Metazoa info

[Duke Guilmon]

Greater blue-ringed octopus



Hapalochlaena lunulata

Size: 12-20cm

Weight: 10-100 grams

Life expectancy: No data

Location: This animal is found only in Australian waters and north of Papua New Guinea. They make their homes in coral reefs. 



Taxonomy:
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Cohort: Neocoleoidea
Superorder: Octopodiformes
Order: Octopoda
Suborder: Incirrina
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Hapalochlaene
Species: Hapalochlaena lunulata

Diet: This animal will eat crabs, shrimp, and fish

Anatomy: H.lunulata have blue rings. These rings warm predators that it is venomous. The venom is made by bacteria in the salivary glands. The venom will lead to cardiac arrest in prey.

Behavior: These guys are solitary. They don't do much but wait and hunt. When fight is no as good as flight, it will use jet propulsion to move away.

Reproduction: The male starts the mating by caressing the female. He then grabs the female and transfers his sperm. He does this by sticking his hectocotlyus in her mantle. Funny thing, males will mount other males in their mating frenzy, but these don't last as long. The female lays 50 eggs by the end of autumn. The eggs hatch after six months, and the female dies.

Relationship with other animals: No data



Blue-ring fled

Other sources:

http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Hapa..._lunulata/

http://www.uwphotographyguide.com/blue-ringed-octopus

http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/onlinel...d_octopus1

[Duke Guilmon]

Beef tapeworm



Taenia saginata

Size: 4-10m

Weight: No data

When it first appeared: No data

Location: Like all tapeworms they are found in another animals gut. They are found where cows are and where their meat is distributed.

Taxonomy:
Class: Cestoda
Subclass: Eucestoda
Order: Cyclophyllidea
Family: taeniidae
Genus: Taenia
Species: Taenia saginata

Diet: The beef tapeworm will eat what the host eats.

Anatomy: The head of this animal gives it a strong grip on the walls of its host. The hooks point down so that they can't be pulled out.

Behavior: No data

Reproduction: This animal is a hermaphrodite. Its body segments contains an egg. The segments will fall off and be released via the host feces. In the wild the eggs land grass. When eaten by an animal they will grow inside of them.

Relationship with other animals: It is a parasite, it effects mainly cows and humans.



Give me a kiss

Other sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taenia_saginata

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis...e-illness/

http://www.parasitesinhumans.org/taenia-...eworm.html

[Kitty Galore]

Cool octopus. I have not heard of that one before.

[Duke Guilmon]

Cool octopus. I have not heard of that one before.

Really? Well good to see you learned something new.

[Duke Guilmon]

European fire-bellied toad



Size: 26-60mm 

Weight: 2-13.9g

Life expectancy: 10 years

Location: They are found near bodies of water. They can be found living through out most of Europe

Taxonomy:
Class: Amphibia
Clade: Lissamphibia
Superorder: Batrachia
Clade: Salienta
Order: Anura
Suborder: Archaeobatrachia
Family: Bombinatoridae
Genus: Bombina
Species: Bombina bombina

Diet: The adults eat insects, spiders, millipedes, mollusk and earthworms

Anatomy: This animals red bellied because of its poisonous skin. This helps protect the animal from predators.

Behavior: These animals are solitary. They will travel around their habitat looking for food 

Reproduction: These frogs will mate from April-August when there is heavy rain fall. The males are territorial, having up to 2-3m of territory. The male will grave the female and will begin to mate.  
One clutch will have 10-40 eggs. It takes 2-5 days for the eggs to hatch. It takes 1-2 years for the frogs to reach maturity 

Relationship with other animals: No data



Frog joke

Other sources:

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2865/0

http://a-z-animals.com/animals/fire-bellied-toad/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_f...llied_toad

[Duke Guilmon]

†Lycaenops ornatus



Size: 1m

Weight: 15kg

Life expectancy: No data

When it first appeared: The animal slid in the cut 270.6 MYA in the middle Permian.

Location: This "wolfie" was found in South africa

Taxonomy: 
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Eupelycosauria
Clade: Sphenacodontia
Clade: Sphenacodontoidea
Order: Therapsida
Clade: Eutherapsida
Clade: Neotherapsida
Clade: Theriodontia
Suborder: †Gorgonopsia
Family: †Gorgonopsidae
Genus: †Lycaenops
Species: †Lycaenops ornatus

Diet: This animal was a carnivore, so it would eat small reptiles and dicynodonts

Anatomy: This animal was mammal like, despite not being a mammal. Gabumon here had dog like fangs on its jaws. The name lycaenops is reference to its wolf face.

