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Sea Urchin

Echinoidea

Table of Contents:Introduction to Sea UrchinsTypes of Sea UrchinsHabitat and BehaviorHow Sea Urchins Contribute to the EcosystemNu···

Mimic Octopus

Mimic Octopus: The Master of Disguise in the OceanThe mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) is one of the ocean's most fascinat···

Ogcocephalus darwini

Red Lipped Batfish,Galapagos batfish, Daphnia galapagos batfish

The Red-Lipped Batfish (scientific name: Ogcocephalus darwini) is one of the most unique and curious marine creatures found in the···

Birgus latro

Coconut Crab,Gossip crab, robber crab

Coconut crab (scientific name: Birgus latro, foreign name Coconut Crab), also known as gossip crab and robber crab, belongs to the···

Lophiiformes

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

Anglerfish (scientific name: Lophiiformes) Chinese pinyin: (ān kāng), commonly known as monkfish, scorpionfish, toadfish, sea to···

Jellyfish

Medusozoa

Jellyfish are important plankton in aquatic environments, including the Scyphozoa, Cross-Jellyfish, and Cubozoa in the Cnidaria. T···

fur seal

Arctocephalinae

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 lengt···

Otodus megalodon

Carcharocles megalodon,Megalodon

Megalodon (scientific name: Carcharocles megalodon, Otodus megalodon), also known as the giant ear-toothed shark, megalodon, scien···

porpoise

The porpoise (Phocoena phocoena in Latin), also known as porpoise, is the most common toothed whale in the North and Baltic Seas.P···

Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Antarctic baleen whale, Southern minke whale

Antarctic minke whale (scientific name: Balaenoptera bonaerensis) is also known as Antarctic minke whale. New mitochondrial DNA te···

Tetraodontidae

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

Pufferfish (scientific name Tetraodontidae) is also known as pufferfish or puffers in foreign languages. Because of its "pig-···

Eleginus gracilis

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

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 sp···

Zalophus japonicus

Zalophus japonicus

Japanese sea lion, Zalophus japonicus (Peters, 1866), is an extinct species of sea lion in the genus Zalophus of the family Eurasi···

Zalophus californianus

Zalophus californianus,Californian Sea Lion

Californian Sea Lion (scientific name: Zalophus californianus), foreign name California Sea Lion, no subspecies.The Japanese sea l···

New Zealand sea lion

Phocarctos hookeri

The scientific name of New Zealand sea lion is Phocarctos hookeri, also known as Hooker's sea lion. It feeds on small fish suc···

Arctocephalus pusillus

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

The scientific name of the African fur seal is Arctocephalus pusillus, and its foreign name is South African and Australian Fur Se···

Arctocephalus gazella

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

The Antarctic fur seal (scientific name: Arctocephalus gazella) is called Kerguelen Fur seal. Its scientific name comes from the f···

Leptonychotes weddellii

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

Weddell seal (Latin name: Leptonychotes weddellii), also known as Weddell seal, Weddell seal or Weddell seal, is the only species ···

Monachus monachus

Monachus monachus，Mediterranean monk sea,Monk seal

The scientific name of the Mediterranean monk seal is Monachus monachus, and its foreign name is Mediterranean monk seal. It is an···

Mirounga leonina

Mirounga leonina,Southern elephant-seal

The scientific name of the Southern elephant seal is Mirounga leonina, and its foreign name is Southern elephant-seal. It is the l···

Mirounga angustirostris

Mirounga angustirostris，Northern elephant-seal,Northern elephant seal

The scientific name of the Northern elephant seal is Mirounga angustirostris, and its foreign name is Northern elephant-seal. It i···

Lobodon carcinophagus

Lobodon carcinophagus,Crabeater seal

Sawtooth seals are called Lobodon carcinophagus in scientific name and Crabeater seal in foreign language. They are the most numer···

Hydrurga leptonyx

Hydrurga leptonyx,leopard seal,

Leopard seal (scientific name: Hydrurga leptonyx) is also known as leopard seal in foreign languages. There are no subspecies.Leop···

Halichoerus grypus

Halichoerus grypus,Grey seal,Atlantic grey seal

Grey seal (scientific name: Halichoerus grypus) is a large seal in the family Phocidae and the only member of the genus Halichoeru···