Reef
Parts C and D
Reef Organisms
Organism #2-Long-Spined Porcupine Fish (Diodon Holocanthus)
Organism #3-Blue Ring Octopus(Hapalochlaena Maculosa)
Organism #1
Color-Distinctive pattern-Black on its back and white on belly.
Adaptations
Killer Whales can swim at speeds of up to 45 kph (28 mph).
Tolerances
Whales have a thick layer of blubber that helps to insulate a whale from heat loss.
Organism #2
Color-Pale in color with large black blotches and smaller black spots. These spots become fewer in number with age.
Adaptations
Tetrodotoxin in their internal organs making them poisonous.
Tolerances
They can increase in size (almost double vertically) reduces the range of potential predators to those with much bigger mouths.
Organism #3
Color-Brownish yellow with brown patches or maculae that become electric blue when the organism becomes agitated or alarmed.
Adaptations
When agitated its brown patches turn into bright blue rings.
Tolerances
Small enough to fit into small crevices or holes.
Symbiotic Relationships within the Reefs
Glass Shrimp & The Chocolate Chip Sea Star (Commensalism)
Orange Coral Crab & Coral (Mutualism)
Sea Spider & Table Coral (Parasitism)
Gallery
Sources
http://seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-infobooks/killer-whale/adaptations/
http://www.seasky.org/reeflife/sea2f.html
http://wildwhales.org/killer-whale/
http://eol.org/pages/225626/details
https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Porcupinefish.html