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Hayden G. Monera a single-celled organism that has no nucleus

**Scientific name: //Lyngbya lutescens// ** **Shape: ****Bacilli (rod-shaped) ** **Description: //Lyngbya lutescens// live and grow on top of rocks along the shallow water. **




 * Scientific name: Flavobacterium columnare **
 * Shape: Bacilli **
 * Description: This bacteria lives in tropical estuaries inside of its fish. **

Protist **contains a nucleus and organelles, most are single-celled **

Protozoan "animal- like", no cell walls, and no chlorophyll, with a nucleus

**Scientific name:** **//Ichthyophthirius multifiliis //**
 * Common name: Ich (White-spot disease) **
 * Description: a contagious disease found in fresh and salt water, that sticks to a fish and forms small white bubbles (blisters) that causes irritation on the fish's skin and gills, and can eventually kill them.They can be found in the Great Bay Estuary. **

Algae any kingdom, has a nucleus, single-celled with a chlorophyll
 * Scientific name: // Karenia brevis //**
 * Common name: Red tide algae **
 * Description: A microscopic, single-celled, photosynthetic ** **organism that can "bloom" frequently. They are responsible for large die-offs in marine organisms and sea birds. //Karenia brevis// is unarmored. It lives in the Gulf of Mexico and "blooms" on Florida's coastal waters. **

** Fungi ** ** mostly multi-celled, no chlorophyll, absorb nutrients **
 * <span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Zygomycota ﻿ **
 * <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">tread-like, spore at the end of each filament﻿ **


 * Scientific name: //Mucor ramosissimus//**
 * Common name: Mold fungi**
 * This can be found in soil, plants, decaying organic material.**


 * Kingdom: Fungi**
 * Phylum: Zygomycota**
 * Class: Zygomycetes**
 * Order: Mucorales**
 * Family: Mucoraceae**
 * Genus: //Mucor//**
 * Species: //ramosissimus//**

=** Scientific name: //Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis// **=
 * Chytridiomycota **
 * live in water or soil **
 * Common name: Chytrid Frog Fungi**
 * It is a parasite chytrid fungus that can infect the skin of amphibians and cause disease. It has been linked to large die-offs of frogs in pristine areas like Panama and Australia.**


 * Kingdom: Fungi**
 * Phylum: Chytridiomycota**
 * Class: Chytridiomycetes**
 * Order: Rhizophydiales**
 * Family: Chydridiaceae**
 * Genus: //Batrachochytrium//**
 * Species: //dendrobatidis//**

//**Dendryphiella arenaria**//
 * Ascomycota **
 * cup-shaped **
 * Where they live: on the roots of mangrove trees, soil, and sediments found in the estuary.**
 * Kingdom: Fungi**
 * Phylum: Ascomycota**
 * Class: Dothideomycetes**
 * Order: Pleosporales**
 * Family: Pleosporaceae**
 * Genus: //Dendryphiella//**
 * Species: //arenaria//**

Basidiomycota club-shaped, closly packed filaments


 * // ﻿ Mycaureola dilseae //**
 * Where it lives: it lives on subtidal red algea **
 * Kingdom: Fungi **
 * Phylum: Basidiomycota **
 * Class: Basidiomycetes **
 * Order: Not assigned **
 * Family: Phyllachoraceae **
 * Genus: //Mycaureola// **
 * Species: //dilseae// **

** Plant Kingdom **** ﻿ ﻿ ** ** Multi-celled, has cell walls, and chlorophyll ** ** ﻿ **
 * // Avicennia marina //**
 * common name: grey mangrove **
 * Kingdom: Plantae **
 * Phylum: Magnoliophyta **
 * Class: Magnoliopsida **
 * Order: Lamiales **
 * Family: Incurvarioidea **
 * Genus: //Avicennia// **
 * Species: //marina// **
 * where they live: they form in intertidal forests in estuaries in the far north **

//** Adiantum hispidulum **// //** ﻿ **//** common name: Rough maidenhair ** **Genus:** ﻿//**Adiantum**// . //** ﻿﻿﻿Equisetum fluviatile **// **Kingdom: Plantae** **Phylum: Equisetophyta** **Class: Equisetopsida** **Order: Equisetales** **Family: Equisetaceae** **Genus: //Equisetum//** **Species: //fluviatile//** **where they live: they grow in dense colonies along the shoreline**
 * // Distichlis spicata //**
 * common name: spike grass **
 * Kingdom: Plantae **
 * Phylum: **** Magnoliophyta **
 * Class: Liliopsida **
 * Order: Poales **
 * Family: Poaceae **
 * Genus: //Distichlis// **
 * Species: //spicata// **
 * where they live: they live in the marches around estuaries **
 * Kingdom: Plantae **
 * Phylum:Pteridophyta **
 * Class: Filicopsida **
 * Order: Polypodiales **
 * Family: Pteridaceae **
 * Species: //hispidulum// **
 * where they are found: they live in mangrove forests **
 * //   ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ ﻿﻿ // common name: swamp horsetail **

