Echinoidea

Features：Full of thorns

Table of Contents:Introduction to Sea UrchinsTypes of Sea UrchinsHabitat and BehaviorHow Sea Urchins Contribute to the EcosystemNutritional Benefits of Sea UrchinsHow to Safely Harvest Sea UrchinsSea Urchin in Culinary DelightsSea Urchin Injury: Risks and PrecautionsSea Urchin ConservationFrequently...

Features：The Master of Disguise in the Ocean

Mimic Octopus: The Master of Disguise in the OceanThe mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) is one of the ocean's most fascinating and adaptable creatures. Known for its remarkable ability to imitate other animals, the mimic octopus is a true master of disguise. This article explores the mimic oc...

Red Lipped Batfish,Galapagos batfish, Daphnia galapagos batfish

Features：What’s special about it is that it has four “legs”, a big head, and uses its pectoral fins to “walk” on the seabed.

The Red-Lipped Batfish (scientific name: Ogcocephalus darwini) is one of the most unique and curious marine creatures found in the deep waters of the Galápagos Islands. Known for its bright red, lipstick-like lips and peculiar body shape, this fish has attracted attention from marine biologists and...

Coconut Crab,Gossip crab, robber crab

Features：Huge size, powerful claws, and a master tree climber

Coconut crab (scientific name: Birgus latro, foreign name Coconut Crab), also known as gossip crab and robber crab, belongs to the land hermit crab family. It is a decapod arthropod. It is the largest terrestrial arthropod in the world and the largest terrestrial crustacean in existenc...

anglerfish,Monkfish, scale fish, toadfish, sea toad, anglerfish, stuttering fish, lantern fish, ugly woman fish

Features：The king of gigolos in the fish world: the male attaches himself to the female and eventually becomes the "organ" of the mate, the fish holding a lantern, the notoriously ugly anglerfish

Anglerfish (scientific name: Lophiiformes) Chinese pinyin: (ān kāng), commonly known as monkfish, scorpionfish, toadfish, sea toad, anglerfish, stuttering fish, lantern fish, ugly woman fish, etc., is a bony fish. It lives in waters 3 to 3,600 meters deep and is a...

Medusozoa

Features：The jellyfish is a very beautiful aquatic animal. Its body shape is like a transparent umbrella, and the diameter of the umbrella-shaped body varies. The main component of the jellyfish body is water. It uses the reflection of the water spray in its body to move forward. From a distance, it looks like a round umbrella floating rapidly in the water.

Jellyfish are important plankton in aquatic environments, including the Scyphozoa, Cross-Jellyfish, and Cubozoa in the Cnidaria. They can be found in tropical waters, temperate waters, shallow waters, oceans about 100 meters deep, and even freshwater areas. Jellyfish have existed as early as 650 mil...

Arctocephalinae

Features：It gets its name from its appearance which resembles a cute puppy, and is given the title of "fur sea lion" because of its dense and smooth fur.

The fur seal is a mammal of the carnivorous order Sea Lion, subfamily Sealidae, and is about the same size as a seal, with a length of nearly 2 meters. However, its weight is much smaller, weighing only more than 20 kilograms, and its limbs have also degenerated into flippers. , so moving on land is...

Carcharocles megalodon,Megalodon

Features：The most distinctive feature of Megalodon is its huge teeth. The largest tooth fossil found is up to 15 cm long, so it is also called "Big Tooth". It is the top marine predator with the largest volume and the strongest bite force. Its bite force is considered to be the strongest among all animals in ancient and modern times.

Megalodon (scientific name: Carcharocles megalodon, Otodus megalodon), also known as the giant ear-toothed shark, megalodon, scientific name comes from Greek, meaning huge teeth, is an extinct prehistoric largest shark and fish, one of the most terrifying aquatic carnivores ever to lurk in the earth...

Features：It's a relatively small toothed whale

The porpoise (Phocoena phocoena in Latin), also known as porpoise, is the most common toothed whale in the North and Baltic Seas.Porpoises prefer calmer waters at a medium depth of about 20 meters near the coast, but occasionally swim deeper into the ocean.Porpoises feed almost exclusively on fish,...

Antarctic baleen whale, Southern minke whale

Features：One of the smallest baleen whales

Antarctic minke whale (scientific name: Balaenoptera bonaerensis) is also known as Antarctic minke whale. New mitochondrial DNA tests have found that Antarctic minke whales are independent species from minke whales. This test also determined that minke whales are the closest relatives of Antarctic m...

