Marine Science Vocabulary Review Cards

One of the largest known benthic species, named for a unique habit of resting on the tips of its two pelvic fins and elaborate tail fin

A number of bristle- or hair-like structures that are useful to organisms in various ways

Underwater pools formed by significantly denser salt water that is created from the tectonic movement of large salt deposits

Filed of study related to newly discovered and highly adaptive micro-organisms

Extreme microscopic organisms that require a primarily alkaline environment to survive

Species of fish that has an illicium, a long filament that grows from the top of the head, that is mobile and can be used like a lure on the end of a fishing line

Extreme microscopic organisms that require a primarily acidic environment

First discovered in 2005 in the Pacific ocean, a species of crab with a prominent 'hairy' covering