//**Cycas apoa**// **common name: cycad tree** **Kingdom: Plantae** **Phylum: Cycadophyta** **Class: Cycadopsida** **Order: Cycadales** **Family: Cycadaceae** **Genus: //Cycas//** **Species: //apoa//** **where they live: they grow in wetland areas or on the shorline of an estuary**


 * // Gymnocarpium robertianum //**
 * common name: oak fern **
 * Kingdom: Plantae **
 * Phylum: Pteridophyta **
 * Class: Filicopsida **
 * Order: Polypodiales **
 * Family: Dryopteridaceae **
 * Genus: //Gymnocarpium// **
 * Species: //robertianum// **
 * where they live: they live in estuaries, marches and fens, heath, lakes, rivers, salt-march, sand-dune, acid woodland, basic woodland, shingle bar, ponds and streams, marginal wetland, sea-cliffs, mountain cliffs, waterfalls, arable land, bogs, eskers, meadows, pastures, roadsides, scrub, hedgerows, walls, and waste places **


 * Liliopsida: seed-producing, vascular **
 * S **** cientific name: **//** Setaria pumila **//
 * Common name:Cattail grass **
 * Kingdom: Plantea**
 * Division: Magnoliophyta**
 * Class: Liliopsida**
 * Order: Poales**
 * Family: Poaceae**
 * Genus: //Setaria//**
 * Species: //pumila//**
 * Description: Found in fresh water estuaries**


 * Magnoliopsida: seed producing, vascular, produce an embryo **
 * Scientific name: **//** Aster subulatus **//
 * Common name: Water Aster **
 * Kingdom: Plantae **
 * Division: Magnoliophyta **
 * Class: Magnoliopsida **
 * Order: Asterales **
 * Family: Asteraceae **
 * Genus: //Aster// **
 * Species: //subulatus// **
 * Description: Grows along the shoreline of <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 20px;">coastal and salt-marshes **


 * Pinopsida: **** most are conifers, vascular **
 * Scientific name: Picea glauca **
 * Common name: White Spruce **
 * Kingdom: Plantae **
 * Division: Pinophyta **
 * Class: Pinopsida **
 * Order: Pinales **
 * Family: Pinaceae **
 * Genus: //Picea// **
 * Species: //glauca// **
 * Description: The White Spruce can be found in cooler regions, like the Starrigavan Estuary in Alaska. **


 * Bryopsida: has a spore capsule, non-vascular, mosses **
 * Scientific name: //Bryum alpinum//**
 * Common name: Alpine bryum moss**
 * Kingdom: Plantae**
 * Division: Bryophyta**
 * Class: Bryopsida**
 * Order: Bryales**
 * Family: Bryacaea**
 * Genus: //Bryum//**
 * Species: //alpinum//**
 * Description: Found in rocky esturine habitats**


 * Lycopodiopsida: Vascular, have spore, clubmoss **
 * Scientific name: **//** Lycopodium annotinum **//
 * Common name: Stiff clubmoss **
 * Kingdom: Plantae**
 * Division: Lycopodiophyta**
 * Class: Lycopodiopsida**
 * Order: Lycopodiales**
 * Family: Lycopodiaceae**
 * Genus: //Lycopodium//**
 * Species: //annotinum//**
 * Description: Found along the shore of estuaries and wetlands**

= Scientific name: //Notothylas dissecta// =
 * Anthocerotopsida: non-vascular, hornwort **
 * common name: none **
 * Kingdom: Plantae**
 * Division: Anthocerotophyta**
 * Class: Anthocerotopsida**
 * Order: Anthocerotales**
 * Family: Tenobrionoidea**
 * Genus: //Notothylas//**
 * Species: //dissecta//**
 * Description: Grow only in damp and humid places, wetlands, and estuaries**

** Kingdom Animals **** ﻿ **** multi-cellular, digest food inside ﻿ **
 * Invertebrates **
 * has no backbone, spinal cord **


 * // Limulus polyphemus //**
 * common name: horseshoe crab **
 * Kingdom: Animalia **
 * Phylum: Arthropoda **
 * Class: Merostomata **
 * Order: Xiphosura **
 * Family: Limulidae **
 * Genus: //Limulus// **
 * species: //polyphemus// **
 * where they live: soft sandy or muddy bottoms, shallow coastal waters **

