For the final post, you will learn about a recently discovered animal. In class, we have been discussing the various invertebrate phyla and characteristics for each phylum.
What you are to do? You will research a recently discovered animal. The animal you choose must have been discovered in the past 5 years. Describe the animal in detail. The information you need to explain includes the following: Linnaeus Classification Name (Kingdom, phylum, class, order, ...), type of symmetry, body plan, cephalization, deuterstome or protostome, how it carries out essential function like feeding, movement, respiration, excretion, reproduction, etc., where was the animal found, and other interesting pieces of information.
Again, use complete sentences in your post. This post is due by Thursday, May 16th @ Midnight. We will discuss the posting the next day in class.
Good Luck!
Teeny Tiny Frog
ReplyDeletePaedophryne amanuensis is a miniature amphibian or frog that was recently discovered at New Guinea rainforest in 2009. Scientist discovered it from it's high pitched mating calls. This frog is the world's smallest vertebrate which means it has a vetebrae. These frogs are just like regular frogs; they eat little bugs around the enviroment. An example are flys. Frogs reproduce sexually with other frogs. The frogs circulatory system has a coelom which is a protective covering for the frog. This is a very intresting frog !
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=tiny-frog-makes-big-claim-12-01-13
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ReplyDeleteIn 2005 researchers found a new animal called the Yeti Crab. They found this crab in the South Pacific Ocean. This crab is six inches long and lives around hydrothermal vents deep in the ocean. The Yeti Crab is known as carnivore. When male and female crabs reproduce, they go into a position called doubler position and that is when the male carries the female. This crab is a Bilateral Symmetry. The Yeti Crab has paddles on their back legs so they are able to move in the water. The Yeti Crab is white with lots of fur on its back. The fur that is on the crab contains bacteria in it. Because of the fur on its back it helps them be able to survive in the deep ocean, so the bacteria filters out the harmful toxins that are produced from these vents, it also helps them feed. The Yeti Crab phylum is Arthropoda, the Kingdom is Animalia, the class is Malacostraca, the order is Decapoda, the family is Kiwaide, and its Genus is Kiwa. The yeti crab is also known to be blind, because of the pigments in their eyes.This animal was very intersting to learn about,because of the fur on their back, and I like furry animals! :)
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-Atlas Moth-
ReplyDeleteKingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Arthropoda
Class- Insecta
Order- Heterocera
The atlas moth uses bilateral symmetry; body plan, including a head with large compound eyes and sensitive antennae and moths have long, tubular mouthparts fused into a proboscis; a powerfully muscled midsection with two pairs of scale-covered wings and three pairs of legs; and a long, segmented abdomen that includes digestive, circulatory, respiratory, and reproductive structures; moths have an exoskeleton to protect and contain their internal organs; a moth is a protostome; moths reproduce sexually and they move by their wings (flying)
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ReplyDeleteRed-Bearded Titi
The Red-Bearded Titi also known as the Caquetá titi or the bushy-bearded titi, is a species endemic to Colombia found in the Department of Caquetá region. It was first described by Thomas Defler, Marta Bueno and Javier Garcia in 2008. It is a very endangered species because of habitat fragmentation and a small population.its population is estimated around 250. Its fur is mostly brown, with a lighter tail and chestnut-red undersides, neck and cheeks. It is similar in appearance It also has a red beard. It has 22chromosome pairs, with a diploid chromosome number of 2n=46. The kingdom that the Red Bearded Tito belongs to is Animalia and it's phylum is Chordata. Its Class is Mammalia and Order is Primates. The Titi is apart of the Pitheciidae Family and it's genus Is Callicebus. Its Species is
C. caquetensis. The Titi reproduces on an average one child a year and the male take most care of the children. The titi breathes just like us humans do and feeds off of fruit.
