Name: Sancho Uno Z.
Serioza
Section/Grade: 8 – Wilson
Science Portfolio
Bacteria: Thiobacillus - The Thiobacillus strains are most
commonly found in mineral deposits and are largely
responsible for mineralization processes in acid mine
drainage.
Protist: Diatoms - are photosynthetic algal organisms.
They are found in a siliceous skeleton found in aquatic
environments. They belong to protists which are simple
eukaryotic organisms. They are unicellular organisms
that can produce their own food via harnessing the
sunlight using photosynthetic pigments such as
chlorophyll.
Fungi: Agaricus bisporus - Agaricus bisporus, commonly
known as the cultivated mushroom, is a basidiomycete
mushroom native to grasslands in Eurasia and North
America. It is cultivated in more than 70 countries and is
one of the most commonly and widely consumed
mushrooms in the world.
Vascular Plant: Asparagus - Asparagus (Asparagus
officinalis) is a perennial flowering plant species in the
genus Asparagus native to Eurasia. Widely cultivated as a
vegetable crop, its young shoots are used as a spring
vegetable.
Non-Vascular Plant: Marchantiophyta - The
Marchantiophyta (/mɑːrˌkæntiˈɒfətə, -oʊˈfaɪtə/) are a
division of non-vascular land plants commonly referred
to as hepatics or liverworts. Like mosses and hornworts,
they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which
cells of the plant carry only a single set of genetic
information.
Sponges: Venus' flower basket - The Venus' flower basket
(Euplectella aspergillum) is a glass sponge in the phylum
Porifera. It is a marine sponge found in the deep waters
of the Pacific Ocean, usually at depths below 500 m
(1,600 ft). Like other sponges, they feed by filtering sea
water to capture plankton and marine snow. Similar to
other glass sponges, they build their skeletons out of
silica, which forms a unique lattice structure of spicules.
The sponges are usually between 10 cm (3.9 in) and 30
cm (12 in) tall, and their bodies act as refuge for their
mutualist shrimp partners.
Cnidaria: man o' war (Portuguese) - The Portuguese man
o' war (Physalia physalis), also known as the man-of-war
or bluebottle, is a marine hydrozoan found in the Atlantic
Ocean and the Indian Ocean. It is considered to be the
same species as the Pacific man o' war or bluebottle, which
is found mainly in the Pacific Ocean. The Portuguese man o'
war is the only species in the genus Physalia, which in turn is
the only genus in the family Physaliidae.
Flatworm: Turbellaria - The Turbellaria are one of the
traditional sub-divisions of the phylum Platyhelminthes
(flatworms), and include all the sub-groups that are not
exclusively parasitic. There are about 4,500 species,
which range from 1 mm (0.039 in) to large freshwater
forms more than 500 mm (20 in) long or terrestrial
species like Bipalium kewense which can reach 600 mm
(24 in) in length.
Roundworm: Toxocara cati - Toxocara cati, also known as
the feline roundworm, is a parasite of cats and other
felids. It is one of the most common nematodes of cats,
infecting both wild and domestic felids worldwide. Adult
worms are localised in the gut of the host. In adult cats,
the infection – which is called toxocariasis – is usually
asymptomatic. However, massive infection in juvenile
cats can be fatal.
Segmented worm: Leech - Leeches are segmented
parasitic or predatory worms that comprise the subclass
Hirudinea within the phylum Annelida. They are closely
related to the oligochaetes, which include the
earthworm, and like them have soft, muscular
segmented bodies that can lengthen and contract.
Mollusks: Giant Squid - The giant squid (Architeuthis dux)
is a species of deep-ocean dwelling squid in the family
Architeuthidae. It can grow to a tremendous size,
offering an example of abyssal gigantism: recent
estimates put the maximum size at around 12–13 m (39–
43 ft) for females and 10 m (33 ft) for males, from the
posterior fins to the tip of the two long tentacles (longer
than the colossal squid at an estimated 9–10 m (30–33
ft), but substantially lighter, as the tentacles make up
most of the length). The mantle of the giant squid is
about 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long (more for females, less for
males), and the length of the squid excluding its tentacles
(but including head and arms) rarely exceeds 5 m (16 ft).
Claims of specimens measuring 20 m (66 ft) or more have
not been scientifically documented.
Echinoderm: Sea urchin - Sea urchins or urchins
(/ˈɜːrtʃɪnz/) are typically spiny, globular animals,
echinoderms in the class Echinoidea. About 950 species
live on the seabed, inhabiting all oceans and depth zones
from the intertidal to 5,000 metres (16,000 ft; 2,700
fathoms). Their tests (hard shells) are round and spiny,
typically from 3 to 10 cm (1 to 4 in) across. Sea urchins
move slowly, crawling with their tube feet, and
sometimes pushing themselves with their spines. They
feed primarily on algae but also eat slow-moving or
sessile animals.
Arthropod: Scorpions ( Emperor Scorpion ) -
The emperor scorpion, Pandinus imperator, is
a species of scorpion native to rainforests and savannas
in West Africa. It is one of the largest scorpions in the
world and lives for 6–8 years.
Crustaceans: Mantis Shrimps - Mantis
shrimp are carnivorous marine crustaceans of
the order Stomatopoda (from Ancient
Greek στόμα (stóma) 'mouth', and ποδός (podós) 'foot').
Stomatopods branched off from other members of the
class Malacostraca around 340 million years ago.
Fish: Greater amberjack- The greater
amberjack (Seriola dumerili), also known as the allied
kingfish, great amberfish, greater yellowtail, jenny
lind, Sea donkey, purplish amberjack, reef
donkey, rock salmon, sailors choice, yellowtail,
and yellow trevally, is a species of predatory ray-finned
fish in the family Carangidae, the jacks and pompanos.
Birds: Peafowl/Peacock - Peafowl is a common
name for two bird species of the genus Pavo and
one species of the closely related
genus Afropavo within the tribe Pavonini of the
family Phasianidae (the pheasants and their allies).
Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and
female peafowl are referred to as peahens.
Mammal: Platypus -
The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus),
[3]
sometimes referred to as the duck-billed
platypus,[4] is a semiaquatic, egg-
laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia,
including Tasmania.
Amphibians: Axolotl - The axolotl (/ˈæksəlɒtəl/ ⓘ;
from Classical Nahuatl: āxōlōtl [aːˈʃoːloːtɬ] ⓘ)
(Ambystoma mexicanum)[3] is
a paedomorphic salamander closely related to
the tiger salamander.
Reptile: Komodo Dragon - he Komodo
dragon (Varanus komodoensis), also known as
the Komodo monitor, is a member of the monitor
lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to the
Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores,
and Gili Motang.