Tetraodontidae,pufferfish、puffers,Pufferfish, boatfish, pufferfish, good fish, chicken, turtle fish

Features：When angry, it turns into a balloon. It is the most poisonous fish.

Pufferfish (scientific name Tetraodontidae) is also known as pufferfish or puffers in foreign languages. Because of its "pig-like" appearance and its frequent activities in river estuaries, it is commonly known as pufferfish in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, while it is called Dingba in Shandong, L...

Eleginus gracilis,cod, bighead cod, bighead fish, bighead fish, pollack

Features：Known as "gold in the sea" and "nutritionist on the table" in Europe

The scientific name of cod is Eleginus gracilis. It is a kind of deep-sea fish and one of the economic edible fish. There are 9 species, namely: silver cod, Pacific cod, Atlantic cod, haddock, blue cod, green cod, haddock, Norwegian cod, and pollock.Cod is a cold-water fish in the middle and lower l...

Zalophus japonicus

Features：Larger than the California sea lion, extinct

Japanese sea lion, Zalophus japonicus (Peters, 1866), is an extinct species of sea lion in the genus Zalophus of the family Eurasidae. Before 2003, Japanese sea lions were considered a subspecies of the California sea lion, but later it was pointed out that Japanese sea lions and California sea lion...

Zalophus californianus,Californian Sea Lion

Features：Males have an enlarged mane around their necks, usually with white fur on top and dark brown on the back.

Californian Sea Lion (scientific name: Zalophus californianus), foreign name California Sea Lion, no subspecies.The Japanese sea lion (Zalophus japonicus) and the Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus japonica) were once subspecies of the California sea lion, but were classified as separate species in 2007.T...

Phocarctos hookeri

Features：It is a local species and the largest sea lion in the area.

The scientific name of New Zealand sea lion is Phocarctos hookeri, also known as Hooker's sea lion. It feeds on small fish such as octopus and flounder, and also eats crabs and penguins. It likes to live in groups. It gives birth in late December or early January. The birthing process is short,...

Arctocephalus pusillus，South African and Australian Fur Seal,Cape fur seal, African fur sea lion, South African fur sea lion, Australian fur sea lion

Features：The largest fur seal

The scientific name of the African fur seal is Arctocephalus pusillus, and its foreign name is South African and Australian Fur Seal. There are two subspecies.African fur sea lions are gentle and like to gather in groups. They generally do not have a fixed habitat except during the breeding season....

Arctocephalus gazella,Kerguelen Fur seal,Island sea lions, sea wolves, Antarctic fur seals

Features：Has the longest beard and bad breath

The Antarctic fur seal (scientific name: Arctocephalus gazella) is called Kerguelen Fur seal. Its scientific name comes from the first German ship to capture it, SMS Gazelle. Captain Cook mentioned that there were a large number of fur seals living on South Georgia Island after exploring it in 1775....

Leptonychotes weddellii,monk seal, Weddell seal, Weddell seal, Weddell seal

Features：It was the first seal Columbus saw in the "New World".

Weddell seal (Latin name: Leptonychotes weddellii), also known as Weddell seal, Weddell seal or Weddell seal, is the only species of Weddell seal genus under the seal family, named by a British Antarctic navigator James Weddell.Weddell seals are an extremely ancient creature, so they are called &quo...

Monachus monachus，Mediterranean monk sea,Monk seal

Features：The largest of the monk seals, the rarest seal in the world

The scientific name of the Mediterranean monk seal is Monachus monachus, and its foreign name is Mediterranean monk seal. It is an ancient and rare seal. Its head is very round and densely covered with short hair, which looks like a monk's head, hence the name. It is the rarest seal in the world...

Mirounga leonina,Southern elephant-seal

Features：The largest seal on Earth, the largest pinniped, and the largest carnivore

The scientific name of the Southern elephant seal is Mirounga leonina, and its foreign name is Southern elephant-seal. It is the largest seal on earth, the largest pinniped in history, and even the largest carnivore. It is divided into three subspecies: South American subspecies (M.l falclandicus),...

Mirounga angustirostris，Northern elephant-seal,Northern elephant seal

Features：The nose is shaped like a cockscomb and swells when angry or excited.

The scientific name of the Northern elephant seal is Mirounga angustirostris, and its foreign name is Northern elephant-seal. It is a large seal-like animal.The Northern elephant seal has large, round, black eyes. The width of the eyes shows that they mainly hunt by vision. Like other seals, norther...