https://www.google.com/search?q=red+bearded+titi&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari#itp=open0
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ReplyDeleteCaroline's mole rat is in the kingdom Anamalia, and in the Phylum Fukomys vandewoestijneae it is also in the class mammalia. Caroline's mole rat was discovered on the Ikelenge Pedicle which covers a part of Zambia, a Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola. Caroline's mole rat is named that because the finder, Van Deale’s wife died of malaria while they were in Africa after he and she started to the project. The mole rat spends mostly its entire life underground digging a complicated but spectacular tunnel system. Caroline's mole rat adapted to its environment and it has tiny eyes, small ears, forward pointing teeth (so that they can dig through the dirt), and nostrils they can shut while they are digging. Caroline's mole rat feeds on plant stems. They are Deuterstomes. They are bilateral and their body plan is they have a head with small eyes, small ears, and nostrils that they can close while they are digging. They are vertebrates. They reproduce sexually, and there is only one sexual reproductive organ in each of the Carolina's mole rat. They are not Hermaphrodites. Scientist around the world are studying the mole rats because the scientist believe that they cannot develop cancer. Scientist is doing experiments on the mole rats to figure out cancer. Caroline's mole rat is a very interesting creature. http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0430-hance-carolines-mole-rat.html
ReplyDeleteIn Loisiana after the Deepwater oil spill in 2010, Scientists discovered the Loisiana Pancake Batfish in the Gulf of Mexico. They belong to the kingdom: Animalia, the phylum: Chordata, the class: Actinopterygii, the order: Lophiiformes, the family: Ogcocephalidae, the genus: Halieutichthys, and the species: H. aculeatus. The pancake batfish gets its name from the way it moves and the way looks. The fish is no larger than the palm of the human hand. It has been known to be flat with an enlarged head and trunk with is what gives it the pancake look. It lives on the ocean floor where it is camouflaged with sand and "hoarse hairs" which make it hard to see by other animals. It moves around on the ocean floor like a bat with its pectoral fins. This fish feeds on invertebrates. It lures its prey in with a chemical tip on the snout which is addicting to other animals. Only seeing preserved fish, scientists do not know the color of the Pancake Batfish when it is alive, but the color of the preserved fish is grey. Scientists have not determined cephalization or reproduction of the organism because they only found three of the exact same species. Others were found off the coast of North Carolina and the Atlantic side of Loisiana but they were of a different species. Scientists plan on finding more of the species so they can study the way they reproduce and the way the interact with other organisms. They do not know speficallt how this species reproduces but they know that other batfish reproduce using pelagic eggs. Scientists know that the young batfish are transparent and have a sphere shape and they settle on the ocean floor when they become adults. Scientists are working to try to save the species. They do not know how many more of them there are but they know they were negatively effected by the oil spill, however; they have not planned and conservation measures but plan to in the future.
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http://www.arkive.org/louisiana-pancake-batfish/halieutichthys-intermedius/
Chondrocladia Lyra:
ReplyDeleteThe Chondrocladia lyra is known as a sea sponge that was found in California in 2012. It was first noticed a few miles in the ocean with description of branching limbs that look like they are covered in Velcro. They travel through currents in the ocean to move and to feed on marine animals. They have no back bone what so ever. This animal has a membrane and digests the food it kills. This type of sponge is Carnivores. For reproduction they produce internal fertilization by sperm being released through ocean currents as it is carried to another sponge. The Sponge has a simple mechanism for its body plan. Its basic structure on its body is the vane. Also it has horizontal stolons attached along its body. The animal’s circulatory system is concentrated with Cephalization because of their nerve cells and sense organs. The chondrocladia lyra is also a sessile organism. The kingdom that this organism is placed in is Animalia, the phylum is Porifera, the class is Demospongiae, the order is Poecilosclerida, and the family is Cladorhizidae. As new species are found every day we learn more about them and that new species come from any environment. We also learn about their features, body plan, and response to their environment. New discovered animals give opportunities of life all over the world for biologist to study and to learn how that species can come from anywhere at any time.
http://www.pawnation.com/2012/12/12/10-amazing-new-animal-species-discovered-in-2012/5
http://www.livescience.com/24663-weird-looking-meat-eating-sponge-found-in-deep-sea.html
In 2012, a new type of dwarf chameleon was discovered in Nosy Hara, the northern part of Madagascar. These tiny chameleons are part of the kingdom animalia. Their phylum is chordata, their class is reptilia, their order is squamata. They belong to the family chamaeleonidae, and the genus brookesia. They are called Brookesia micra for their tiny size, but they are more commonly referred to as 'leaf chameleon'. These leaf chameleon have bilateral symmetry, as well as cephalization. They are deuterostome. The functions of the leaf chameleon are similar to the regularly sized chameleon. They eat tiny bugs with their tongues and tails by using their lightning speed wide-set eyes. It excretes its waste like all other animals. The chameleon "walks" with its arms and legs, but it climbs with its back legs and curly tail, because its arms are too small to reach the object it is climbing on. Respiration is the same also, they breathe in air through their alveoli and they release carbon dioxide into the air. The male chameleons try courting the female chameleons, if this works and they reproduce through sexual reproduction, the female will lay eggs in a hole.
