Common Seahorse

(Hippocampus kuda)

This animal Is usually found in estuaries, reefs, and mud slopes in the Southeast Asia, Japan, and Australia. The domain this organism belongs to is the Eukarya. The kingdom it belongs to is the Animalia. Common Seahorses also belong to the Chordata and the class of Actinopterygii. This organism is in the order of Syngnathiformes, family of Syngnathidae, genus of Hippocampus, and species of kuda. This species has bilateral symmetry. Meaning that if you cut the Common Seahorse in half vertically, the two halves would be the exact same as each other. The Hippocampus kuda has a curled tail, bony body, and a long tube-like nose. It also has the features of a dorsal fin, and being very small. They use their curled tails to latch onto objects so when they are feeding, they won't blow away. An example of a behavioral adaptation is how they use their tube-like mouth to suck in prey. The last and final adaptation that the Common Seahorse contains is the functional adaptation. They call to each other when they need help or give other signals such as dancing. Did you know that the Hippocampus kuda has one layer of skin stretched around its whole body. And that instead of the female getting pregnant, the male does? The predators of this organism are penguins, fish, and humans. The prey are plankton, fish, shrimp, and crustaceans. This animal is a heterotroph, which means it gets energy by consuming other plants or animals, and is also endothermic, meaning that it is warm-blooded or not changing body temperature when the temperature of the environment changes. 
By: Meredith Mooney
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