Organism Report You must pick a marine verteate for your organism report. Any verteate is fine as...

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Organism Report

You must pick a marine verte
ate for your organism report. Any verte
ate is fine as long as it
lives in the marine environment.
You must include in your research the following aspects:
1. The organism’s complete classification (from Kingdom to Species).
2. The environment in which the organism lives: temperature, range of distribution within
the body or bodies of water, migratory patterns if any, how deep in the water the
organism lives, habitat.
3. The physical appearance of the organism: how do we distinguish this organism from
other organisms? Size range from young to adulthood? What does it look like?
4. How the organism survives: what it eats, what it hunts, who is it hunted by?
5. Reproductive strategies: How often does it reproduce? Type of reproduction? Gestation
period? Oviparous or viviparous?
6. Special features that make to organism unique: ex. Echolocation in sperm whales, sea
otters using tools to get food.
7. Information on survivability of the organism: Is it endangered? Is it extinct? Why is it
hunted and by whom? Measures being taken to protect the organism, if any?
The report should be no less than 4 typed pages and no more than 6 pages typed. (Times New
Roman font and 12 font size, 1” margins, double spaced.)
You should include pictures BUT they are NOT to be counted in the total number of pages
equired.
You must include a works cited page (does NOT count in total pages) and have a minimum of 3
eferences (only one reference may be an encyclopedia). Information can be obtained from
textbooks, reference books, magazine articles, newspaper articles, and the internet.

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Assignment		7
Organism Report-Marine Vertebrate:
The marine vertebrate that is being discussed here for the organism report is the “Shark”.
Classification:
Sharks area a group of elasmobranch fish which has a cartilaginous skeleton. The scientific name of Shark is ‘Selachimorpha’. Sharks are from the Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Sub Phylum Vertebrata, Class Chondrichthyes. They are divided in eight orders and belongs to superorder Selachimorpha. There are about 470 species of sharks known across the world. Some of the prominent shark species includes the largest whale shark, basking shark, shortfin mako shark, thresher shark, bull shark, tiger shark, blue shark, lemon shark etc. Most of the species of sharks happens to be carnivores. Sharks thrive well in the marine environment.
                       
      (Whale Shark)                                                                         ( Basking Shark)
Environment and Habitat:
Sharks as an organism are very good in adaptation in new situations and environment and hence they could survive in water and marine conditions for millions of years. Their habitat ranges as per the species and hence they are found from shallow to deep sea habitats in coastal and marine environments across the waterbodies of the world. They are found in marine and salty water as well as in fresh water bodies. They are cold blooded animals and so they prefer cold marine conditions. They are found in depths from 60 metres to as deep as 300 metres and prefers temperatures of 10 degrees to 24 degrees Celsius. Few sharks prefer the ocean floor and an exception like bull shark can survive easily in salt, fresh and brackish water. Their habitats vary as per the food availability and the impact of temperature due to the location of the water bodies as per the hemispheres. They are also highly migratory species. They migrate to new locations in search of food and also for giving birth to young ones. Sharks are classified into three types as per migration. Local sharks are the ones who do not migrate at all and stay within 160 Km radius. Coastal pelagic sharks are the one who migrate in shallow water and stays up to a distance of 16oo Km. Highly pelagic sharks are the ones who travel larger distances and even get across oceans.  The habitat of sharks in Pictures are shown below.
                       
Physical appearance of Sharks:

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