ReplyDeleteThis leaf chameleon only changes colors when it is stressed, and in its juvenile stage. The males only reach a length of twenty-two to twenty-three millimeters, while the females reach twenty-six to twenty-eight millimeters. These chameleons do not move at all at night, making them easy to capture (as long as you have insane eyesight). These animals weren't always this small, they have been growing smaller, results of their shrinking habitat and limited resources. Hopefully these cute chameleons won't become extinct.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21478-zoologger-itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny-chameleons.htmlhttp://andrewsp2.weebly.com/reproduction.htmlhttp://wwwchameleon-jolene.blogspot.com/2012/01/respiratory-system.html
http://www.arkive.org/leaf-chameleon/brookesia-micra/
In 2010 scientist discovered a new species known as Walters duiker . This animal is found only in African but mainly found in South Africa . The Walters duiker is in the kingdom known as animalia. It's phylum is called Chordata . It's class is called mammalia , the duiker is also apart of the family, bovidae. This animal is about 40 centimeters tall and feeds in plants(herbivore). This species is a type of antilope . This animal weighs up to 4 to six kilograms. I decided to do this animal because I've never seen anything look so distinct compared to all if the other recently discovered species! http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/walters-duiker.html#cr
ReplyDeleteFound in the remote Fuja Mountains of Indonesia, the Pinocchio frog is a strange little creature which was only discovered by accident in 2010, after wandering into a research camp and perching itself atop a bag of rice. Being closely related to the tree frog, the Pinocchio frog is classified into the same Linnaeus Classification Name as them, being in the Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Class Amphibia, Order Anura, Family Hytidae, and Genus Hyla. As most animals do, the Pinocchio frog has bilateral symmetry and a body plan characterized by a stout body, protruding eyes, cleft tongue, limbs folded underneath, the absence of a tail, and an odd protuberance known as the nose on the front of its face. Because the Pinocchio frog has bilateral symmetry, it has cephalization; it is also a Deuterostome, having its anus form first. When it comes to essential function like feeding, movement, respiration, excretion, and reproduction, the Pinocchio frog feeds on plants and insects and moves with four limbs, two in the front and two in the back. Although they have lungs, they tend to absorb oxygen through their skin. Pinocchio frogs reproduce sexually and have a distinct mating call that sounds different than the calls of other amphibians. The strange nose, which is a feature only males have, becomes erect when making excited calls, most commonly known as the mating call and returns to its standard size and position when not. The exact purpose of the nose and the Pinocchio frog’s ability to manipulate it is still unknown. I enjoyed reporting this new species because I have always found frogs interesting and like the uniqueness of the Pinocchio frog’s physical features and characteristics.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_frog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinocchio_frog
The world's smallest known sea horse was just one of the notable species discovered last year. A pea-sized seahorse. The name of this sea horse is Hippocampus satomiae. The standard height is 0.54 inches (13.8 millimeters) and an approximate height of 0.45 inches (11.5 millimeters). This pygmy species was found near Derawan Island off Kalimantan, Indonesia, and described by Sara Lourie and Rudie Kuiter. The type of symmetry is radial symmetry. Sea horses are protosome. Sea horses eat by suction feeding. Sea horse excretion differs from that of most other vertebrates in that they do not have glomeruli. Reproduction in Sea Horses Conception In sea horses, the males become pregnant. Respiration is much more than just breathing for sea horses. The seahorse does not migrate will come out of the pouch at one time.
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ReplyDeleteThe new superba bat was found in south Sudan. The species females happen to be colored like pandas. It has only been captured and recorded 5 times and has lead scientist to believe that it is at risk. The phylum is Chordata, the class is mammalia, the order is Chiroptera, the family is vespertilionidae,and it has it's own new genus called niumvaha. The bat has bilateral symmetry and feeds on insects that fly at night. It is a deuterosome that has cephalization. It flys at night in attempt to find food. It has a closed circuit respiratory system. It carries out sexual reproduction, as do all bats. The bat is quite widespread but may be at risk from deforestation in its area
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The lesula is a remarkable new species of African monkey discovered in 2007. It was discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo and is the second new species of African monkey discovered in nearly three decades. I will now tell you how it's classified--
ReplyDeleteKingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Cercopithecus
Species: C. lomamiensis
It's symmetry is bilateral. The body plan is a medium sized animal with long arms and a slender body. The monkey does have a head and is a deuterstome. It's essential functions work just like a Human except they do not hunt.
