"Goose barnacle Goose barnacles (order Pedunculata), also called stalked barnacles or gooseneck barnacles, are filter-feeding crustaceans that live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and flotsam in the ocean intertidal zone. Some species of goose barnacles such as ""Lepas anatifera"" are pelagic and are most frequently found on tidewrack on oceanic coasts. Unlike most other types of barnacles, intertidal goose barnacles (e.g. ""Pollicipes pollicipes"" and ""Pollicipes polymerus"") depend on water motion rather than the movement of their cirri for feeding, and are therefore found only on exposed or moderately exposed coasts. In the days before it was realised that birds"
"Serow The serows ( or ) are six species of medium-sized goat-like or antelope-like mammals of the genus Capricornis. All six species of serow were until recently also classified under ""Naemorhedus"", which now only contains the gorals. They live in central or eastern Asia. Like their smaller relatives the gorals, serows are often found grazing on rocky hills, though typically at a lower elevation when the two types of animal share territory. Serows are slower and less agile than gorals, but they nevertheless can climb slopes to escape predation and to take shelter during cold winters or hot summers. Serows,"
"gannets, and auks. Although they spend most of their lives in the ocean, species such as gulls can often be found thousands of miles inland. There are five main types of marine mammals, namely cetaceans (toothed whales and baleen whales); sirenians such as manatees; pinnipeds including seals and the walrus; sea otters; and the polar bear. All are air-breathing, and while some such as the sperm whale can dive for prolonged periods, all must return to the surface to breathe. Marine habitats can be divided into coastal and open ocean habitats. Coastal habitats are found in the area that extends"
"Abalone Abalone ( or ; via Spanish """", from Rumsen ""aulón"") is a common name for any of a group of small to very large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Haliotidae. Other common names are ear shells, sea ears, and muttonfish or muttonshells in Australia, ormer in Great Britain, abalone in South Africa, and in New Zealand. Abalone are marine snails. Their taxonomy puts them in the family Haliotidae which contains only one genus, ""Haliotis"", which once contained six subgenera. These subgenera have become alternate representations of ""Haliotis"". The number of species recognized worldwide ranges between 30"
"the goose barnacles found in floating ""nests"" on the beach. Lepas anserifera Lepas anserifera is a species of goose barnacle or stalked barnacle in the family Lepadidae. It lives attached to floating timber, ships' hulls and various sorts of flotsam. ""Lepas anserifera"" has a shell or capitulum enclosed in six white plates supported by a tough, flexible, orange stalk or peduncle. The capitulum is about long and the stalk a similar length. The limy plates are thick and sculptured and are in close contact with each other. The largest plates, the pair of scuta at the stalk end, are quadrangular"
"Alligator gar The alligator gar (""Atractosteus spatula"") is a ray-finned euryhaline fish related to the bowfin in the infraclass Holostei . It is the largest species in the gar family, and among the largest freshwater fishes in North America. The fossil record traces its existence back to the Early Cretaceous over a hundred million years ago. Gars are often referred to as ""primitive fishes"", or ""living fossils"" because they have retained some morphological characteristics of their earliest ancestors, such as a spiral valve intestine which is also common to the digestive system of sharks, and the ability to breathe both"
"(""Anas crecca""), gadwall (""Anas strepera""), northern shoveler (""Anas clypeata""), northern pintail (""Anas acuta""), mallard (""Anas platyrhynchos""), wood duck (""Aix sponsa""), and many others. Migrating waterfowl have high energy needs and require stopover points on their migration route (Martin and Finch 1995). With much of the bottomland hardwood forest in the southeast US destroyed, GTRs provide food and habitat for waterfowl during migration. During a migration stopover, studies have shown that a duck’s diet may consist of 60% acorns or mast (Allen 1980). Migrating waterfowl require good sources of carbohydrates and protein. Acorns are an important food source for waterfowl, but"
"Gar Gars (or garpike) are members of the Lepisosteiformes (or Semionotiformes), an ancient holosteian order of ray-finned fish; fossils from this order are known from the Late Jurassic onwards. The family Lepisosteidae includes seven living species of fish in two genera that inhabit fresh, brackish, and occasionally marine, waters of eastern North America, Central America and the Caribbean islands. Gars have elongated bodies that are heavily armored with ganoid scales, and fronted by similarly elongated jaws filled with long, sharp teeth. All of the gars are relatively large fish, but the alligator gar (""Atractosteus spatula"") is the largest, as specimens"
"Deep-sea gigantism In zoology, deep-sea gigantism, also known as abyssal gigantism, is the tendency for species of invertebrates and other deep-sea dwelling animals to be larger than their shallower-water relatives. Proposed explanations involve adaptation to scarcer food resources, greater pressure or colder temperature at depth. Examples of deep-sea gigantism include the giant isopod, giant ostracod, the giant sea spider, the giant amphipod, the Japanese spider crab, the giant oarfish, the deepwater stingray, the seven-arm octopus, and a number of squid species: the colossal squid (up to 14 m in length), the giant squid (up to 12 m), ""Onykia robusta"", ""Taningia"
