Blue Biome Species
Explore marine species profiles linked to food-web roles, ocean regions, and related Blue Biome learning content. This species guide is designed for ocean literacy, classroom use, and marine ecology discovery.
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- Acartia omorii (Acartia omorii)
- Aluterus scriptus (Aluterus scriptus)
- Amazon river prawn (Macrobrachium amazonicum)
- American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)
- Arctic amphipod (Themisto libellula)
- Arctic Calanus (Calanus glacialis)
- Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
- Arctic squid (Gonatus fabricii)
- Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
- Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)
- Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
- Black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon)
- Blind shrimp (Rimicaris exoculata)
- Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou)
- Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
- California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
- Capelin (Mallotus villosus)
- Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos)
- Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi)
- Chaetoceros calcitrans (Chaetoceros calcitrans)
- Chaetoceros socialis (Chaetoceros socialis)
- Chain diatom (Chaetoceros spp)
- Chain-forming diatom (Skeletonema marinoi)
- Chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus)
- Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
- Conticribra weissflogii (Conticribra weissflogii)
- Copepod (Metridia longa)
- Copepod (Paracalanus parvus)
- Coryphaena hippurus (Coryphaena hippurus)
- Cyclopoid copepod (Oithona similis)
- Daisy brittle star (Ophiopholis aculeata)
- Echinometra mathaei (Echinometra mathaei)
- Ehux (Gephyrocapsa huxleyi)
- Engraulis japonicus (Engraulis japonicus)
- Epinephelus striatus (Epinephelus striatus)
- Euphausia mucronata (Euphausia mucronata)
- Euphausia pacifica (Euphausia pacifica)
- Euphausia superba (Euphausia superba)
- Euphausia vallentini (Euphausia vallentini)
- European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)
- Eurythenes gryllus (Eurythenes gryllus)
- Fiddler crab (Uca spp)
- Forked diatom (Bacteriastrum furcatum)
- Fragilariopsis cylindrus (Fragilariopsis cylindrus)
- Genypterus blacodes (Genypterus blacodes)
- Giant Grenadier (Albatrosia pectoralis)
- Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)
- Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
- Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
- Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus)
- Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
- Halfmoon (Medialuna californiensis)
- Hydrurga leptonyx (Hydrurga leptonyx)
- Jewels of the sea (Hemiaulus hauckii)
- Kaup's arrowtooth eel (Synaphobranchus kaupii)
- Killer whale (Orcinus orca)
- Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Merluccius gayi (Merluccius gayi)
- Merluccius hubbsi (Merluccius hubbsi)
- Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
- Needle diatom (Nitzschia)
- Nitrosopumilus (Nitrosopumilus)
- Nitzschia closterium (Nitzschia closterium)
- Nitzschia longissima (Nitzschia longissima)
- Nordenskioeld’s diatom (Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii)
- Northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica)
- Ocean Surgeonfish (Acanthurus tractus)
- Octopus cyanea (Octopus cyanea)
- Ostracods (Ostracods)
- Otaria byronia (Otaria byronia)
- Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax)
- Paracalanus indicus (Paracalanus indicus)
- Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
- Polar cod (Boreogadus saida)
- Porolithon onkodes (Porolithon onkodes)
- Prochlorococcus (Prochlorococcus marinus)
- Pseudo-nitzschia seriata (Pseudo-nitzschia seriata)
- Pseudoliparis swirei (Pseudoliparis swirei)
- Pygoscelis adeliae (Pygoscelis adeliae)
- Red copepod (Calanus finmarchicus)
- Sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)
- Sargassum natans (Sargassum natans)
- Scotoplanes globosa (Scotoplanes globosa)
- Sevenstar flying squid (Martialia hyadesi)
- Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
- Somniosus pacificus (Somniosus pacificus)
- Southern krill (Euphausia lucens)
- Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
- Spindle-shaped Gyrodinium (Gyrodinium spirale)
- String jellyfish (Apolemia uvaria)
- Sulfur-methane‑oxidizing chemosynthetic bacteria (Gammaproteobacterium)
- Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
- Symbiodinium tridacnidorum (Symbiodinium tridacnidorum)
- Synechococcus spp (Synechococcus spp)
- Thalassia testudinum (Thalassia testudinum)
- Thalassiosira pseudonana (Thalassiosira pseudonana)
- Thinspine sea catfish (Arius tenuispinis)
- Thysanoessa inermis (Thysanoessa inermis)
- Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
- Tropical flyingfish (Exocoetus volitans)
- Upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea xamachana)
- Uroteuthis duvaucelii (Uroteuthis duvaucelii)
- Vent crab (Segonzacia mesatlantica)
- Whitemouth croaker (Micropogonias furnieri)
- Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)