Tropical coral reefs (continued)
By: Elizabeth Rodriguez
food web in tropical coral reefs
- One decomposer in the coral reef of florida are fan worms.
- 5 producers are phytoplankton, seaweed, coralline algae, mangroves, and sea grass.
- 10 consumers are queen conch(herbivore), purple sea urchin(herbivore), orange sea sponge(herbivore), krill(herbivore), caribbean lobster(herbivore), cushion sea star(herbivore), barramundi(herbivore), tiger shark(carnivore), blacktip reef shark (carnivore), and sea turtles(omnivores).
- 1 apex predator in florida's tropical coral reefs is a caribbean coral reef shark.
Classification of sea turtles
classification of green sea turtles
- Domain- eukaryote
- KIngdom- Animalia
- Phylum- chordata
- Class- reptilia
- Order- testudines
- Family- cheloniidae
- Genus- chelonia; Brongniart, 1800
- Species- C. mydas