Zooplankton Classification

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Zooplankton Classification
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Ctenophora Comb Jellies
Arthropoda Crustacea Copepods
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Salps
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Foraminifera (Forams)
S

• Single-celled
• Calcium carbonate shell

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P
Foraminifera - carbonate
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Ctenophora
S

• Comb jellies
• Exclusively marine
• Bioluminescent

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Ctenophore
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Ctenophore
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Cnidaria
S

• Jellyfish, siphonophores, corals
• Soft-bodied
• Radially Symmetrical

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Jellyfish
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Jellyfish
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Siphonophore
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Portugese Man-O-War
P
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Portugese Men-O-War
S
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Arthropoda
S

• Class Crustacea
• Copepods

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Copepod
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Copepod
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Arthropoda
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• Class Crustacea
• Euphausiids

(krill)
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Mollusca
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• Most with calcium carbonate shells

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Mollusc - nudibranch
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Siphonophore
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Purple Sea Snail
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Many, many purple sea snails
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A pelagic mollusc without a carbonate shell
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A pelagic snail with A carbonate shell
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S
Another pelagic snail without a carbonate shell
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Chordata
S

• Urochordata
• Salps

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Baby salps
Water comes out
Water goes in
A Salp
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Diel Vertical Migration
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