessica V.**
 * Ascomycota: a sac/cup shape[[image:ascomycota_Ascobolus_crenulatus.jpg width="256" height="192" align="right" caption="Ascobolus crenulatus"]]**
 * //Ascobolus crenulatus//**

Common Name: NA Location: European and Northern Africa waters Kingdom: //Fungi// Phylum: //Basidiomycota// Class: //Urediniomycetes// Order: //Microbotryales// Family: //Leucosporidiaceae// Genus: //Sakaguchia// Species: //dacryoidea//
 * Maddy W.**
 * Basidiomycota: "club" shaped, closely packed filaments**
 * //Sakaguchia dacryoidea//**

Common Name: NA Location: Great Barrier Reef Kingdom: //Fungi// Phylum: //Chytridionmycota// Class: //Chytridiomycetes// Order: //Chytriadyles// Family: //Cladotriaceae// Genus: //Nephromyces// Species: //molgularum//
 * Jessica V.**
 * Chytridiomycota: Lives in water or soil**
 * //Nephromyces molgularum//**

//**Asellaria ligiae**// Common Name: NA Location: North East Atlantic and most oceans and estuaries Kingdom: //Fungi// Phylum: //Zygomycota// Class: ﻿//Trichomycetes﻿// Order: //Asellariales// Family: //Asellariaceae// Genus: //Asellaria// Species: //ligiae//
 * Maddy W.**
 * Zygomycota: "thread like", spore at end**

Chromista  Most are single-celled, have chlorophyll (green and other colors) and live in water.

//**Goniomonas truncata**// Kingdom: //Chromista// Phylum: //Cryptophyta// Class: //Cryptophyceae// Order: //Goniomonadales// Family: //Goniomonadaceae// Genus: //Goniomonas// Species: //truncata// Location: Great Barrier Reef and European waters Common Name: NA
 * Jessica V.**
 * //Cryptophyta//: Chlorophyll (green and brown), curled flagella**

//**Bodo curvifilus**// Kingdom: //Chromista// Phylum: //Ochrophyta// Class: //Bodonophyceae// Order: //Bodonales// Family: //Bodonaceae// Genus: //Bodo// Species: //curvifilus// Location: Great Barrier Reef and European waters Common Name: NA
 * Jessica V.**
 * //Ochrophyta//: Chlorophyll (green and gold), two flagella**[[image:Bodo_curvilfus_Chromista.jpg width="208" height="185" align="right" caption="Bodo curvifilus"]]

//**Bicosoeca gracilipes**// Kingdom: //Chromista// Phylum: //Sagenista// Class: //Bicosoecophyceae// Order: //Bicosoecales// Family: //Bicosoecaceae// Genus: //Bicosoeca// Species: //gracilipes// Location: Great Barrier Reef and European Waters Common Name: NA
 * Jessica V.**
 * //Sagenista:// No chlorophyll, filaments**



//**Artostrobus annulatus**// Kingdom: //Chromista// Phylum: //Labrinthista// Class: //Labyrinthulea// Order: //Dassellarina// Family: //Eucyrtidiidae// Genus: //Artostrobus// Species: //annulatus// Location: Great Barrier Reef Common Name: NA
 * Jessica V.**
 * //Labyrinthista:// No chlorophyll, one flagellum**

//**Reessia amoeboidea**// Kingdom: //Chromista// Phylum: //Hyphochytrimycota// Class: //Hypochytriomycetes// Order: //Hypochytriales// Family: //Rhizidiomycetaceae// Genus: //Reessia// Species: //amoeboidea// Location: Great Barrier Reef Common Name: NA
 * Jessica V.**
 * //Hyphochytriomycota//: No chlorophyll, one feathery flagellum[[image:Reessia_amoeboidea.jpg width="234" height="157" align="right" caption="Reessia amoeboidea"]]**



//**Calcidiscus leptoporus**// Kingdom: //Chromista// Phylum: //Hapthophyta// Class: //Prymneslphyceae// Order: //Coccosphaereles// Family: //Coccolithaceae// Genus://Calcidiscus// Species: //leptoporus// Location: Great Barrier Reef Common Name: NA
 * Jessica V.**
 * //Hapthophyta:// Chlorophyll (green and brown), with 2 flagella**

