Estuaries+Fact

Welcome to Estuaries Facts. By Johnny N. and Veronica C. Monerans No nucleus, single celled // ​ Calothrix Cyanobacteria Bacilla Shaped Calothrix // // cyanobacteria is and organism found on the rocks close to an Estuary .//

//Lyngbya cyanobacteria// Shape: Bacilla //Lyngbya cyanobacterica// is found on the tops of rocks in an estuary.



Protists Nucleus and organelles, most single celled Protozoans "animal-like", no cell walls, no chlorophyll  //Pseudo-nitzschia// Pseudo-nitzschia lives in the salt-water and fresh-water environment of the estuary.



Algae: "plant-like", cells walls, chlorophyll. // Pfiesteria piscicida

Descripition of where it lives: // //Pfiesteria piscicida// lives in the costal waters of an estuary.



Fungi Multi celled no chlorophyll absorbs nutrients Zycomycota: Threadlike __spore__ at the end of the filament //Mucor ramosissimus// Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Zygomycota Class: Zygomycetes Order: Mucorales Family: Mucoraceae Genus: //Mucor// Species: //ramosissimus// It lives in the tidal zone of an Estuary

Ascomycota: Cup-shaped // Dictyosporium elegans // Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: ascomycota Class: ascomycetes Order: xylariales Genus: //Dictyosprium// Species: //elegans//



//Omphalotus nidiformis// Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes Order: Aqaricales Family:Omphalotaceae Genus: //Omphalotus// Species: //nidiformis// Common name: Jack 'o Lantern Mushroom Location: Found on the trunk of trees near the water



//Synchytriaceae endobioticum// Kingdom: Fungi

Synchytriaceae endobioticum is found on seaplants of an estaury.
Kingdom Plantae Plantae- The taxonomic kingdom comprising all plants.

//Lilopsida-// A class comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel- veined leaves //Spartina alterniflora// Kingdom: Plantae Phylem: Tracheophyta Class: Lilopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: //Spartina// Spiecies: //alterniflora// Common name: Smooth cord grass //Spartina alterniflora// can be found on the edges of the water.



Lilopsida- A class comprising seed plants that produce and embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves //Zostera marina // Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Lilopsida Order: Zosteroles Family: Zosteraceae Genus: //Zostera// Species: //marina// Common name: Eelgrass Can be found in sandy or muddy parts of a sediment.

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Atriplex patuala // Kindom: Plantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnolipsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Chenopodiaceae Genus: //Atriplex// Species: //patuala// Common name: Marsh Orach You can find it inshore from the stands of cordgrass. // Limonium nashii // Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Plumbaginales Family:Plumbaginaceae Genus: //Limonium// Species: //nashii// Common name: Sea Lavender //Limonium nashii// grows in the lower and middle intertidal zones in groups or alone.

Pinopsida- A class in the plant system __//Taxodium Distichum//__ Kingdom Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Papilionoidea Genus: //Taxodium// Species: //distichum// Common name: Bald Cypress



//Equisetum arvense// Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Equisetopsida Order: Equisetales Family: Equisetaceae Genus: //Equisetum// Species: //arvense// Common name: HorsetailIt can be found around the edges of an estuary



Rosopsida- A flowering plant with two embryonic seed leaves or cotyledons that usually appear at germination //Corchorus cunninghamii// Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Rosopsida Order: Malvales Family: Tiliaceae Genus: //Corchorus// Species: //cunninghamii// Common name: Native Jute It can be found in the narrow ecotone.

Rosopsida- A flowering plant with two embryonic seed leaves or cotyledons that usually appear at germination //Suaeda esteroa// Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class: Rosopsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Chenopodiaceae Genus: //Suaeda// Species: //esteroa// Common name: Seablite Found just outside of an estuary.



The spruce tree lives in cold climates in an Estuary.
​ // Cycas Circinalis​ // Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Traceophyta Class: Cycadopsida Order: Cycadales Family: Cycadaceae Genus: //Cycas// Species: //Circinalis// Common Name: Palm-Leaved Cycas

Kingdom Animals Multi-celled, digest food inside body. Cnidaria- An alternative name for the invertebrate phylum Coelenterata. //Anthopleura xanthogrammica// Kingdom: Animal Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Anthozoa Order: Actiniaria Family: Actiniidae Genus: //Anthopleura// Species: //xanthogrammica// Common name: Giant Green Sea Anemone Found in the mid to low tide region in an estuary.



Cnidaria- An alternative name for the invertebrate phylum Coelenterata. //Aurelia aurita// Kingdom: Animal Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Scyphozoa Order: Semaeostomeae Family: Ulmaridae Genus: //Aurelia// Species: //aurita// Common name: Moon Jelly Can be found in swarms.



mollusca- comprising the mollusks. //Mytilus califorianus// Kingdom: Animals Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriomorpha Family: Mytilidae Genus: //Mytilus// Species: // califorianus // Common name: California mussel Found close to shore in an estuary.



Chordata- Comprises true vertebrates and animals //Limosa limosa// Kingdom: Animal Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Ciconilforme Genus: //Limosa// Species: //limosa// Common name: Black-Tailed Godwit Found around and estuary.



Chordata- Comprises true vertebrates and animals//Crocodylus niloticus// Kingdom: Animal Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Crocodylia Family: Crocodylidae Genus: //Crocodylus// Species: //niloticus// Common name: Estuarine Crocodile Found in Madagascar estuaries.



Chordata- Comprises true vertebrates and animals. //Tringa melanoleuca// Kingdom: Animal Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Tringinae Genus: //Tringa// Species: melanoleuca Common name: Yellow legged plover Found around an estuary.

//Vertabrate: Rattus Marmosurus// Kingom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammilia Order:Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus://Rattus// Species: //Marmosurous// Common Name: Opossum Rat

//Careetta caretta// Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family:Cheloniidae Genus: //Careetta// Species: //caretta// Common Name: Sea Turtle Where it's found: Deep in an Estuary

Vertabrate: //Anas platyrhynchos// Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Chordata Class: Aves Order: Anseriformes Genus://Anas// Species: //platyrhynchos// Common Name: Green-Head Duck Where it's found: In the freshwater wetlands in and estuary.

Invertabrate: //Enteroctopus dofleini// Kingdom:Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopada Family: Chalecidoidea Genus: //Enteroctopus// Species: //dofleini// Common Name: Giant Pacific Octopus Where it's found: Found in the bottom of an estuary where it's soft. Invertabrate: //Scylla serrata// Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropods Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Family: Portunoidea Genus: //Scylla// Species: //serrata// Common Name: Mud Crab Invertabrate: //Cliona celata// Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Class: Demospongiae Order: Hadromerida Family: Clionaidae Genus: //Cliona// Species: //celata// Common Name: Boring Sopnge