Lined Seahorse

"Hippocampus Erectus"

 By: B.A.K.

Kingdom| Phylum | Class | Order |Family| Genus and Species |Fun Facts| Art and Poetry| Works Cited

Kingdom: Animalia

Characteristics that put it in the Animal kingdom-

PhyluPhylum: Cordata

• 1. bilateral symmetry
• 2. segmented body, including segmented muscles
• 3. three germ layers and a well-developed coelom.
• 4. single, dorsal, hollow nerve cord, usually with an enlarged anterior end (brain)
• 5. tail projecting beyond (posterior to) the anus at some stage of development
• 6. pharyngeal pouches present at some stage of development
• 7. ventral heart, with dorsal and ventral blood vessels and a closed blood system
• 8. complete digestive system

• 9. bony or cartilaginous endoskeleton usually present.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Return to top

Class: Actinopterygii

• ray -finned fishes

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Order: Gasterosteiformes

• Pipefish and sticklebacks

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Family: Syngnathoidea

• Pipefish and seahorses

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Genus and Species:  Hippocampus Erectus

• Lined seahorse and spotted seahorse.
• Lives in a marine habitat in seaweed or a coral reef.
• It moves by rapid movement of its dorsal fin and pectoral fins.
• It eats living organisms.
• It captures food by reaching with its nose, with a 1 inch range, eating crustaceans.

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Fun facts:

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Art and Poetry:

Small Extraordinary All of the above Happy looking Out of the ordinary Really awesome Slow Easy going

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Works Cited:

Animal diversity web. 2001. 11 Feb. 2004
<http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Hippocampus_erectus.ht
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