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•Animals with backbone (or notochord in primitive forms) •Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals GEOLOGY OF THE WORLD’S OCEANS Marine Life Survey III – Phylum Chordata

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•Animals with backbone (or notochord in primitive forms)•Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals

GEOLOGY OF THE WORLD’S OCEANS

Marine Life Survey III – Phylum Chordata

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Chordata“Agnaths” - Lack vertebrae

Hagfish (“Slime Eels”)

Scavengers

Lamprey

Has vertebral columnLamprey - parasitic

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ChordataPiscesChondrichthyes(Cartilaginous fish)

•Sharks, sawfish, rays•Carnivores

Hammerhead Shark

White Tip Shark

Nurse Shark

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Sawfish

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ChordataPiscesChondrichthyesRays

Manta RaysPlankton FeedersKomodo Island, Indonesia

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Grouper

Top predator and importantcommercial species

ChordataPiscesOsteicthyesBony FIsh

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Chordata

Reptilia

•Turtles

•Sea snakes

•Marine iguanas

•Salt water crocs

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ChordataReptilia CheloniaSea Turtles

Grazers

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ChordataReptiliaSea SnakesHighly Poisonous

!Life saving tip #16, avoid sea snakes, especially during the mating season!

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ChordataMammalia

•Whales & Dolphins

•Manatees/Dugongs

•Sea Otters

•Seals, Sea Lions, & Walruses

•Polar Bears

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ChordataMammaliaCetacea

Baleen WhalesToothed Whales

Blue Whale•baleen whale•largest animal on earth (ever)•plankton feeder

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Killer Whales

Toothed Whales

Pack predators on whales and seals(“wolves of the sea”)

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CetaceaDolphinsPiscivores

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ChordataMammaliaSirenia

“Manatees”

Grazers

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Sea OttersTool Users

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ChordataMammaliaPinnipediaSeals, Sea Lions,and Walrus

Piscivores(also feed onSea Urchins)

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Polar Bears

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Chordata

Aves

•Penguins *

•Pelicans *, Gulls, Terns, Frigate Birds, etc.

*Piscivores

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ChordataAvesJuvenile Frigate BirdsAlacranes Atoll, MEX

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Gulls

and

Terns

ChordataAves

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ChordataAves

Pelicans