Fresh+Water+Lakes+Facts

= Monerans = Ashley B. and Sarah V.


 * //Fluviicola taffensis//**

This moneran is usually rod shaped, and lives in the soil by the lake shore.

//Vibrio cholerae//
//Vibrio cholerae// is a rod-shaped cell that lives in the bodies of the animals that live in the freshwater lakes. The natural reservoir was assumed to be humans but now there is evidence that it could come from water. The well known disease known as cholera is caused if you eat or drink anything that has //Vibrio cholerae// in it. Cholera is one of the most rapidly fatal illnesses known. A healthy person my become hypotensive within an hour of the onset of symptoms and may die within 2 to 3 hours if no treatment is provided.

= Protists =

The kingdom of organisms that have a nucleus, most protists are single-celled, but some are multi-celled, and this kingdom is split into two groups, protozoan and algae.

Algae
Algae are plant-like with both a cell wall and chlorophyll. //Nothogenia ovalis//, more commonly known as montagne, lives on rocks in and around marine and fresh water biomes.



Protozoan
Protozoans are animal-like, have no cell wall, and have no chlorophyll. Most scientists use the word protozoan to refer to a one-celled protist that cannot make its own food.



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//Amoeba proteus // was previously called //Chaos diffluens// and is the most common type of amoeba. This amoeba lives in the water of lakes and usually is near the surface.======

=Fungi =

The kingdom of organisms that are single or multi-cellled, have a nucleus, absorb nutrients and have no chlorophyll.



The //Glomus claroideum// is a glomeromycota, glomeromycota grow on the roots of plants. This fungus grows in the soil underneath the lakes.


 * Kingdom: Fungi
 * Phylum: Glomeromycota
 * Class: Glomermycetes
 * Order: Glomerales
 * Family: Glomeraceae
 * Genus: //Glomus//
 * Species: //claroideum//

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//Spizellomyces punctatus// is a chytridiomycota. Chytridiomycota live in soil or water. //Spizellomyces punctatus// live on rocks on the bottom of lakes.


 * Kingdom: Fungi
 * Phylum: Chyttidiomycota
 * Class:Chytridiomycetes
 * Order: Spizellomycetales
 * Family:Spizellomycetaceae
 * Genus://Spizellomyces//
 * Species://punctatus//



//Agaricus bisporus// is a basidiomycota. Basidiomycota have closely packed filaments. The comon name for //Agaricus bisporus// is snowball mushroom. It lives in the marshy soil on the lake shore.


 * Kingdom: Fungi
 * Phylum: Basidiomycota
 * Class: Basidiomycete
 * Order: Agaricales
 * Family: Agaricaceae
 * Genus: //Agaricus//
 * Species: //bisporus//



//Jahnula aquatica// is an ascomycota. Ascomycota is a phylum of fungi characterized by a cup-like structure. //Jahnula aquatica// does not have a common name. It lives on the plants on the shore.


 * Kingdom: Fungi
 * Phylum: Ascomycota
 * Class: Ascomycetes
 * Order: Dothideales
 * Family: Aliquandostipitaceae
 * Genus: //Jahnula//
 * Species: //aquatica//

= Plants  =

Plants are organisms that are photosynthetic, multicellular, have cell walls, and most have a chlorophyll.



This plant is //Nelumbo lutea//. It's common name is American Lotus. It lives on the surface of the water of lakes. //Nelumbo lutea// is in the class Magnoliopsida. The definition of Magnoliopsida is a class of flowering plants generally characterized by having two cotyledons and net-veined leaves.


 * Kingdom: Plantae
 * Division: Tracheophyta
 * Class: Magnoliopsida
 * Order: Nelumbonales
 * Family: Nelumbonaceae
 * Genus: //Nelumbo//
 * Species: //lutea//



The plant, //Osmunda claytoniana//, is more commonly known as Clayton's fern. It is a polypodiophyta, which are flowerless, seedless, and reproduce by spose. They have roots and are vascular. It lives on the marshy shore line of lakes.
 * Kingdom: Plantae
 * Phylum: Polypodiophyta
 * Class: Polypodiopsida
 * Order: Osmundales
 * Family: Osmundaceae
 * Genus: //Osmunda//
 * Species: //claytoniana//



This plant is //Typha latifolia//. It's common name is the Common Cattail. It lives in the water near the edge of the shore. //Typha latifolia// is in the class Liliopsida. The defintion of Liliopsida is comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves.