"Goose Geese are waterfowl of the family Anatidae. This group comprises the genera ""Anser"" (the grey geese) and ""Branta"" (the black geese)."" Chen"", a genus comprising 'white geese', is sometimes used to refer to a group of species that are more commonly placed within ""Anser"". Some other birds, mostly related to the shelducks, have ""goose"" as part of their names. More distantly related members of the family Anatidae are swans, most of which are larger than true geese, and ducks, which are smaller. The word ""goose"" is a direct descendent of Proto-Indo-European root, ""ghans-"". In Germanic languages, the root gave"
"in the top layers of ocean water. PFOA is detected widely in surface waters, and is present in numerous mammals, fish, and bird species. PFOA is in the blood or vital organs of Atlantic salmon, swordfish, striped mullet, gray seals, common cormorants, Alaskan polar bears, brown pelicans, sea turtles, sea eagles, Midwestern bald eagles, California sea lions and Laysan albatrosses on Sand Island, a wildlife refuge on Midway Atoll, in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean, about halfway between North America and Asia. However, wildlife has much less PFOA than humans, unlike PFOS and other longer perfluorinated carboxylic acids;"
"Pacific oyster The Pacific oyster, Japanese oyster, or Miyagi oyster (""Magallana gigas""), previously and currently also known as ""Crassostrea gigas"", considered by part of the scientific community to be the proper denomination [2][2] [3][3] as an accepted alternative in WoRMS, is an oyster native to the Pacific coast of Asia. It has become an introduced species in North America, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand. The genus ""Magallana"" is named for the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and its specific epithet ""gígās"" is from the Greek for ""giant"". It was previously placed in the genus ""Crassostrea;"" from the Latin ""crass"" meaning ""thick"","
"Loon The loons (North America) or divers (Great Britain/Ireland) are a group of aquatic birds found in many parts of North America and northern Eurasia. All living species of loons are members of the genus Gavia, family Gaviidae and order Gaviiformes. Loons, which are the size of a large duck or a small goose, resemble these birds in shape when swimming. Like ducks and geese, but unlike coots (which are Rallidae) and grebes (Podicipedidae), the loon's toes are connected by webbing. The loons may be confused with the cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae), which are not too distant relatives of divers, and like"
"the body. This species is much less gregarious than most geese, usually occurring in family groups. It breeds on coastal tundra, laying 3–7 eggs in a ground nest. Breeding birds molt near the breeding colonies, but non-breeders move to St. Lawrence Island to molt prior to the main migration to the rocky coastlines of the wintering grounds. The food of this goose is typically composed of shoreline grasses and other coastal plants. Emperor goose The emperor goose (""Anser canagicus"") is a species of goose. It breeds around the Bering Sea, mostly in Alaska, United States, but also in Kamchatka, Russia."
"2014, the appellate court affirmed the judgment of the district court. Alligator gar The alligator gar (""Atractosteus spatula"") is a ray-finned euryhaline fish related to the bowfin in the infraclass Holostei . It is the largest species in the gar family, and among the largest freshwater fishes in North America. The fossil record traces its existence back to the Early Cretaceous over a hundred million years ago. Gars are often referred to as ""primitive fishes"", or ""living fossils"" because they have retained some morphological characteristics of their earliest ancestors, such as a spiral valve intestine which is also common to"
"Oceans (TV series) Oceans is an eight-part documentary series on BBC Two, which seeks to provide a better understanding of the state of the Earth's oceans today, their role in the past, present and future and their significance in global terms. Paul Rose also documents some of the scientific observations his team made as a feature for BBC News. Some of the species features in the series include: Sperm whale, Humboldt squid, Sea lion, Scallop, Hammerhead shark, Kelp, Weedy sea dragon, Maori octopus, Fur seal, Rock lobster, Lionfish, Coconut crab, Seahorses, Whale shark, Dugong, Six gill shark, Great white shark,"
"of plants. Turtle-jawed moa-nalo The turtle-jawed moa-nalo (""Chelychelynechen quassus""), also formerly referred to as the large Kauai goose, is a species of moa-nalo, one of a group of extinct, flightless, large goose-like ducks, which evolved in the Hawaiian Islands of the North Pacific Ocean. It was described in 1991 from subfossil material collected in 1976 by Storrs Olson from the calcareous Makawehi dunes on the south-eastern coast of the island of Kauai. Its remains have also been found at the nearby Makauwahi Cave site. The generic name ""Chelychelynechen"" comes from the Greek ""chelys"" (“turtle”), ""chelyne"" (“lip” or “jaw”), with ""chen"""
"of sharks used to feed on rays, which are a main predator of bay scallops. With the shark population reduced – this apex predator in some places almost eliminated – the rays have been free to feed on scallops to the point of greatly decreasing their numbers. By contrast, the Atlantic sea scallop (""Placopecten magellanicus"") is at historically high levels of abundance after recovery from overfishing. Scallops are characterized by offering two flavors and textures in one shell: the meat, called ""scallop"", which is firm and white, and the roe, called ""coral"", which is soft and often brightly coloured reddish-orange."
