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 Welcome to Benjamin C. and Sarah A.'s Coral Reef Facts Page. Have fun! = Monarans = //Monerans are single-celled organisums that have no nuclious. Pyrocystis  is the scientific name. //**Foraminiferan**//, otherwise known scientificly as **__cytoplasmic filopdia__**, is found in the warmer more tropical arieas of the coral reefs.
 * Dinoflagellate**// is just one of the many different kinds of monarans the coral reefs host, it is found in most large ocean reefs.



=__ Protists __= //Protists are single-celled organisums with a nuclious.// //Red algae// or Rhodophyta (the scientific name) is another one of the many protists the coral reefs have. These creatures help build lots of coral reefs! They are located near Europe and Aisa. This protozoan it is located in the Great Barrier Reef.**__//Vorticella//is__** is the Genus, **__Phyllum Ciliophora__** is the species =Fungi =  Multi celled,no chloraphyll,and absorbs nutriants. //**Aspergillus is its own genus and**// **//__fumigatus__//**, **//is the species//** //Phormidium corallyticum or commonly known as black band disease is found in the// Great Barrier Reef.

Plants **Plant-** Is a multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically producing embryos, containing chloroplasts, having cellulose cell walls, and lacking the power of locomotion. =         = species: || Ceramium Rhodophyta || //Ceramium// are commonly found growing on larger plants. //Dictyosphaeria// lives on corals attached to rock in calm reef flats and tidepools.
 * Kngdom: || Plantae ||
 * Division: || Rhodophyta ||
 * Class: || Florideophyceae ||
 * Order: || Ceramiales ||
 * Family: || Ceramiaceae ||
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 * ~ //Dictyosphaeria// ||
 * ~ Scientific classification ||
 * || Domain: || Eukaryota ||
 * Kingdom: || Viridiplantae ||
 * Phylum: || Chlorophyta ||
 * Class: || Ulvophyceae ||
 * Order: || Cladophorales ||
 * Family: || Siphonocladaceae ||
 * Genus: || //**Dictyosphaeria**// ||  ||
 * ~ Species ||
 * < * //cavernosa// ||
 * < * //cavernosa// ||

 // Spiecies: Thalassia testudinum //
 * **Kingdom** || **Phylum/Division:** || **Class:** || **Order:** || **Family:** || **Genus:** ||
 * **Plantae** || **Tracheophyta** || **Angiosperm** || **Najadales** || **Hydrocharitaceae** || **Thalassia** ||

Lives in coral reefs. || [|**Chromalveolata**]  ||
 * **Kingdom:**

|| [|**Dinoflagellata**]  ||
 * **Phylum:**

|| ** Noctiluciphyceae ** ||
 * **Class:**

|| ** Noctilucales ** ||
 * **Order:**

= family: Kofodiniaceae  = =  =

**Genus: Dinophysis

species: Dinophysis acuminata**

Order: Family: Genus: species: || **Chrysophyceae** Chromulinales Ochromonadaceae Spirogyra Chrysophytes ||
 * Kingdom: || [|Chromalveolata] ||
 * Pylum || [|Heterokontophyta] ||
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= Golden algae = Lives in coral reefs. species: **//tridens//** This plant is found in the austrailian reefs.
 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Phylum:** //Bryophyta//
 * Class:** //Hepaticopsida//
 * Order:** //Jungermanniales//
 * Family:** //Lepidoziaceae//
 * Genus: B**//azzania//

Spicies: //polymorpha// This plant is also found in the austrailian reefs.
 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Phylum:** //Hepatophyta//
 * Class:** //Hepatopsida//
 * Order:** //Marchantiales//
 * Family:** //Gracillarioidea//
 * Genus:** //Marchantia//

=   Animals    = living, multicellular organisums

Rotifers lives in the tubes of sponges and in the soil. Kindom- Animalia Phylum- Rotifera Class- Monogononta Order- Ploimida Family- Lecanidae Genus- Lecane species- aquila

