Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Anthozoa Order: Actiniaria Family: Actinostolidae Genus: Paranthus Species: P. rapiformis Description P. rapiformisis a small white sea anemone which burrows into the sediment, usually subtidally, but it may be exposed at extreme low water. Their Body is soft, translucent. The can varies from color...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Ascidiacea Order: Enterogona Family: Ascidiidae Genus: Ascidia Reference http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103407 http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=zmns&id=569
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Appendicularia Order: Copelata Family: Oikopleuridae Genus: Oikopleura Species: O. dioica Description This is a small appendicularian usually between 0.5 and 1.0 mm but may reach 1.3 mm. They have an an ovoid trunk and a narrow tail, the length of the tail is about four times the body...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Appendicularia Order: Copelata Family: Fritillariidae Genus: Fritillaria Species: F. pellucida Description They are Small, solitary, free-swimming tunicates, Characterised by the retention in the adult of a muscular tail and a notochord, a rudimentary or embryonic spinal column typical of all chordates. Their body is divided...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Hemichordata Class: Pterobranchia Order: Cephalodiscida Description Cephalodiscida is one of two orders in the class Pterobranchia, which are small, worm-shaped animals. Members belong to the hemichordates.[1][2] Species in this order are sessile, living in clear water and secrete tubes on the ocean floor Reference http://www.bie.ala.org.au/species/NZOR-4-75824 http://www.species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=zsao&id=4023
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Hemichordata Class: Enteropneusta Order: Enteropneusta Family: Ptychoderidae Genus: Balanoglossus Description These are free swimming animals. Larval stage tailed, with elongate envelope and intermediate vesicle between tail and cephalo-enteron. They have an oral and atrial (cloacal) siphon that are located either opposite. Tunicates are bilaterally symmetrical, at least during the early developmental stages. They possess...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Ascidiacea Order: Stolidobranchia Family: Pyuridae Genus: Boltenia Description This egg-shaped sea squirt is easily recognized by the branched tentacles giving it a cactus-like appearance. The diameter can reach 45 mm, 35 is more common. The color is usually yellow or light brown, sometimes with...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Phoronida Family: Phoronidae Genus: Phoronis Species: P. australis Description These are worms are unsegmented worms belonging to Phylum Phoronida. This is a small phylum with less than 20 species. They build and live inside tubes made of chitin. Phoronis australis is thus far, the only phoronid known to be...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Thaliacea Order: Doliolida Family: Doliolidae Genus: Doliolida Species: D. muelleri Description These are free swimming animals. Larval stage tailed, with elongate envelope and intermediate vesicle between tail and cephalo-enteron. They have an oral and atrial (cloacal) siphon that are located either opposite. Tunicates are bilaterally symmetrical, at least during the early developmental...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Thaliacea Order: Salpida Family: Salpidae Genus: Salpa Species: S. maxima Description These marine organism are commonly called tunicates as their body is covered by a membrane called tunic. It is a pelagic organism live at depths ranges from 0 – 182 m down. The...