//**Heterosigma akashiwo**// Kingdom: //Chromista// Phylum: //Heterokontophyta// Class: //Raphidophyceae// Order: //Chattonellales// Family: //Chattonellaceae// Genus: //Heterosigma// Species: //akashiwo// Location: most coral reefs and oceans Common Name: NA
 * Maddy W.**
 * Heterokontophyta: Chlorophyll (green and gold), two flagella**

//**Hemiaulus hauckii**// Kingdom: //Chromista// Phylum: //Ochromycota// Class: //Coscinodiscophyceae// Order: //Hemiaulales// Family: //Hemiaulaceae// Genus: //Hemiaulus// Species: //hauckii// Location: Seto Inland Sea, Atlantic, and North Sea Common Name: NA
 * Maddy W.**
 * Ochromycota: Chlorophyll (green and gold), two flagella**

//**Eremosphaera gigas**// KIngdom: //Plantae// Division: //Chlorophyta// Class: //Trebouxiophyceae// Order: //Oocystales// Family: //Eremosphaeraceae// Genus: //Eremosphaera// Species: //gigas// Location: most coral reefs and oceans Common Name: NA
 * Maddy W.**
 * Chlorophyta**

//** Aplanochytrium minuta **// Kingdom: //Chromista// Phylum: //Labyrinthista// Class: //Labyrinthulea// Order: //Thraustochytriales// Family: //Thraustochytriaceae// Genus: //Aplanochytrium// Species: //minuta// Location: coral reefs around the USA Common Name: NA
 * Maddy W.**
 * Labyrinthista: No chlorophyll, filaments**

//**Rhodophyta**// //**Erythropeltis discigera**// Kingdom: //Plantae// Division: //Rhodophyta// Class: //Compsopogonophyceae// Order: //Erythropeltidales// Family: //Erythrotrichiaceae// Genus: //Erythropeltis// Species: //discigera// Location: Great Barrier Reef and many other coral reefs Common Name: NA
 * Maddy W//.//**

Kingdom: //Plantae// Division: //Barcillariophyta// Class: //Bacillariophyceae// Order: //Cymbellales// Family: //Cymbellaceae// Genus: //Cymbella// Species: //amphioxys// Location: Great Barrier Reef Common Name: NA
 * Maddy W//.//**
 * //Barcillariophyta[[image:CymRup.gif width="249" height="189" align="right" caption="Cymbella amphioxys"]]//**
 * //Cymbella amphioxys//**

Animalia  multi-celled, digest food inside the body

//**Spirobranchus giganteus**// Kingdom: //Animalia// Phylum: //Annelida// Class: Polychaeta Order: Canalipalpata Family: Surpulidae Genus: Spirobranchus species: giganteus Common Name: Christmas tree worm Location: Great Barrier Reef
 * Jessica V.[[image:Christmas_tree_worm.jpg width="286" height="213" align="right" caption="Christmas tree worm"]]**
 * Annelida: Segemented worm; two openings (one for food, and one for waste), has a simple nervous system with a ﻿ "brain" and 5 "hearts"**

//**Cnidaria:**// **Corals and Jellyfish; live in water, have two laers of cells seperated by a jelly-like substance** //**Actinoporus elegans**// Kingdom: //Animalia// Phylum: //Cnidaria// Class: //Anthozoa// Order: //Actiniaria// Family: //Aurelianiidae// Genus: //Actinoporus// species: //elegans// Common Name: Brown-striped anemone Location: Caribbean Sea
 * Jessica V.**

//**Porefira:**// **Sponges; live in salt water, have two layers of cells,** //**Achramorpha diomediae**// Kingdom: //Animalia// Phylum: //Porifera// Class: //Calcarea// Order: //Leucosolenida// Family: //Achramorphidae// Genus: //Achramorpha// species: //diomediae// Common Name: NA Location: Great Barrier Reef
 * Jessica V.[[image:Jess_Science_Achramorpha_diomediae.jpg width="271" height="200" align="right" caption="Achramorpha diomediae"]]**
 * absorb foods through pores, expells waste through the top.**