//** Aurelia aurita **//
 * common name: moon jellyfish **


 * Kingdom: Animalia **
 * Phylum: Cnidaria **
 * Class: Scyphozoa **
 * Order: Semaedstomeae **
 * Family: Ulmaridae **
 * Genus: //Aurelia// **
 * Species: //aurita// **
 * where they live: warm waters, near coast **

//** Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis **// //** Crocodylus porosus **// //** Dasyatis fluviorum **//
 * common name: green sea urchin **
 * Kingdom:﻿ Animalia **
 * Phylum: Echinodermata **
 * Class: Echinoidea **
 * Order: Echinoida **
 * Family: Strongylocentrotidae **
 * Genus: //Strongylocentrotus// **
 * Species: //droebachiensis// **
 * where they live: rocky subtital zones, **
 * common name: saltwater crocodile or estuarine crocodile **
 * Kingdom: Animalia **
 * Phylum: Chordata **
 * Class: Reptilia **
 * Order: Crocodylia **
 * Family: Crocodylidae **
 * Genus: **//** Crocodylus **//
 * // Species: porosus //**
 * where they live: swamps and mangrove forests in Austraila **
 * common name: **


 * // Pseudotriton ruber //**
 * common name; red salamander **
 * where they live: by healthy streams, springs **


 * Mullusk **

**<span style="background-color: #ff00ff; color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Soft body, two openings, simple organ systems, some with shell **
//** ﻿Mytilus edulis **//
 * common name: **//** Blue Mussle **//
 * Kingdom: Animalia**
 * Phylum: Mullusca**
 * Class: Bivalvia**
 * Order: Mytiloida**
 * Family:Mytilidae**
 * Genus: //Mytilus//**
 * Species: //edulis//**
 * Description of where they live: They live in intertidal areas attached to rocks.**

//** Cliona celata **//
 * Porifera **
 * Absorb food through pores, one opening for food/waste, attached to surface **
 * Common name: Yellow Boring Sponge **
 * Kingdom: Animalia**
 * Phylum: Porifera**
 * Class: Demospongiae**
 * Order: Hadromerida**
 * Family: Clionaidae**
 * Genus: //Cliona//**
 * Species: //celata//**
 * Description of where they are found: Grow on top of rocks and shells on the seafloor, most are found in salt water.**

//** Mnemiopsis leidyi **//
 * Ctenophora **
 * Two layers of cells with jelly-like substance, use cilia to swim **
 * common name: Comb jelly (Sea Walnut) **
 * Kingdom: Animalia**
 * Phylum: Ctenophora**
 * Class: Tentaculata**
 * Order: Lobata**
 * Family: Bolinopsidae**
 * Genus: //Mnemiopsis//**
 * Species: //leidyi//**
 * Description on where they are found: They inhabit coastal areas, and even in the Caspian Sea, most prefer warmer waters.**


 * Aves **
 * Hollow bones, scaly legs, feathers **
 * //Ardea herodias//**
 * Common name:Great Blue Heron**
 * Kingdom: Animalia**
 * Phylum: Chordata**
 * Class: Aves**
 * Order: Not Assigned**
 * Family: Areidae**
 * Genus: //Ardea//**
 * Species: //herodias//**
 * Description of where they are found: They are found on rocky or sandy-shores of estauries, marshes, rivers, lakes, salt water shores and ponds.**


 * <span style="background-color: #f6f65a; color: #808000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mammalia **
 * <span style="background-color: #808000; color: #f6f65a; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Hairy, milk-producing, endothermic **
 * //Trichecus manatus//**
 * Common name: Florida Manatee (Sea Cow)**
 * Kingdom:Animalia**
 * Phylum:Chordata**
 * Class:Mammalia**
 * Order:Sirenia**
 * Family:Trichechidae**
 * Genus: //Trichecus//**
 * Species: //manatus//**
 * Description of where they live: The Florida Manatee lives in warm shallow coastal wetlands, both salt and fresh water, and feeds on aquatic plants.**


 * Actinopterygii **
 * Fins supported by bones, upper jaw bones slides forward when opened **
 * //Solegnathus dunckeri//**
 * Common name: Leafy Sea Dragon**
 * Phylum: Chordata**
 * Class: Actinopterygii**
 * Order: Syngnathnathiformes**
 * Family:Syngnathidae**
 * Genus: //Solegnathus//**
 * Species: //dunckeri//**
 * Description of where they live: It can be found from Eastern Australia to Lord Howe Island. They normally live in waters ranging from 30 m -140 m.**

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