Behavior: No data

Reproduction: No data

Relationship with other animals: No data



This gabumon will never be a garurumon (;__; )

Other sources:

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/spec...enops.html

http://www.palaeocritti.com/by-group/gor.../lycaenops

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycaenops

[Duke Guilmon]

†Liopleurodon ferox



Size: 25m

Weight: Estimated 75-150 tons

Life expectancy: No data

When it first appeared: Ferox dived into action in the Mid-Jurrasic 162 MYA 

Location: This animal swam in the oceans of what is now Europe

Taxonomy:
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Eureptilia
Clade: Romeriida
Clade: Diapsida
Clade: Neodiapsida
Clade: Sauria
Clade: Pantestudines
Superorder: †Sauropeterygia
(unranked): †Eosauropterygia
Branch: †Pistosauroidea
Order: †Plesiosauria
Node: †Neoplesiosauria
Suborder: †Pliosauroidea
Family: †Pliosauridae
Genus: †Liopleurodon
Species: †Liopleurodon

Diet: This animal was a large and powerful predator. It may have eaten any animal it could catch. 

Anatomy: This animal had huge flippers and jaws. This helped it swim fast and bite hard.

Behavior: Based on its flippers, it is said to be an ambush predator

Reproduction: No data

Relationship with other animals: No data



Some one revive this bastard

Other sources:

http://plesiosaur.com/plesiosaurs/liopleurodon.php

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/spec...rodon.html

http://www.bbcearth.com/walking-with-din...pleurodon/

[Duke Guilmon]

†Leedsichthys problematicus



Size: 11.4-14.9m

Weight: 2 tons

Life expectancy: No data

When it first appeared: Middle Jurassic

Location: The fossil of this fish is the callovian of England, northern Germany, the Oxfordian of Chile, and upper Kimmeridigion of France. 

Taxonomy:
Class: Actinopterygii
(unranked): Actinopteri
Subclass: Neopterygii
Infraclass: Holostei
Order: †Pachycormiformes
Family: †Pachycormidae
Genus: †Leedsichthys
Species: †Leedsichthys problematicus

Diet: The big gal was a filter feeder, based on its gills

Anatomy: This fish was huge, with the only other fish larger than it being sauropods and cetaceans(taxonomically speaking). It is also its gill rakers, which are large and impressive.

Behavior: it swam with its mouth open

Reproduction: No data

Relationship with other animals: Liopleurodon is depicted as a predator of this fish. 



Just going for a stroll with my best friend.

Other sources:

http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/tetrapodsa...chthys.htm

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/spec...hthys.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...s-science/

[Duke Guilmon]

Pacific sea nettle



Size: Bell-1m, tenticles- 3.6-4.6m

Weight: No data

Life expectancy: 6 months

Location: The pacific sea nettle lives in the open waters of the pacific ocean, mostly the northeast 

Taxonomy:
Class: Scphozoa
Order: Semaeostomeae
Family: Pelagiidae
Genus: Chrysaora
Species: Chrysaora fuscescens

Diet: This animal is carnivorous. It feeds on small fish and their eggs, salp, zooplankton, crustaceans, pelagic snails, and other jellyfish. 

Anatomy: This jellyfish relies on its cnidocyst laden tentacles in order to catch prey. When prey touches these tentacles, it will sting them. After wards it then begins digestion and will bring its food to their mouth. They use their bells to move a propulsion. 

Reproduction: This animal can reproduce sexually and asexually. The sexual reproduction is by the medusa stage while asexual reproduction is by the polyp stage while asexual reproduction is by the polyp stage. Females will catch sperm and bring it to the eggs in their mouths. Then the eggs will hatch and become a planula. This planula then releases polyps, which then leads to the asexual reproduction. The new clones will then grow into a big nettle.

Relationship with other animals: This animal is prey to marine birds and large fish.



Other sources:

http://eol.org/pages/203472/details

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/anima...sea-nettle

http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-photos/pacific-sea-nettles

[Duke Guilmon]

Loggerhead shrike



Size: 22.86cm with 28-32cm wingspan 

Weight: 35-54 grams

When it first appeared: No data

Location: This bird lives in open woodland. They live across south canada, the U.S, and Mexico



Taxonomy:
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Neognathae
Superorder: Neoaves
Clade: Passerea
Clade: Telluraves
Clade: Australaves
Clade: Euflaconimorphe
Clade: Psittacopasserae
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeria
Family: Laniidae
Genus: Lanius
Species: Lanius Indovicianus

Diet: This avian kombatant is a carnivore. They eat land living arthropods, amphibians, reptiles, small mammals, and birds. 

Behavior: This bird is a solitary animal. It spends its time hunting. It will swoop down and grab prey with its feet. Because it lacks talons, it kills its prey win a mortal kombat fashion by stabbing its prey into spikes.

Reproduction: When stabbing its prey, a shrike will decorate the prey it caught to attract such mates. After mating, both would build a nest. The female will lay about 5-6 eggs, with a 15-17 incubation period. 

Relationship with other animals: No data



FATALITY!!

Other sources:

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Loggerhead_Shrike/id

https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird...ead-shrike

http://eol.org/pages/1050634/overview