"unlike gorals, make use of their preorbital glands in scent marking. Coloration varies by species, region, and individual. Both sexes have beards and small horns which are often shorter than their ears. Fossils of serow-like animals date as far back as the late Pliocene, two to seven million years ago. The common ancestor species of the Caprinae subfamily may have been very similar to modern serows. Serow The serows ( or ) are six species of medium-sized goat-like or antelope-like mammals of the genus Capricornis. All six species of serow were until recently also classified under ""Naemorhedus"", which now only"
"in the tissues of larger, long-lived predatory fishes. When compared to smaller, short-lived fishes, bowfin tend to concentrate mercury at higher levels thereby making them less safe for human consumption. Bowfin Bowfin (""Amia calva"") are bony fishes related to gars in the infraclass Holostei. Common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, griddle, grinnel, swamp trout and choupique. They are regarded as taxonomic relicts, being the sole surviving species of the order Amiiformes which dates from the Jurassic to the Eocene, persisting to the present. Although bowfin are highly evolved, they are often referred to as ""primitive fishes"" because they have"
"coral, fire coral, sea whips, star coral and finger coral. Along the many coral reefs are also numerous crabs, lobsters, parrot fish, damselfish, goatfish, wrasse, triggerfish, trunkfish, trumpet fish, angelfish, squid, sea turtles and octopus. Among the larger marine mammals are species such as the endangered West Indian manatee and humpback whale, as well as sixteen other species of whales and dolphins, including the pantropical spotted dolphin, common bottlenose dolphin, Atlantic spotted dolphin, Clymene dolphin, spinner dolphin, striped dolphin, rough-toothed dolphin, Risso's dolphin, melon-headed whale, pygmy killer whale, false killer whale, and the short-finned pilot whale. Shark species include the"
"Gorgonian Gorgonians are sessile colonial cnidarians found throughout the oceans of the world, especially in the tropics and subtropics. The name ""Gorgonacea"" is no longer considered valid and Alcyonacea is now the accepted name for the order. Gorgonians are also known as sea fans and sea whips and are similar to the sea pen, a soft coral. Gorgonians are closely related to coral. Individual tiny polyps form colonies that are normally erect, flattened, branching, and reminiscent of a fan. Others may be whiplike, bushy, or even encrusting. A colony can be several feet high and across but only a few"
"and the hulls of boats, and also on the shells of bivalve molluscs. Megabalanus coccopoma Megabalanus coccopoma, the titan acorn barnacle, is a tropical species of barnacle first described by Charles Darwin in 1854. Its native range is the Pacific coasts of South and Central America but it is extending its range to other parts of the world. The titan acorn barnacle is a large species with calcareous plates forming a steep-sided cone which grows to a height and width of . The plates are smooth and are fused together. They are pink and are separated by narrow purple or"
"Triglidae The Triglidae, commonly known as sea robins or gurnard, are a family of bottom-feeding scorpaeniform fish. They get their name (sea robin) from the orange ventral surface of the species in the Western Atlantic (""Prionotus carolinus"") and from large pectoral fins, which, when swimming, open and close like a bird's wings in flight. The large surface area of the fins also permits the fish to glide short distances above the water surface, much like a flying fish. They are bottom-dwelling fish, living down to , although they can be found in much shallower water. Most species are around in"
"dolphin (""Grampus griseus""), pygmy killer whale (""Feresa attenuata""), common dolphins (""Delphinus"" spp.), dusky dolphin (""Lagenorhynchus obscurus""), melon-headed whale (""Peponocephala electra""), sperm whale, finless porpoise (""Neophocaena phocaenoides""), harbor porpoise (""Phocoena phocoena""), vaquita (""P. sinus""), Burmeister's porpoise (""P. spinippinis""), True's beaked whale (""Mesoplodon mirus""), common minke whale, sei whale, Eden's whale (""B. edeni""), blue whale, fin whale, and humpback whale. Whale barnacle The whale barnacles are the acorn barnacles that belong to the family Coronulidae. They typically attach to baleen whales, though they may settle on toothed whales and, rarely, turtles. The barnacles passively filter food, using tentacle-like cirri, through the water"
