Jellyfish Anatomy

bell

bell margin
stomach
can be found
under its bell

tentacles
(lappets)
jellyfish sting
oral arms with their
tentacles to
jellyfish use oral catch their
arms to bring prey
food to their
mouths, which is
found under its
body

Jellyfish is not a fish and do not have a brain, heart and bones. Its “jelly” is made out
of partly salt and protein, mostly water. Jellyfish eats fish, plankton, and fish eggs.
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 Seahorse Anatomy

eye coronet
each eye moves each seahorse’s
on its own, it coronet is
doesn’t move different, just
together like human’s
fingerprint

snout

keel dorsal fin

seahorse helps the
keeps its eggs seahorse to
in here until move forward
they hatch

tail

Seahorses do not have teeth. Only the male gets pregnant, not the female. It can
change color to help them blend in with the backgound for camouflage.

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 Squid Anatomy
fin

mantle
vital organs are
inside the mantle

eye
big eyes help to
see in the deep
dark ocean

arm

tentacles

Squid have 3 hearts. It can change colors and swim backwards by pushing water out
from its bodies. Giant squid and colossal squid have eyes that are as big as a football.

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 Sea Turtle Anatomy

fore flipper shell

head

hind flipper
there are two
scutes claws in each
flipper
are big heart-shaped
shield in a turtle’s
shell

Sea turtle can hold its breath for 5 hours underwater. It can live for 100 years. It
has a great sense of direction and uses the earth’s magnetic field as a compass.

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 Octopus Anatomy

head

mantle

eye

suckers
arm can latch onto
objects, feel and
taste objects

The brain of an octopus surrounds its throat. An octopus has eight arms which
independently moves and it can regrow if injured. It also has a beak like a bird.

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 Dolphin Anatomy
dorsal fin
blowhole

melon

beak flippers
also called pectoral
fins, are used for
steering

flukes
are for swimming
and there are no
bones inside the
flukes

Dolphins communicate with each other by clicking, whistling and other sounds. Dolphins
have playful attitudes such as jumping, riding waves and interacting with humans.

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 Orca Anatomy
flukes
dorsal fin

melon

flippers
also called pectoral
fins, are used for
steering
white eye patch
protects their actual eyes by
providing a false target - prey
animals will often attack the
eyes of their predators

Orcas are also called killer whales. Orcas are the largest species of the dolphin
family. Orcas eat about 227kg a day of fish, seals, octopus, shark, squid, and others.

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 Blue Whale Anatomy

mouth median notch

eye

flukes

throat grooves flippers

are folds of skin and also called pectoral
blubber that expand during fins, are used for
feeding steering

Blue whales are the largest whales on Earth. Its heart is as big as a car, its tongue is
as heavy as an elephant; and it has a huge appetite for small crustaceans called krill.

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 Beluga Anatomy

flukes
broad thick flukes
blowhole help exchange heat

melon
focuses and
projects
echolocation
signals

white skin
flippers
its flippers are
round-shaped

Beluga whales do not chew their food, instead they swallow their prey whole. The
beluga is able to swim backwards.

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 Crab Anatomy

shell
walking legs
swimming legs

eye

antenna claw

Crabs are decapod crustaceans. Crabs are 10-legged animals and walk sideways. Its
external skeleton is called “exoskeleton".

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 Shark Anatomy

dorsal fin

snout

nostril
pectoral fin tail
gill slits also known as the
caudal fin
water must
continually flow
across these slits
for breathing

Sharks are fish that have no bones and have very good senses. A shark’s teeth are
usually replaced every 8 days.

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 Manta Ray Anatomy

cephalic lobe

eye

tail
manta ray’s tail
doesn’t sting

pectoral fin
flaps through the
water

Manta rays are related to sharks. Manta rays do not have bones and they eat living
organisms called plankton. Manta rays’ brains are the biggest of all fish.

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