The Marine Biology of Spongebob Squarepants

1. The Marine Biology of SpongebobSquarepants

2. SpongebobSquarepants • General Term: Sponge • Classification: Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Porifera • Filter feeder – can eat both plants and animals • Invertebrate - Simplest animal form • Sessile – they don’t move around

3. Patrick Star • General name – Sea Star, Starfish • Classification – Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Echinodermata, Class Asteroidea • Invertebrate with exoskeleton • Mostly carnivorous, but can eat algae and can filter food • Move around on tube feet – like little suction cups.

4. Squidward Tentacles • General name – Squid • Classification – Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Molusca, Class Cephalopoda • Invertebrate – Contains a stiff “pen” which is flexible and feather shaped • Has sensitive tentacles for finding prey – 8 arms, 2 tentacles • Carnivorous - Has a “beak” to use as a tooth

5. Eugene Krabs • General name – Crab • Classification – Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Arthropoda, Class Malocostraca • Invertebrates – with an exoskeleton • Crabs have a varied diet, some are filter feeders, other are predators and carnivorous. • They are decopods – 10 legs

6. Sheldon J. Plankton • General name – Plankton (Zoo- or Phyto- ?) • Classification – Kingdom Monera • Phytoplankton photosynthesize their food while Zooplankton eat phytoplankton • Invertebrate – some have exoskeletons

7. Mrs. Puff • General name – puffer fish • Classification – Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Class Actinopterygii • Vertebrates – they have a backbone • Carnivorous – eats shellfish • If eaten, sometimes they can be poisonous and must be prepared properly before consumption.

8. Pearl Krabs • General name – Whale • Classification – Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia • Vertebrates – they have a backbone • Mammals – so they must breathe air • Carnivores – Some hunt and some filter feed

9. Larry the Lobster • General name – Lobster • Classification – Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Arthropoda, Class Malacostraca • Invertebrate – they have an exoskeleton • Omnivore - eats both plants and animals • Decapoda – 10 legs, first set of 3 contain claws

10. The Anchovies • General name – anchovy • Classification – Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Class Actinopterygii • Vertebrate – they have a backbone • Omnivores – Eat plankton (both phyto and zoo) and fish fry (baby fish) • They are an important source of food for a number of marine predators

11. Gary the Snail • General name – Sea Snail • Classification – Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Molusca, Class Gastropoda • Invertebrate – does not have a backbone, but does have a protective shell • Each species of sea snail differs in what they eat, but some are grazers eating plants and algae and some are active predators

12. Classification System • How to remember the classification system: • Now make your own: • K ing Kingdom _____________________ • P hillip Phylum _____________________ • C ame Class _____________________ • O ver Order _____________________ • F rom Family _____________________ • G reece Genus _____________________ • S inging Species _____________________

13. Quiz – Turn in on separate sheet of paper • Questions: General Animal Names (not characters) 1. Which are poisonous to eat? • Which are fish? • Which are invertebrates? • Which are carnivorous? • Which are filter feeders? • Which have an exoskeleton? • Which are mammals? • Which can be a plant or animal? • Which are decopods? • List the classification catagories in order.