This monkey is described to have human looking eyes and a blue bottom And adult males have a huge bare patch of skin in the buttocks.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesula
Discovered in 2011 on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, is the megalara Garuda. This species is massive and can be described as demonic looking. Their kingdom is animalia and their phylum is Arthropoda. The class of the megalara garuda is insecta; and the order is Hymenoptera. They have lungs to carry out respiration. They use the over sized claws to pinch up food and take it in. For two megalara garudas to reproduce, the must successfully mate, and then the male cells will be stored inside the female until they are needed the following spring. Scientists have named them "The King of Wasps."
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catshark
ReplyDeleteKingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
the catshark is a recently discovered "ground shark". Cat sharks are found in tropical waters and are easily identified by there two dosal fins and elongated eyes. the cat shark is in fact a dueterstome. the catshark like all sharks has bilateral symmetry. the catshark has an internal skeleton that protects all its internal organs such as the kidneys, heart, brain etc.... . the catfish likes to feed on invertebrates but will also eat small fish. mpst have small blotches of white on them but some also have stripes as well. the catshark lays eggs known as Mermaids Purses'.the average catshrk is just below 3 feet in length.
The Ruby Eyed Pit Viper, discovered in 2013 in a forest near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, belongs to:
ReplyDeleteKingdom-Animalia
Phylum-Chordata
Class-Reptilia
Order-Squamata
Family-Viperidae
Genus-Cryptelytrops
The Viper has bilateral symmetry which means the animal is the same on both sides of its body. The Viper hunts its prey, and then eats it. This snake uses its muscles and scales to move around while hunting its prey. This is a very endangered specie of snake, and is listed on the vulnerable threatened extension list. This snake is a vertebrae which means it has a backbone. Very few people have ever seen this Viper, and scientists do not know a lot about this specie of snakes.
http://nationalgeographic.com/newrubyeyedpitviperspecies
Slow Loris:
ReplyDeleteThe Slow Loris was discovered in Borneo sometime around December of 2012. It ranges from the coast of Borneo to the borders of South and Southeast Asia. It’s very sad to know that the Slow Loris is turning into an endangered species simply because people are capturing them and selling them illegally. The Slow Loris is part of the animalia kingdom, the phylum is chordata, the class is mamalia, the species is Nycticebus Kayall, they are in the order of the primates, the family of the lorisidae, and the genus of Nycticebus. The Slow Loris has bilateral symmetry. They are carnivores because their diets consist of eating small animals, eating fruit, vegetables, and tree gum. The Slow Loris has human like hands, which gives them a good grip on things such as tree limbs. The Slow Loris is related to the Sloth and has Sloth- like movements, but get around by swinging from branch to branch in the forests. Like the human, the Slow Loris has kidneys, a heart, and liver. They also breathe with lungs. The Slow Loris digests its food through the anus; they also reproduce sexually. Their mating times range between July and October. gets the toxin in them when the Slow Loris is grooming himself and licks the sweat glands of its elbow. They also communicate by scent marking. Instead of having certain noises, the Slow Loris’ go off the smell of one another. The Slow Loris is a nocturnal animal, meaning they usually only come out during the night and sleep in the day time. The Slow Loris’ arms and legs are actually the same length. They are incredibly strong considering that is what holds the animal up for so long. The Slow Loris was very interesting to research about because you would never think that such a cute animal could be so dangerous.
www.mnn.com/stories/new-primate-face-mask-toxic-bite-discovered
www.en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/slow-loris
www.aniamldiversity.ummz.unich.edu/accounts/Nycticebus_pygmaeus
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/04/130514-sea-monster-new-species-paleontology-science-evolution/
ReplyDeleteThe Malawania anachronus was a dolphin like creature that supposedly lived in the Jurassic era. But wasn't discovered until recent years. These creatures are believed to have been fierce predictors. They grew up to Twenty meters in length! They were thought to have survived long enough to roam the oceans of the early Cretaceous period.
This creature is puzzling all scientist know about theories of evolution because this creature seemed to maintain the same body style for over 66 million years.
