Marine Invertebrates Codexery

A source-cited reference to marine invertebrates

Marine Invertebrates (26)

• Sponge — Ancient filter-feeding animals that lack true tissues and organs.
• Tardigrade — Micro-animals that are among the most resilient known, surviving extreme conditions including outer space.
• Xiphosura — Living fossil arthropods with a sword-like tail.
• Acariformes — The most diverse superorder of mites, with ancient origins and global ecological impact.
• Anomalocaris — An early Cambrian apex predator and stem-group arthropod.
• Arenicola — Genus of lugworms known for burrows and mass breeding.
• Ascidiacea — Sac-like marine filter feeders with a cellulose tunic.
• Rudists — Extinct bivalves that built vast Cretaceous reefs.
• Salp — Barrel-shaped planktonic tunicates with efficient jet propulsion.
• Sand dollar — Flat, burrowing sea urchins with a coin-like test.
• Sea apple — Colorful sea cucumbers of the genus Pseudocolochirus.
• Sea cucumber — Benthic detritivores with a leathery skin and catch collagen.
• Sea slug — Shell-less marine gastropods with vivid colors and diverse adaptations.
• Sea snail — Marine gastropod molluscs with coiled shells, eaten by humans and animals.
• Sea spider — Marine arthropods with tiny bodies and enormous legs.
• Sea urchin — Spiny marine echinoderms studied as model organisms since the 19th century.
• Shipworm — Marine bivalves that bore into and consume submerged wood.
• Slipper lobster — Family of achelate crustaceans with distinctive flattened antennae.
• Spanish dancer — A large, colorful sea slug that swims like a dancer.
• Spiny lobster — Marine crustaceans known for spiny antennae and lack of claws.
• Squat lobster — Dorsoventrally flattened crustaceans with long tails, found worldwide from near the surface to deep-sea vents.
• Sunflower sea star — The sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) is a large predator native to the northeastern Pacific. It is the…
• Tunicate — Marine chordates with a tunic and tadpole-like larvae.
• Umbrella octopus — Pelagic octopuses with a webbed umbrella-like appearance.
• Vampire squid — A deep-sea cephalopod with the largest proportional eyes in the animal kingdom, adapted to oxygen-poor waters.
• Whelk — Carnivorous sea snails with tapered shells, eaten and used for dye.

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