1. Name of Species First and Last Name Date Marine Science

2. Common Name (pictures here)

3. Classification Kingdom –Phylum –Class –Order –Family –Genus –Species

4. Global Distribution Facts Locations where are they found in the world ocean?

5. Habitat What zones do they live in? –Photic / Dysphotic –Neritic / Pelagic / Benthic Describe the area in which they live look like? Are there any special features in their habitat?

6. Specialties What is unusual about these animals? –Where they live –movement – limbs – breathing – way of moving – feeding – defenses – reproduction

7. Special Adaptations Explain why these “specialities” are important –(You can be general or identify specific animal species’ adaptations – include the reason why these adaptations are useful and have helped these animals “make a living.”

8. Anatomy Vertebrate or Invertebrate Endoskeleton or Exoskeleton No Bones, Bones or Cartilage Symmetry: (asymmetrical, bilateral, radial) Endothermic or Exothermic

9. How They Get Oxygen Filters, gills, breathe oxygen from air?

10. Locomotion Do they move? If so, how? When? Do they migrate? Describe their migration.

11. Feeding Autotroph or Heterotroph –If autotroph (photosyntheses or chemosynthesis) Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore or a Combination of several types. Types of Food How They Feed: suspension, filter, predation or any “SPECIAL” way (you’ll know)

12. Predators and Prey What do they feed on? What do they hunt?

13. Defense Mechanisms Do they have any special mechanisms or adaptations that they use to protect themselves?

14. Reproduction Sexual, Asexual or Both (How are young “born?”) (Are the young cared for, if so how?)

15. Life Cycle (Explain their life cycles.) (Approximately how long do they live? Give a range, don’t be too specific, scientists may not know for sure.) (Do they go through the process of metamorphosis? How?) (Do they molt? If so why? How?)

16. Bibliography Book (1): Basic form, single author Baxter, C. (1997). Race equality in health care and education. Philadelphia: Ballière Tindall.

17. Bibliography (cont.) Book (2): Editors in place of authors Stock, G., & Campbell, J. (Eds.).(2000). Engineering the human genome: An exploration of the science and ethics of altering the genes we pass to our children. New York: Oxford University Press.

18. Bibliography (cont.) Chapter in edited work: Second or later edition Roy, A. (1995). Psychiatric emergencies. In H. I. Kaplan & B. J. Sadock (Eds.), Comprehensive textbook of psychiatry. (6th ed., pp. 1739-1752). Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins.

19. Bibliography (cont.) Website: Author (if known). Name of website. Date retrieved. Website address.