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Vertabrate Project. By Danielle Shewmake Period 4. Myxine glutinosa a.k.a. Hagfish Class: Agnatha. Hagfish ( A gnatha ). Statistics:. Creative Facts:. Cold Blooded 2 heart Chambers External Fertilization Habitat: Deep Sea Jawless, elongated eel-like bodies Lateral line system
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Vertabrate Project By Danielle Shewmake Period 4
Myxineglutinosa a.k.a. Hagfish Class: Agnatha
Hagfish (Agnatha) Statistics: Creative Facts: • Cold Blooded • 2 heart Chambers • External Fertilization • Habitat: Deep Sea • Jawless, elongated eel-like bodies • Lateral line system • Some so-called “eel-skin” wallets are actually made from hagfish. • The hagfish was scientifically described in 1753 by one of the disciples of Carl von Linné, a Swede named Per Kalm.
SPHYRNA ZYGAENA A.K.A. SMOOTH HAMMERHEAD SHARK CLASS: CHONDRICHTHYES
Hammerhead Shark (Chondrichthyes) Statistics: Creative Facts: • Cold blooded • 2 heart chambers • Internal fertilization • Habitat: almost all in salt water • Cartilaginous • 5-7 gill slits, paired fins, ventral mouth, asymmetrical, lateral line system. • The Hammerhead Shark has starred in many hit movies and was awarded the Best Supporting Actor Award. • Hammerheads use their wide heads to attack stingrays, pinning the winged fish against the sea floor.
Paracanthurushepatus A.k.a Blue tang Class: Osteichthyes
Blue Tang(Osteichthyes) Statistics: Creative Facts: • Cold Blooded • 2 heart chambers • Internal and/or External Fertilization • Habitat: Water (fresh or salt) • Bony skeleton, paired fins, anterior mouth, swim bladder, lateral line system. • Better known as Dory, the blue tang played the famous role of a “dumb” fish in Finding Nemo.
Dendrobatespumilio A.k.a Poison Dart Frog Class: Amphibia
Poison Dart Frog (Amphibia) Statistics: Creative Facts: • Cold Blooded • 3 heart chambers • Internal and/or External Fertilization • Habitat: Water and Land • Four limbs, webbed feet, forelimbs with 4 digits, skin. • Amphibia means “double life” in Greek, referring to their ability to live on land or water. • The bright colors on these frogs are used as warning against their predators.
Moloch horridus a.k.a. Thorny Devil Class: Reptilia
Thorny Devil(Reptilia) Statistics: Creative Facts: • Cold Blooded • 3 heart chambers • Internal Fertilization • Habitat: Land • Scales, paired limbs, 5 toes with claws, robs present. • Don’t need water to reproduce • The Thorny Devil was named after a fearful Canaanite god called Molochby Dr. John Gray. • Many people have an image of a very scary huge monster when they think of a Thorny Devil, but in reality, they are only 4-6 in. long.
Psittacuserithacus A.k.aCongo African Grey Parrot Class: Aves
Congo African Grey (Aves) Statistics: Creative Facts: • Warm Blooded • 4 heart chambers • Internal Fertilization • Habitat: Land • Forelimbs for flying, long neck, beak (no teeth), lightweight skeleton, feathers. • African Grey’s are generally regarded as being the most intelligent of birds, but from personal experience (I had one) they are the dumbest things ever.
Enhydralutris a.k.a. Sea Otter Class: Mammalia
Sea Otter(Mammalia) Statistics: Creative Facts: • Warm Blooded • 4 heart chambers • Internal Fertilization • Habitat: Land or Marine • Body hair, fused lower jaw, moveable eyelids, external ears, mammary gland. • In the native tribes on the Pacific Coast of North America, otters were considered kin to humans. • Due to the fur trade, worldwide numbers of sea otters plummeted down to a total of 1000-2000 in the early 1900s.