Class:
actinopterygii
Order:
anguilliformes
Family:
muraenidae
Genus:
gymnothorax
Species:
funebris
Common:
green moray
Morays lack pectoral fins. The green moray is the largest Atlantic moray. Anal fin begins just behind anus and dorsal fins begin far forward near circular gill opening. Rear nostrils a simple opening. Adults are greenish overall.
Subphylum:
vertebrata
Superclass:
agnatha
Common:
hagfish
scavengers - eat dead or dying fish.
Class:
cephalaspindomorphi
Order:
petromyzontiformes
Family:
petromyzontidae
Genus:
petromyzon
Species:
marinus
Common:
sea lamprey
This marine species (some permanent freshwater populations) has invaded the Great Lakes where much destruction of lake trout and whitefish has occured. It also occurs in NE Florida. Parasitic with tremendous reproductive powers, lampreys lack jaws, paired finds and scales. Posess 2 semicircular canals (other vertebrates have 3), cartilaginous endoskeleton, 2 dorsal fins near rear of body and 7 gill openings.
Phylum:
chordata
Subphylum:
vertebrata
Superclass:
gnathostomata
Class:
chondrichthyes
Common:
atlantic stingray
Stingrays have a thin tail bearing 1 to 3 venomous spines. Stingrays are bottom dwellers and feed on fish, crustaceans and mollusks,
Phylum:
chordata
Subphylum:
vertebrata
Superclass:
gnathostomata
Class:
actinopterygii
Order:
pleuronectiformes
Common:
hogchoker (right flounder)
Phylum:
echinodermata
bipinnaria larva of the starfish. The larva is bilateral in symmetry and has characteristic cilliated bands.
Phylum:
echinodermata
brachiolaria of the starfish. Like the bipinnaria larva, this larval type is bilaterally symmetrical and is cilliated.
Phylum:
echinodermata
Class:
crinoidea
These are fossil components of the sea lilies stalk
Phylum:
echinodermata
Class:
echinoidea
Common:
sand dollar
Like heart urchins and sea biscuits, ssand dollars have attained a second bilateral symmetry in the adult form.
lunules - elongated openings wich aid the animal to bury in the sand and also to right itself.
Phylum:
echinodermata
Class:
echinoidea
Common:
sea urchin
Hemisphereical in shape, long spines. No free rays or arms in this class.
Phylum:
echinodermata
Class:
holothuroidea
Common:
sea cucumbers
The adult body is long, ovid and soft, with a muscular wall. The retractile tentacles around the mouth represent modified tube feet. Spines, rays, and pedicellariae are all lacking.
Phylum:
echinodermata
Class:
ophiuroidea
Common:
basket star
Members of this class can be distinguished from members of the Class Asteroidea (sea stars and starfishes) by the rays of arms being sharply marked off from the central disk, In addition the ambulacral grooves are lacking in members of the class Ophiroidea.
Phylum:
echinodermata
Class:
ophiuroidea
Common:
brittle star
Members of this class can be distinguished from members of the Class Asteroidea (sea stars and starfishes) by the rays of arms being sharply marked off from the central disk, In addition the ambulacral grooves are lacking in members of the class Ophiroidea.
Phylum:
echinodermata
Class:
ophiuroidea
Common:
brittle stars
Members of this class can be distinguished from members of the Class Asteroidea (sea stars and starfishes) by the rays of arms being sharply marked off from the central disk, In addition the ambulacral grooves are lacking in members of the class Ophiroidea.
Phylum:
echinodermata
Class:
echinoidea
Common:
sea biscuit
More closely related to heart urchins and to sand dollars than to the typical sea urchins.