//**Lepidochelys kempii**// Kingdom://Animalia// Phylum: //Chordata// Class: //Reptilia// Order: //Testudines// Family: //Cheloniidae// Genus: //Lepidochelys// species: //kempii// Common Name: Kemp's ridley sea turtle Location: Caribbean Sea
 * Jessica V.[[image:Jess_Science_Kemp's_ridley_sea_turtle.jpg align="right" caption="Kemp's ridley sea turtle"]]**
 * //Reptilia//: Two pairs of legs, live on land with lungs, lay eggs,**
 * covered by plates or scales, ectotherms**

//**Alopochen aegyptiacus**// Kingdom: //Animalia// Phylum: //Cordata// Class: //Aves// Order: //Anseriformes// Family: //Anatidae// Genus: //Alpochen// species: //aegyptiacus// Common Name: Egyptian goose Location: Mediterranean Sea and near the equator
 * Jessica V.**
 * Aves: Hollow bones, scaly legs, and feathers**

//**Fejervarya cancrivora**// Kingdom: //Animalia// Phylum: //Chordata// Class: //Amphibia// Order: //Anura// Family: //Dicroglossidae// Genus: //Fejervarya// species: //cancrivora// Common Name: Crab-eating frog Location: Shallow, warm water
 * Jessica V.**
 * Amphibia: Spends first part of life in water with gills, second**
 * part of life on land with lungs, has smooth skin**

//**Mya arenaria**// Kingdom: //Animalia// Phylum: //Mollusca// Class: //Bivalvia// Order: //Mydoida// Family: //Myidae// Genus: //Mya// species: //arenaria// Common Name: softshell clam Location: Great Barrier Reef
 * Maddy W.**
 * Mollusks: all soft bodied, well developed organs, some have hard shells**



KIngdom: //Animalia// Phylum: //Arthropoda// Class: //Malacostraca// Order: //Decapoda// Family: //Alpheidae// Genus: //Alpheus// species: //intrinsecus// Common Name: Snapping Shrimp Location: Gulf of Mexico, Sahara Coast, South East Atlantic
 * Maddy W.**
 * Arthropoda: multiple body segments, jointed appendages, Exoskeleton**
 * //Alpheus intrinsecus//**

//**Acanthaster planci**// KIngdom: //Animalia// Phylum: //Enchinodermata// Class: //Asteroidea// Order: //Spinulosida// Family: //Acanthasteridae// Genus: //Acanthaster// species: //placi// Common Name: Crown of Thorns Location: New Zealand, West Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Red Sea, Palau Islands
 * Maddy W.**
 * Echinodermata: live in salt water, spiny skin, arms, ability to regenerate**

Kingdom: //Animalia// Phylum: //Chordata// Class: //Mammalia// Order: //Cetacea// Family: //Delphinidae// Genus: //Tursiops// species: //truncatus// Common Name: Bottlenose Dolphin Location: Gulf of Mexico, Madagascar, Kenya, New Zealand
 * Maddy W.[[image:Tursiops_truncatus_coral_reef.jpg width="322" height="204" align="right" caption="Bottlenose Dolphin"]]**
 * Mammalia: advanced nervous system, lungs, feed young with milk, most born alive, most habitats, Endotherms**
 * //Tursiops truncatus //**



//**Carcharodon carcharias**// Kingdom: //Animalia// Phylum: //Chordata// Class: //Elamsobranchii// Order: //Lamniformes// Family: //Lamnidae// Genus: //Carcharodon// species: //carharias// Common Name: Great White Shark Location: Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Bahamas, Hawaii, Australia
 * Maddy W.**
 * Elasmobranchii: skeleton of cartilage, fleshy fins**

Kingdom: //Animalia// Phylum: //Chordata// Class: //Actinoterygii// Order: //Perciformes// Family: //Pomacentridae// Genus: //Amphriprion// species: //percula// Common Name: Clown fish Location: Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Fiji
 * Maddy W.[[image:Erics-Clownfish.jpg width="280" height="184" align="right" caption="Clown fish"]]**
 * Actinoterygii: fins supported by bones, upper jaw bones slides forward when opened**
 * //Amphiprion percula//**

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