 * Kingdom: Plantae
 * Division: Euphyllophytina
 * Class: Liliopsida
 * Order: Typhales
 * Family: Typhaceae
 * Genus: //Typha//
 * Species: //latifolia//



This plant is //Phragmites australis//. It's common name is the Common Reed. It lives in shallow parts of water, usually near the shore. //Phragmites australis// is in the class Liliopsida. The definition of Liliopsida is comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves.


 * Kingdom: Plantae
 * Division: Euphyllophytina
 * Class: Liliopsida
 * Order: Poales
 * Family: Poaceae
 * Genus: //Phragmites//
 * Species: //australis//



This plant is //Chondracanthus exasperatus.// It's common name is the Turkish Towel Seaweed. It lives in shallow parts of water, usually near the shore. //Chondracanthus exasperatus// is in the division Rhodophyta. The definition of Rhodophyta is a large diverse phylum or division of plants distinguished by having an abundance of the pigment phycoerythrin.


 * Kingdom: Plantae
 * Division: Rhodophyta
 * Class: Florideophyceae
 * Order: Gigartinales
 * Family: Pyraloidea
 * Genus: //Chondracanthus//
 * Species: //exasperatus//



This plant is //Ulva lactuca.// It's common name is Sea Lettuce. It lives on the bottom of freshwater lakes. //Ulva lactuca// is in the phylum Chloropyta. The defintion of Chlorophyta is a division that consists mainly of green algae, characterized by chloroplasts.


 * Kingdom: Plantae
 * Division: Chlorophyta
 * Class: Ulvophyceae
 * Order: Ulvales
 * Family: Ulvaceae
 * Genus: //Ulva//
 * Species: //lactuca//



This plant is //Utricularia inflata//. It's common name is Swollen Bladderwort. It lives on the surface of the water. //Utricularia inflata// is in the class Magnoliopsida. The definition of Magnoliopsida is a class of flowering plants generally characterized by having two cotyledons and net-veined leaves.


 * Kingdom: Plantae
 * Division: Euphyllophytina
 * Class: Magnoliopsida
 * Order: Scrophulariales
 * Family: Lentibulariaceae
 * Genus: //Utricularia//
 * Species: //inflata//



This plant is //Cabomba caroliniana//, which is more commonly known as fish grass.It roots in the muddy soil on lake floors. //Cabomba caroliniana// is a magnoliophyta, which are flowering plants.


 * Kingdom: Plantea
 * Phylum: Magnoliophyta
 * Class: Magnoliopsida
 * Order: Nymphaeales
 * Family: Noctuoidea
 * Genus: //Cabomba//
 * Spieces: //caroliniana//



//Isoetes junciformis//, more commonly known as rush quilwort, is a lycopodiophyta. Lycopodiophyta are club mosses and quilworts. //Isoetes junciformis// thrives on mucky lake costlines.


 * Kingdom: Plantea
 * Phylum: Lycopodiophyta
 * Class: Lycopsida
 * Order: Isoetales
 * Family: Isoetaceae
 * Genus: //Isoetes//
 * Spiecies//: junciformis//



This is //Cyanophora tertacyanea//, more commonly known as microscopic oak. It is a glaucophyta, which i a small phylum of microscopic freshwater plants. //Cyanophora tertacyanea// lives in the soil of lakes that constantly have a tempature of 35 degrees of above.


 * Kingdom: Plantea
 * Phylum: Glaucophyta
 * Class: Glaucocystophyceae
 * Order: Cyanophorales
 * Family: Cyanphoraceae
 * Genus: //Cyanophora//
 * Spiecies: //tertacyanea//

= Animals =

The definition of animals is multicellular organisms that digest food inside their bodies.



This animal is //Spongilla lacustris//. The common name for this animal is the Freshwater Sponge. //Spongilla lacustris// lives on the bottom of freshwater lakes. It is in the phylum Porifera. The defintion of Porifera is a phylum characterized by the presence of canal systems through which water is drawn in and released.


 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Phylum: Porifera
 * Class: Demospongiae
 * Order: Haplosclerida
 * Family: Spongillidae
 * Genus: //Spongilla//
 * Species: //lacustris//



This animal is // Astacopsis gouldi //. The common name for this animal is the Giant Freshwater Lobster. It lives in the water near the shore of bigger freshwater lakes. It is in the phylum Arthropoda. The defintion of Arthropoda is invertebrate animals that are characterized by an exoskeleton and a segmented body to which jointed appendages are articulated in pairs.


