Crustacean

There are no doubt many threats to our oceans and waterways at this point in time. However there is one major threat to water quality that humans are responsible for. When we burn fossil fuel, there are many gaseous compounds released into the atmosphere. Doesn’t sound that bad does it? However, when some of these compounded gases react with water, the water is now acidic. The gas that is produced when burning these fuels is carbon dioxide (CO2). Ocean acidification is when carbon dioxide…

They enjoy feeding on small fish, crustaceans, sea snakes, and some seabirds. The Blacktip Reef Shark is known for its strategic and unique way of hunting fish; the shark pushed itself out of the water, spins, landing on its back, attracting fish closer to the surface. The Blacktip Reef Shark…

Shone on Them for 30 Seconds Another name for Sowbugs is Porcellio Laevis and these creatures are land living crustaceans, mostly aquatic invertebrates, such as the lobster, crab, and crayfish. They are found in most parts of the world, but are most common throughout North America. Since sowbugs are crustaceans, they breathe through gills. Gills are the primary breathing way for all crustaceans and they must be kept moist (4). In addition, these creatures are flat and oval (1). They have seven…

Effect of decreasing of coral reef Why coral bleaching is bad? There are three main reasons. First, coral reefs are places which many animals live. Microbes and crustaceans eat mucus. Fish use corals as safe houses. For example, there are many kinds of animals in Okinawa’s coral reef: damselfish family, threadsail filefish family, sea-cucumber, sea-urchin, starfish, and so on. Moreover, coral reef hold only 600,000km2…

Tasmania, the spotted handfish were found most until the 1980s. The small percent of spotted handfish still on earth are normally found in Tasmania. Tasmania is found in Australia. The spotted handfish has a very small and restricted diet of eating crustaceans, polychaete worms and small shells. a polychaete worm is a small worm like creature found floating in all kinds of waters. Their numbers have been in decline due to many mostly man-made factors like pollution, climate change, ect. In…

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between an octopus and a squid? While they are similar in many ways, they are also different in others. I will talk about both the similarities and the differences between their physical characteristics, their habitat, and their behavior. The octopus and the squid are both similar and different in the way they look. They’re closely related to mollusks. Squids have a backbone-like structure that is flexible which is similar to the shell of a snail.…

eat the dead bodies of things. Next is krill, which eat the plankton. After that is small squids, who eat small fish and krill. Then comes large squids, who like to eat small squids and fish. Now comes dolphins, who eat the squids and fish, plus crustaceans and octopus. Next is sharks and killer whales, who eat the dolphins, and last but not least comes the killer whales, who eat the sharks. Obviously there’s more species involved, but that’s the basic…

Fossa fossana, otherwise known as the Malagasy Civet or even Striped Civet is an euplerid only found in Madagascar. The Malagasy Civet is a small (About 26.9 inches head to tail), nocturnal mammal. Found throughout Madagascar in rain forests and lowlands, the Malagasy Civet creates a couple and claims territory. The niche of the Malagasy Civet is to feed upon invertebrates, small amphibians and some small mammals. The Fossa fossana typically sleeps in hollow trees and rock crevasses during the…

successfully carried north by the Gulf Stream current,” said Landau. “Sometimes the currents move these animals into temperate seas when the winds drives them toward coastlines.” The diet of the Portuguese Man’ O War is composed of small fish and crustaceans with their long contractile tentacles paralyzing their prey. These creatures may seem very attractive to look at while they are lying on the sand, but if humans come into direct contact with a Portuguese Man O’War their sting can be fatal…

Some foods that it eats are mussels, snails, fish, plants, carrion (decaying flesh), and other Blue Crabs. This crustacean eats by grabbing their food with their claws and moving to their mouths. Next, the Blue Crab has a mouth that processes food. Once the food particles are small enough, the food goes into their digestive track and into a chamber where the food particles…