Monday, 3 December 2012

ZOOLOGY WEBQUEST

ZOOLOGY WEBQUEST

3 photos and a little bit of descriptions for each phylum (Porifera/Cnidaria/Platyhelminthes)


Porifera

Genus: Callyspongia Armigera
Class: Demospongiae.

Its family is Callyspongiidae, and order is Haplosclerida.
Its colour is gray, it is tough and brancing in shape. 

Genus: Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta

Its common name is Cobalt sponge.
The blue organism in the picture is the sponge
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Geunus: Tethya aurantia

Its common name is Orange puffball sponge.
It grows to about 10cm in diameter. Oscula are present on the upper surface.

Cnidaria

Geunus: Balanophyllia elegans
Class: Anthozoa

Its common name is Orange cup coral.
Its habitat is reefs & pilings and animal type is Invertebrates

Genus: Corynactis californica
Class: Anthozoa

Its common name is Strawberry anamone.
a bright red colonial anthozoan similar to sea anemones and scleractinian stony corals.
 

Genus: Paracyathus stearnsi
Class:
 Anthozoa
Its common name is Brown cup coral.A small, brown, solitary cup coral with a translucent/white polyp.



Platyhelminthes

Genus: Pseudoceros
Species: bajae

Its family is Pseudocerotidae, and order is Polycladida.
It can be found in Baja California, Mexico.

Genus: Pseudoceros
Species: dimidiatus

Its faimly is Pseudocerotidae, and order is Ploycladida.
It can be found in Hawaii, USA

Genus: Maiazoon
Species: orsaki

Its family is Psedocerotidae and order is Polycladida.
It can be found in Maldives, Ari Atoll, Bathala Tila.
And its length would be about 30mm.

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