The animal is believed to be a part of the ichthyosaur species. The animal was discovered in Kurdistan. And is believed to have prayed on other large fish. As of now scientist aren't fully sure how to classify it. Or how exactly it functioned. But they do know that it has to be similar to their cousins ichthyosaur. As time progresses hopefully scientist will be able to finish putting the pieces together and uncover the mystery of Malawania anachronus.
Sometime between 2009 and 2010, a team of Ukrainians were on a fishing trip near Antarctica when they pulled up a fish they didn’t recognize. They had been fishing for the Antarctic Toothfish. However, what they pulled from the deep was nothing like they had ever seen before. It was later discovered that they had caught a species of fish that had not been discovered before that would later be called the Hopbeard Plunderfish. While fishing they caught two more fish that looked similar to this one. These fish have brownish splotched bodies and are shaped somewhat like tadpoles. Their teeth are sharp and slightly curved inward. They also have a mental barbel that extends from its lower jaw. They have sharp dorsal fins that extend across the top of their body. The fish that were caught were all around 14 inches long. They love deep water. When these fishermen caught them they were pulled up from depths up to 4,560 feet. At the moment nothing is known about the behavior, diet or what they do.
ReplyDeleteThe Linnaeus classification name is craniates. The kingdom of a fish is animalia. This fish is classified under the phylum of chordata. These fish are in the class pisces. Fish have bilateral symmetry because they are practically identical on both sides of the body. Based on the fact that the Hopbeard Plunderfish was caught on Peruvian squid, we know that they feed on squid. There is currently no information on how they reproduce. The Hopbeard Plunderfish is found in the frigid, deep waters near the Antarctic shelf. This fish is cool because it can live in such cold waters and so far down. Also that it has been living all this time and was just recently discovered.
http://www.livescience.com/29456-strange-new-fish-antarctica.html
http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/4295/pogonophryne-neyelovi-a-new-species-of-antarctic-short-barbeled-plunderfish-perciformes-notothenioidei-artedidraconidae-
For this blog posting I picked Phobaeticus chani otherwise known as Chan's mega stick. It was discovered by Bragg in 2008. It belongs to the Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Phasmatodea, Family: Phasmatidae, Genus: Phobaeticus, Species: P. chani. Chan's mega stick has bilateral symmetry and it does have cephalization. It is a protostome. It reproduces sexually. It was found in the Penampang district of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo. The females have a dark green body covered in whitish spots with spikes on its middle and hind legs and it grows up to 58 cm long. The male is predominantly brown with spikes on its middle and hind legs and its grow up to 14 cm long. They move by walking or climbing trees. www.arkive.org/chans-megastick/phobaeticus
ReplyDeleteThe coastal skink
ReplyDeleteThe Ctenotus ora is a species of Skink found off the coast of Australia. It was recently discovered in 2011 by ANU biologists. Its average length is 2.4 inches, and they live in the dunes of Dunsborough and Mandurah. Although it is a nice discovery, it is already in danger of being completely wiped out. This is, however, only a thought because biologists are not sure of how many are actually in the wild. I enjoy learning about snakes and other amphibians, so I was happy to have learned of a new lizard. LIZARDZ :D
Eastern Pacific Black Ghost shark
ReplyDeleteThe ghost shark was found on September 22, 2009 in the eastern pacific ocean. It is about three feet long and the males have their sex organ on top of their head. They have wing-like fins to help them glide through thousands feet deep of water because they don't like sunlight. The sharks kingdom is animalia and belong under the chordata phylum. The animals class is chondrichthyes, and their order is chimaeriformes. The shark has bilateral symmetry and has a true coelum. Sharks have cephilization because the have a head. It is a dueterostome and they carry out their essential functions like any other kind of shark. They feed by capturing their prey with their mouth and breath through gills. The excrete waste at the end of their digestive system.They reproduce sexually. This animal was found off the Baja California peninsula. I thought this animal was interesting because I like sharks.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090922-ghost-shark-new-species-picture.html
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The yeti crab was found in january 20, 2012. It was found along the pacific Antarctic ridge. Its kingdom is the animalia. The phylum is arthropoda. The class is malacastrica, and the order is decapoda. They reproduce sexually and the female yetis prefer a warm place the reproduce.the yeti crab is a deuterstome. This is the only type of crab that has hair like structures on it. When they were discovered scientist revealed that the yeti crabs were dominate over all other crabs found with it. They are thought to be blind do to lack of pigment in their eyes. Their legs contain a toxin filamentous bacteria that detoxifies the poisonous minerals in the water.
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