The giant clam is found on the bottom of most reefs. It is a __carnavor__ because it eats meat(mostly fish). It also provides a home for algae.

||  Animalia ||      ||   ||     Mollusca ||  ||     Bivalvia ||  ||     Veneroida ||  ||     Tridacnidae ||  ||    // Tridacna // ||  ||    //**gigas**// ||    || Lives in a warm,clear,shallow ocean habitat
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** Kingdom- Animalia Phylum- Cnidaria Class- Anthozoa Order- Alcyonacea Family- Edwardsiidae Genus- Nematostella species- Vectensis Sea corals are __carnivores__. ** they eat algae.

Kingdom- Animalia Phylum- Chordata Class- Reptilia Order- Testudines Family- Cheluniidae Gunus- Chelonia species- Chelonia Mydas

Green sea turdles are found in the coral reefs throughout the Atlantic Ocean,Caribbean,Western Atlantic, and the British Isles. Adult green sea turdles are __herbivores__ so they eat turdle grass and algae.



Kingdom- Animalia Phylum- Arthropoda Class- Malsacostraca Order- Decapoda Family- Enoplometopidea Genus- Enoplometopus species-

The reef lobster is an __omnivore__. It lives in most reefs. The seahorse is a __carnavor__ and lives in most reefs.It eats shrimp and other crustaceans. species: erectus ||
 * ~ Scientific classification ||
 * || Kingdom: || Animalia  ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata  ||
 * Class: || Actinopterygii  ||
 * Order: || Syngnathiformes  ||
 * Family: || Syngnathidae  ||
 * Genus: || //**Hippocampus**// ||
 * ~ [|Scientific classification] ||
 * || Kingdom: || [|Animalia] ||
 * Phylum: || [|Chordata] ||
 * Class: || [|Actinopterygii] ||
 * Order: || [|Perciformes] ||
 * Family: || **Chaetodontidae** ||  ||
 * Order: || [|Perciformes] ||
 * Family: || **Chaetodontidae** ||  ||
 * Order: || [|Perciformes] ||
 * Family: || **Chaetodontidae** ||  ||
 * Family: || **Chaetodontidae** ||  ||
 * Family: || **Chaetodontidae** ||  ||

clown fish- live in the Great Berrier Reef. Clown Fish=__omnivores__

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Genus: Pemnas species: Amphiprion Akallopisos

Nurse shark- __Carnivore__ they eat fish, shrimp, crab, octopus, lobster, and coral.


 * Kingdom: || [|Animalia] ||
 * Phylum: || [|Chordata] ||
 * Class: || [|Chondrichthyes] ||

species: || //**Ginglymostoma**// Ginglymostoma cirratum ||
 * Order: || [|Orectolobiformes] ||
 * Family: || [|Ginglymostomatidae] ||
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 * ~ Scientific classification ||
 * || Kingdom: || Animalia  ||
 * Phylum: || Echinodermata  ||
 * Subphylum: || Echinozoa  ||
 * Class: || **Holothuroidea** ||  ||

They eat decaying substances found floating the the water. Is an Herbivore.

The stingray lives in the sand along the coral reefs. It is a __carnavor__.Stingrays eat plankton and small fish. species: //acutirostra// ||
 * ~ Scientific classification ||
 * || Kingdom: || Animalia  ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata  ||
 * Class: || Chondrichthyes  ||
 * Subclass: || Elasmobranchii  ||
 * Order: || Rajiformes  ||
 * Family: || Dasyatidae  ||
 * Genus: || //**Dasyatis**// ||

They are ** omnivores. **They are found in tropical waters on rock, coral.And they eat coral. || [|Animalia]  || || [|Echinodermata]  || || [|Asteroidea]  || || [|Valvatida]  || || [|Acanthasteridae]  || || //**Acanthaster**// [|Gervais], 1841 || || //**A. planci**// ||
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