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Creature of The Week Flashcards

1
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California Mussel scientific name

A

mytilus californianus

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2
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California Mussel what they attache by

A

Byssal Threads

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3
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Mussel Food supply

A

filters two to three liters of water an hour

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4
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Giant Green Anemone scientific name

A

anthopleura xanthogrammica

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5
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Green anameone diet

A

detached mussels, crabs and small fishes

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6
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Green anemone size

A

7 inches

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7
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Green anemone range

A

Alaska to panama

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Green anemone cool fact

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the sunlight makes the green brighter, but in the sun the green wastes away and turns blanch white

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Acorn Barnacle scientific name

A

balanus glandula

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10
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Acorn barnacle realatives

A

related to shrimp

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11
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Acorn Barnacle evolution

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cement themelves on a hard surface head down feet up, when water the trap door opens and feet sweep for plankton

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12
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orange puffball sponge scientific name

A

thehya aurantia

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13
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Orange puffballs tiny pores called

A

ostia that carry oxygen

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14
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Orange puffball sponges structural protein

A

Spongin

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15
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Orange puffballs sponge waste opening called

A

oscula

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16
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Copepod scientific name

A

phylum arthopoda

17
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copepod what they eat

A

diatoms, and phytoplankton

18
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copepod size

A

.25 inches

19
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copepod habitat

A

all marine and freshwater habitats

20
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copepod relatives

A

shrimp, crab, lobsters

21
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copepod how much it eats in 24 hours

A

11,000 to 373,000 diatoms

22
Q

By-the-wind sailor scientific name

A

velella velella

23
Q

BWS when there blown ashore

A

late spring or early summer

24
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BWS what they are made up of

A

polyps or zooids

25
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BWS diet

A

fish eggs, shrimp eggs, copepods and other plankton

26
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BWS size

27
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BWS habitat

A

temperate and tropical waters

28
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BWS relatives

A

phylum Cnidaria, class hydrozoa

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