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Marine Biology General Trivia #1

The start of the next trilogy.
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Last updated: January 21, 2024
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Which fish has the highest proportion of brain mass to body mass.
Manta Ray
What do nautiluses have that most cephalopods lack?
Shells.
Hydrothermal vents are often filled with these 6 ft worms.
Giant Tube Worms.
What coral reef is so large that it can be seen from space?
Great Barrier Reef.
This tiny vertebrate, which lives in the above, is the smallest vertebrate in terms of mass.
Stout Infantfish
Monterrey Bay holds the largest of these.
Kelp Forest.
The above biome has this sea urchin-eating mammal as a keystone species.
Sea Otter.
How many gills do most sharks have?
5
All catfish belong to this order.
Siluriformes
Mussels and barnacles inhabit this coastal biome marked by fluctuating sea levels.
Intertidal Zone
This powerful mackerel shark is most famous for appearing in Jaws.
Great White Shark
Is the above warm blooded or cold blooded?
Warm Blooded
Who wrote Jaws?
Peter Benchley
Which evolved first: stingrays or groupers?
Stingrays.
This British naval officer discovered Antarctica.
Sir James Ross
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What do crabeater seals eat?
Krill.
What phyla do jellyfish and anemones belong to?
Cnidaria
What is the scientific name for the Ocean Sunfish?
Mola Mola
What does the constellation Volans represent?
Flying fish
What is the main food source in the deep ocean?
Marine snow.
This endangered species is also called the Napoleonfish.
Humphead Wrasse.
About how heavy can a leatherback sea turtle get?
2000 lbs.
This royal fish, described in 1787 off the coast of Japan, mostly eats sponges.
Emperor Angelfish
This term refers to a coral reef surrounding a lagoon.
Atoll.
Are eels fish or reptiles?
Fish.
This is the heaviest animal alive today.
Blue Whale.
Sharks and rays’ skeletons are most made of this, rather than bone.
Cartilage
Give the common name of Architeuthis dux.
Giant Squid
About how many Mediterranean monk seals are left, as of 2023?
Less than 700
This global warming induced process harms coral by killing zooxanthellae.
Coral Bleaching
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