Open+Ocean+Facts

Monerans A moneran is a single celled orginism with no nucleus Proteor hodopsin lives im the eastern pacifc ocean. Proteorhodopsin is the scientific name.

Silicibacter pomeroyi lives in the north pacific ocean. Silicibacter pomeroyi is the sientific name. Protists A protist is any of a group of eukaryotic organisms belonging to the kingdom Protista according to some widely used modern taxonomic systems. The protists include a variety of unicellular, coenocytic, colonial, and multicellular organisms, such as the protozoans

A Volvox or in scientific terms, the Paulschulzia pseudovolvox, its also a pale green colored organism found in salt water. Since the Volvox live in salt water which is found all over the ocean, the distcription of its habitat is just basically salty water. And now our second protist is Green Algae or in scientific terms, //Pediastrum boryanum. //   Green algae is Found in the Oceans which means it is all over the Open Ocean Biome.

Fungi Fungi is a taxonomic kingdom, or in some classification schemes a division of the kingdom Plantae, comprising all the fungus groups and sometimes also the slime molds.

This fungi is the Flavodon flavus. There are so many different types of fungi that tere aren't common names for all of them. This fungi lives in all around the open ocean biome.

This fungi is Mortierella gamsii. Same as the other fungi there is no common name. This fungi lives in the Western Indian Ocean. ** Plants ** any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter. Marine Eelgrass

** Magnoliophyta (syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta)  ** eelgrass is found anywhere in the ocean where its shallow Kingdom;//Plantea// Division; Magnoliophyta Class; //Liliopsida// Order;Alismatales Family;Zosteraceae Genus; //Zostera// species; ellgrass

//Caulerpa prolifera// is seaweed. Seaweed is an algae, this seaweed is made up of algae from the division chlorophyta, so it is a plant. This plant is found found near rocky parts of the ocean Division: Chlorophyta Class: Bryopsidophyceae Order: Bryopsidales Family: Caulerpaceae Genus: Caulerpa species: prolifera. This is a marine diatom also known as a algae, this plant like organism is found in the deeper parts of the ocean

Kingdom: Chromalveolata Division: Heterokonts Phylum: Heterokontophyta Class: Bacillariophyceae Order: Centrales Family: Genus: species:

Kingdom: Chromalveolata Division: Haptophyta Phylum: Class: Pavlovophyceae Order: Pavlovales Family: Pavlovaceae Genus: Diacronema species:

Kingdom:** //Plantae// **Phylum:** //Bacillariophyta// **Class:** //Bacillariophyceae// **Order:** //Not assigned// **Family:** //Axioidea// **Genus:** //Achnantheiopsis//
 * //Achnantheiopsis delicatula//

 Cymbella elizabethana

** Kingdom: ** Chromista Phylum: Ochrophyta Class: Bacillariophyceae Order: Cymbellales Family: Cymbellaceae Genus: Cymbella

Animal A living animal that has organs (most of the time) and eats food such as grass and meat. The Green sea turtle or chelonia mydas is a rare turtle that is found near shore but are still found some what farther out in the ocean. (herbivore) **Kingdom**: //Animalia//
 * Phylum**: //Chordata//
 * Class**: //Reptilia//
 * Order**: //Testudines//
 * Family**: //Cheloniidae//
 * Genus**: //Chelonia//
 * species**: //Chelonia mydas//

A pelagic sea snake is found close to the ocean surface, swimming around the sandy bottom or is on shore. (Carnivore)

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamota Family: Hydrophiidae Genus: Pelamis species: pelamis platurus

Sunfish live in the ocean near the bottom near some rocks or near the surface (carnivore)

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontformes Family: Molidae Genus: Mola species: mola mola

The Red lionfish is found near the atlantic coast in the ocean (carnivore)

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Scorpaeniformes Family: Scorpaenidae Genus: Pterois species: pterois volitans

These rare Manatees are found near sandbars or near shore. (Herbivore)

Genus:
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Chordata//
 * Class:** //Mammalia//
 * Order:** //Sirenia//
 * Family:** //Trichechidae//
 * species:** //Trichechus manatus//

similar to the Manitee it lives in ocean sand bars. (Herbivore)


 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Chordata//
 * Class:** //Mammalia//
 * Order:** Sirenia
 * Family:** //Dugongidae//
 * Genus:** //Dugong//
 * species:** //Dugong dugon//

The Orca or Orcainus orca is found in the arctic regions of the open ocean. (carnivore)

**Class:** //Mammalia//
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia// **Phylum:** //Chordata//
 * Order:** //Cete// **Family:** //Delphinidae//
 * Genus:** Orcinus
 * species:** orca

The Dolphin lives in the ocean slightly near the coasts. (Carnivore)


 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Chordata//
 * Class:** //Mammalia//
 * Order:** //Cetacea//
 * Family:** //Delphinidae//
 * Genus:** Cephalorhynchus
 * species:** //Bottle Nose//

The Giant Squid lives 2000ft deep in the Ocean (carnivore)

**Genus:** //Architeuthis//
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** Mullusca
 * Class:** //Cephalopoda//
 * Order:** //Architeuthis//
 * Family:** //Arcehiteuthida//
 * species:** //Architeuthis sanctipauli//

The Giant Octopus lives deep in the ocean mostly near some rocks (Carnivore)


 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Mullusca//
 * Class:** //Cephalopoda//
 * Order:** //Octopoda//
 * Family:** //Octopodadidae//
 * Genus:** //Enteroctopus//
 * species:** //Enteroctopus dofleini//

The hammerhead shark lives in the ocean on the sand floor (Carnivore)


 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Chordata//
 * Class:** //Chondrichthyes//
 * Order:** //Carcharhiniformes//
 * Family:** //Sphyrnidae//
 * Genus:** //Sphyrna//
 * species:** //winghead//



The Great White Shark live slightly far of shore and preys mostly on seal. (carnivore)

**Phylum:** Chordata  **Class:** Chondrichthyes
 * Kingdom:** Animalia
 * Order:** Lamniformes **Family:** Lamnidae
 * Genus: **Carcharodon **species: **carcharias

The Blue whale lives all over the ocean in the deeper parts. (Omnivore)


 * kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Chordata//
 * Class:** //Mammalia//
 * Order:** //Cetacea//
 * Family:** //Balaenopteridae//
 * Genus:** //Balaenoptera//
 * species:** //Balaenoptera musculus//



The Hourglass dolphin is a carnivore. This dolphin lives in the icy southern sea. (carnivore)

kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Family: Delphinidae Genus: Lagernorhynchus species: crucigar

The sperm whale is found about 2000ft below surface in the ocean. (carnivore)

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Lophiiformes Family: Physeteridae Genus: Physeter species: physeter catadon

Commerson's Dolphin The Commerson's Dolphin lives by the open ocean below South America. It is a carnivore. (carnivore) **Kingdom:** //Animalia// **Phylum:** //Chordata// **//Order://**
 * Class:** //Mammalia// **Family:** //Delphinida//
 * Genus:** //Cephalorhynchus// //**species**: commersonii//

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