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these are just some of the many endangered animals

Yellow boring sponge

Porifera

common name: Yellow boring sponge

scientific name: Cilona celata

Habitat: Chesapeake bay 99% in marine water

  • Can be found in water about 8 KM down

  • They are a major pest to bay oysters

  • Thick bright yellow

  • A symmetry  

Lion's mane jellyfish
Lion's mane jellyfish

Cnidarians

Common name: lion's mane jellyfish

Scientific name: Cyanea capillata 

Habitat: Are found in lower latatudes of the ocean

  • One of the largest jelly fish in the world

  • 12 month life span

  • other jellyfish can be predictors to it 

  • Radial symmetry    

Leopard flatworm 

Platyhelminthes 

Common name: Leopard flatworm

Scientific name: pseudoeros pardalis

Habitat: Caribbean hidden 1-25 m coralreaf

  • Flat 

  • Bright coloring 

  • has 2 antenna; arent larger than 5 CM

  • Bilateral symmetry

Asian forest scorpion

Arthropods

Common name: Asian forest scorpion

Scientific name: heterometrus longimanus

Habitat: Tropical Asian forests most above ground 

  • non lethal venom 

  • string equal to a hornet

  • lives for 8 years

  • bilateral symmetry

Lion's mane jellyfish
Colossal squid
Colossal squid
morning sun star

Molluska

Common name: colossal squid

Scientific name: Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni

Habitat: Southern ocean in deep waters

  • Juveniles can go as deep as 1 KM down

  • Their attack stratigie is to ambush prey

  • eyes are used mainly for preditor ditection

  • Bilateral symmetry

Echinoderms

Common name: morning sun star

Scientific name: Solaster dawsoni

Habitat: northern pacific

  • 8-16 arms

  • predator to other starfish

  • can and does eat other sea stars/starfish

  • radial symmetry                                  

peacock worm
Giant roundworm

Annelids

Common name: Peacock worm 

Scientific name: Sabella pavonin

Habitat: Mediterranean and western European shallow tidal waves

  • 13-25 cm

  • can be a lot of different colors 

  • appear in large numbers

  • radial symmetry 

Nematoda 

Common name: Giant roundworm

Scientific name: Ascaris lumbricoides

Habitat: lives in intestines for 6-24 months

  • 13-35 CM 

  • has infected 1 billion people

  • adult giant roundworms don't cause symptoms   

  • bilateral symmetry

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