The Marine Biology of
Spongebob Squarepants
Spongebob Squarepants
• General Term: Sponge
• Classification: Kingdom
Animalia, Phylum Porifera
• Filter feeder – can eat
both plants and animals
• Invertebrate - Simplest
animal form
• Sessile – they don’t move
around
Patrick Star
• General name – Sea Star, Starfish
• Classification – Kingdom
Animalia, Phylum
Echinodermata, Class Asteroidea
• Invertebrate with exoskeleton
• Mostly carnivorous, but can eat
algae and can filter food
• Move around on tube feet – like
little suction cups.
Squidward Tentacles
• General name – Squid
• Classification – Kingdom
Animalia, Phylum Molusca,
Class Cephalopoda
• Invertebrate – Contains a
stiff “pen” which is flexible
and feather shaped
• Has sensitive tentacles for
finding prey – 8 arms, 2
tentacles
• Carnivorous - Has a “beak”
to use as a tooth
Eugene Krabs
• General name – Crab
• Classification – Kingdom
Animalia, Phylum
Arthropoda, Class
Malocostraca
• Invertebrates – with an
exoskeleton
• Crabs have a varied diet,
some are filter feeders,
other are predators and
carnivorous.
• They are decopods – 10 legs
Sheldon J. Plankton
• General name – Plankton
(Zoo- or Phyto- ?)
• Classification – Kingdom
Monera
• Phytoplankton
photosynthesize their food
while Zooplankton eat
phytoplankton
• Invertebrate – some have
exoskeletons
Mrs. Puff
• General name – puffer fish
• Classification – Kingdom
Animalia, Phylum Chordata,
Class Actinopterygii
• Vertebrates – they have a
backbone
• Carnivorous – eats shellfish
• If eaten, sometimes they
can be poisonous and must
be prepared properly before
consumption.
Pearl Krabs
• General name – Whale
• Classification – Kingdom
Animalia, Phylum Chordata,
Class Mammalia
• Vertebrates – they have a
backbone
• Mammals – so they must
breathe air
• Carnivores – Some hunt and
some filter feed
Larry the Lobster
• General name – Lobster
• Classification – Kingdom
Animalia, Phylum
Arthropoda, Class
Malacostraca
• Invertebrate – they have an
exoskeleton
• Omnivore - eats both plants
and animals
• Decapoda – 10 legs, first set
of 3 contain claws
The Anchovies
• General name – anchovy
• Classification – Kingdom
Animalia, Phylum Chordata,
Class Actinopterygii
• Vertebrate – they have a
backbone
• Omnivores – Eat plankton
(both phyto and zoo) and
fish fry (baby fish)
• They are an important
source of food for a number
of marine predators
Gary the Snail
• General name – Sea Snail
• Classification – Kingdom
Animalia, Phylum Molusca,
Class Gastropoda
• Invertebrate – does not have
a backbone, but does have a
protective shell
• Each species of sea snail
differs in what they eat, but
some are grazers eating
plants and algae and some
are active predators
Classification System
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How to remember the classification system:
Now make your own:
K ing
Kingdom
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P hillip Phylum
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C ame
Class
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Order
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Family
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G reece Genus
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S inging Species
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Quiz – Turn in on separate sheet of paper
• Questions: General Animal Names (not characters)
1. Which are poisonous to eat?
2. Which are fish?
3. Which are invertebrates?
4. Which are carnivorous?
5. Which are filter feeders?
6. Which have an exoskeleton?
7. Which are mammals?
8. Which can be a plant or animal?
9. Which are decopods?
10.List the classification catagories in order.