 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Phylum: Arthropoda
 * Class: Malacostraca
 * Order: Decapoda
 * Family: Parastacidae
 * Genus: //Astacopsis//
 * Species: //gouldi//



This animal is //Dreissena polymorpha//. Its common name is the Zebra Mussel. It is scattered around the bottom of freshwater lakes. It is in the phylum Mollusca. The defintion of Mollusca is an organism typically having a soft unsegmented body, a mantle, and a protective calcareous shell.


 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Phylum: Mollusca
 * Class: Bivalvia
 * Order: Veneroida
 * Family: Apoidea
 * Genus: //Dreissena//
 * Species: //polymorpha//



This animal is //Hymenochirus curtipes//. Its common name is the African Dwarf Frog. It lives in and near freshwater lakes. It is in the class Amphibia. The defintion of Amphibia is a class of vertebrate animals characterized by a moist, glandular skin, and gills at some stage of development.


 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Phylum: Chordata
 * Class: Amphibia
 * Order: Anura
 * Family: Pipidae
 * Genus: //Hymenochirus//
 * Species: //curtipes//



This animal is //Apalone spinifera//. Its common name is the Spiny Softshell Turtle. It lives in the water and sometimes comes onto the shore of freshwater lakes. It is in the class Reptilia. The defintion of Reptilia is cold-blooded, usually egg-laying vertebrates, having an external covering of scales or horny plates and breathing by means of lungs.


 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Phylum: Chordata
 * Class: Reptilia
 * Order: Testudines
 * Family: Trionychidae
 * Genus: //Apalone//
 * Species: //spinifera//



This animal is //Pelecanus onocrotalus//. Its common name is the Eastern White Pelican. It lives on the land near freshwater lakes. It is in the class Aves. The defintion of Aves is animals which are warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates primarily adapted for flying.


 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Phylum: Chordata
 * Class: Aves
 * Order: Pelecaniformes
 * Family: Pelecanidae
 * Genus: //Pelcanus//
 * Species: //onocrotalus//

This animal is //Amietia vertebralis// more commonly known as the amietia frog. It lives on the shores of lakes that are found in praries. Itis in the class amphibia, which have two pairs of legs, lives part of thier life on land and part in water and lay eggs.


 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Phylum: Chordata
 * Class: Amphibia
 * Order: Anura
 * Family: Ranidae
 * Genus: //Amietia//
 * Spiecies: //vertibralis//

This animal is //Blastocerus dichotomus//, more commonly known as the marsh deer because of its habitat on the marshy lake shores. It is in the class mammalia, which give birth to live young, have an advanced nevous system, and breath using lungs.
 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Phylum: Chordata
 * Class: Mammalia
 * Order: Artiodactyla
 * Family: Cervidae
 * Genus: //Blastocerus//
 * Spiecies: //dichotomus//

This is //Barbus microcephalus//, more commonly known as the lake trout. It ussually lives on the bottom of large lakes. It is part of the class Osteichthyes, which have skelotons made of carilage, fleshy fins, gills and teeth.


 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Phylum: Chordata
 * Class: Osteichthyes
 * Order: Cypriniformes
 * Family: Cyprinidae
 * Genus: //Barbus//
 * Spiecies//: microcephalus//



This is //Hirudo medicinalis//, also known as a leach. It live on fish and other lake creatures. It is part of the class Clitellata, which live in water and have one opening for food and waste.


 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Phylum: Annelida
 * Class: Clitellata
 * Order: Arhynchobdellida
 * Family: Hirudinidae
 * Genus: //Hirudo//
 * Spiecies//: medicinalis//



This is //Belostama saratogae,// commonly known as the spring fever beetle. It lives in underground nests on the lake shore. It ussually lives on the bottom of large lakes. It is part of the class insecta, which have multiple body segments and jointed appendages.


 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Phylum: Arthropoda
 * Class: Insecta
 * Order: Hemiptera
 * Family: Belostomatidae
 * Genus: //Belostama//
 * Spiecies://saratogae//



This is //Thelepus crispus,// better known as the hairy gilled worm. It lives underground on the marshy lake shores. It is part of the class  Polychaeta, which have a simple nevous system and five hearts.


 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Phylum: Annelida
 * Class: Polychaeta
 * Order: Canalipalpata
 * Family: Terebellidae
 * Genus://Thelepus//
 * Spiecies: //crispus//

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