Common Seahorse

By: Raegan Propes 

  This animal is a common seashore also known by its scientific name, Hippocampus seahorse. You can find this organism in 0-8 meters of water in the pacific ocean. The domain of this organism is Eukaryote, the kingdom is Animala, the phylum is Chordata, the class is Actinoptergii, the order is syngnathidae, the family is Syngnathifromes, the genus is Hippocampus and the species is Hippocampus seahorse. This organism is small with spots and a curvy body. A common seahorse has a long narrow snout to help suck prey out of small spaces. (functional) This organism is a slow swimmer so it has a curved tail to help it swim. (structural) This organism also has spots to stay camouflaged. (structural) A Common Seahorse has bilateral symmetry, which means they can be divided into two parts that are mirror images of each other. This animal is a heterotroph (eats mostly everything and also other heterotrophs) and also is endothermic(warmblooded). The prey of this organism is zooplankton, small larve fish and crustaceans. The predators of this organism are humans, loggerhead sea turtles, tuna, rays, crabs, and skates. A fun fact about this organism is that the male holds the eggs instead of the females

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