"Balanoglossus Balanoglossus is an ocean-dwelling acorn worm (Enteropneusta) genus of great zoological interest because, being a Hemichordate, it is an ""evolutionary link"" between invertebrates and vertebrates. ""Balanoglossus"" is a deuterostome, and resembles the Ascidians or sea squirts, in that it possesses branchial openings, or ""gill slits"". It has notochord in the upper part of the body and has no nerve chord. It does have a stomochord, however, which is gut chord within the collar. Their heads may be as small as 2.5 mm (1/10 in) or as large as 5 mm (1/5 in). J.F. Eschscholtz who discovered Balanoglossus in 1825"
"for food. Small individuals produce more sounds than larger ones, and emit more ""grunts"" than ""knocks"", probably because they more often compete for food by contest tactics whereas larger specimens predominantly scramble for food. Grey gurnards are of commercial importance as a food. Grey gurnard The grey gurnard (""Eutrigla gurnardus"") is a species of sea robin native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea. This fish can be found at depths from , though it is not normally found below . This species grows to a total length of , though usually reaching up to"
"Boops boops Boops boops ; ""boōps"", literally ""cow-eye""), commonly called a bogue, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic. Its common name in most languages refers to its large (""bug"") eyes. It is found off the coasts of Europe, Africa, the Azores and the Canary Islands, from Norway to Angola, and in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. The species avoids brackish waters such as the Baltic Sea. A demersal and semi-pelagic feeder, it can generally be found down to 100 m, and infrequently down to 350 m. It consumes seaweed, crustaceans, and some plankton, in schools that"
"Horn. Groups have been observed journeying from Japan to the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and sometimes wash up on westerly and southerly beaches in the British Isles, as well as westerly beaches further south in Europe. It is not normally found in the Mediterranean Sea, but may have begun to colonise there from the Atlantic Ocean. Dosima Dosima fascicularis, the buoy barnacle, is ""the most specialised pleustonic goose barnacle"" species. It hangs downwards from the water surface, held up by a float of its own construction, and is carried along by ocean currents. As an adult, ""D. fascicularis"""
"them than the great horned owl. Most of the fish recorded are medium-sized, with at least 10 each of various kinds of carp or cod, but several species averaging more than in mature mass have been taken, including common barbell (""Barbus barbus""), common carp (""Cyprinus carpio""), northern pike (""Esox lucius"") and a few species of trout, even bigger marine predators like the anglerfish (""Lophius piscatorius"") and European conger (""Conger conger""). However, in many cases small, young specimens may be caught of these large fish species rather than full-grown adults. Several species of insect and invertebrate have been identified in eagle-owl"
"two years, reproducing and then dying shortly thereafter. Echinoderms are marine animals, widespread in all oceans, but not found in fresh water. Just below their skin is an endoskeleton composed of calcareous plates or ossicles. Sea urchins are spiky echinoderms with spherical bodies which usually contain five gonads. They move slowly, feed mostly on seaweed, and are important for the diet of sea otters. Sea urchins are dioecious, having separate male and female sexes, although there is generally no easy way to distinguish the two. The gonads are lined with muscles underneath the peritoneum, and these allow the animal to"
"take home. The combination of these three has led the great seahorse to be labeled as vulnerable. The specific name honours the American entomologist and evolutionary biologist Vernon Lyman Kellogg 1867-1937. Great seahorse The great seahorse (""Hippocampus kelloggi""), also known as Kellogg’s seahorse, is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae. It is one of the largest of the 54 species of seahorse. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region, specifically documented from the coast of East Africa to Japan. It was also recently identified around both northern and southern Australia. They frequent areas with an abundance of coral"
"of salmon occur in two genera. The genus ""Salmo"" contains the Atlantic salmon, found in the north Atlantic, as well as many species commonly named trout. The genus ""Oncorhynchus"" contains eight species which occur naturally only in the North Pacific. As a group, these are known as Pacific salmon. Chinook salmon have been introduced in New Zealand and Patagonia. Coho, freshwater sockeye, and Atlantic salmon have been established in Patagonia, as well. Also a number of other species have common names which refer to them as being salmon. Of those listed below, the Danube salmon or ""huchen"" is a large"