Final Bomo Exam '25

endosymbiotic dinoflagellates, e.g., reside in tropical corals

Kingdom, Phylum/Division, class, order, genus

Kingdom: Chromista
Division (=Phylum): Pyrrophycophyta (dinoflagellates)(this is still current in ITIS)
→ WoRMS now uses Phylum: Myzozoa, so you may use either
Class: Dinophyceae
Order: Suessiales
Genus: Symbiodinium

diatoms

kingdom, division/phylum, class

Kingdom: Chromista
Division (=Phylum): Ochrophyta
Class: Bacillariophyceae

predatory chaetognath from the ‘why migrate’ lecture

kingdom, phylum, genus

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chaetognatha
Genus: Sagitta

North Atlantic Copepod

kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, subclass, order, family, genus, species

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Crustacea

Class: Maxillopoda

Subclass: Copepoda

Order: Calanoida

Family: Calanidae

Genus Species: Calanus finmarchicus

Euphausiids (krill)

kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, subclass, order, family, genus, species

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Crustacea

Class: Malacostraca

Subclass: Eumalacostraca

Order: Euphausiacea

Family: Euphaudiisae

Genus Species: Euphausia superba

Blue whale

kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, suborder, family, genus, species

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Suborder: Mysticeti (the baleen (moustached) whales)
Family: Balaenopteridae
Genus and Species: Balaenoptera musculus

Grey Whale

kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, suborder, family, genus, species

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Suborder: Mysticeti (the baleen (moustached) whales)
Family: Eschrichtiidae

Genus and Species: Eschrichtius robustus

Blainville's Beaked Whale

kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, suborder, family, genus, species, and other features

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea

Suborder: Odontoceti (toothed whales)
Family: Hyperoodontidae (based on ITIS) or Ziphiidae (beaked whales – deepest divers)
Genus and species: Mesoplodon densirostris

other features: deep diving; high myoglobin, but
fast-twitch muscles

Cuvier’s Beaked Whale

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, suborder, family, genus, species, other features

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea

Suborder: Odontoceti (toothed whales)
Family: Hyperoodontidae (based on ITIS) or Ziphiidae (beaked whales – deepest divers)
Genus and species: Ziphus cavirostris

Other features: deepest diving, highest measured myoglobin

Short-finned pilot whale

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, suborder, family, genus, species, other features

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea

Suborder: Odontoceti (toothed whales)
Family: Delphinidae
Genus and species: Globicephala macrorhyncus

Other features: high myoglobin, slow-twitch muscles

Weddell Seal

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, suborder, family, genus, species

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia (dog-like carnivores)
Family: Phocidae
Leptonychotes weddellii

Polar bears

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, suborder, family, genus, species

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia (dog-like carnivores)
Family: Ursidae (bears)

Ursus maritimus

Walrus

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, suborder, family, genus, species

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia (dog-like carnivores)
Family: Odobenidae (walrus)

Odobenus rosmarus

Atlantic Cod

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class (based on WoRMS): Actinopteri (ray-finned fish)

Order: Gadiformes (cods and hakes)

Family: Gadidae (cods)

Genus and species: Gadus morhua

Atlantic Herring

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class (based on WoRMS): Actinopteri (ray-finned fish)

Order: Clupeiformes (herrings and anchovies)

Family: Clupeidae (herrings)

Genus and species: Clupea harengus

Peruvian anchoveta

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class (based on WoRMS): Actinopteri (ray-finned fish)

Order: Clupeiformes (herrings and anchovies)

Family: Engraulidae (anchovies)

Genus and species: Engraulis ringens

Corals (3)

Kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, species

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Pavona clavus
Pavona gigantea
Pocillopora damicornis

Baleen (moustached) whales

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, suborder

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Suborder: Mysticeti

Toothed Whales

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, suborder

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea

Suborder: Odontoceti

beaked whales

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, suborder, family, other features

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea

Suborder: Odontoceti (toothed whales)
Family: Hyperoodontidae (based on ITIS) or Ziphiidae

other features: deepest divers

dog-like carnivores

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, suborder

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia

Bears

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, family

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia (dog-like carnivores)
Family: Ursidae

ray-finned fish

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class (based on WoRMS): Actinopteri

herrings and anchovies

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class (based on WoRMS): Actinopteri (ray-finned fish)

Order: Clupeiformes

cods and hakes

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class (based on WoRMS): Actinopteri (ray-finned fish)

Order: Gadiformes

cods

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, family

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class (based on WoRMS): Actinopteri (ray-finned fish)

Order: Gadiformes (cods and hakes)

Family: Gadidae

herrings

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, family

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class (based on WoRMS): Actinopteri (ray-finned fish)

Order: Clupeiformes (herrings and anchovies)

Family: Clupeidae

anchovies

Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, family

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class (based on WoRMS): Actinopteri (ray-finned fish)

Order: Clupeiformes (herrings and anchovies)

Family: Engraulidae

what is a meroplankton?

planktonic organisms that spend part of their life cycle in the plankton and part benthic or in the nekton

Larval Locations

Pelagic (up in the water column) and non-pelagic (benthic, on the bottom)