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__**Kingdom Monera**__

__**Moneran**__- Organisms that are single celled without a nucleus.

Example one:

__Scientific name**:**__ //Anabena// //azolla//

This type of Moneran or bacteria lives at the surface of quiet lakes and ponds through out tropical and temperate regions.

//Anabena azolla// Example two:

Scientific name: //Nostoc// //pruniforme//

Nostoc prunifore is a moneran found at the bottom of lakes, springs and on moist rocks.



**__Kingdom Protista__** Protist- protist are single celled with a nucleus.

Example one:

Scientific name: Actinosphaerium, **Actinosphaerium eichhorni**

This type of protist lives on the surface of calm lakes or ponds in any temperature zone.

Example two:

Scientific name: Ciliatea

This type of protist are most common in freshwater especially frequent in lakes and rivers.

**__ Fungi Fungi: __** Multi-celled organisms with no chlorophy and absorb nutrients for food **__Example one:__**
 * Scientific name:** //Agaricus xanthodermus//


 * Common name:** yellow-staining mushroom


 * Description on where it lives:** It lives through out North America and Europe.Usually in places close to source of water.

//Agaricus xanthodermus//

__ **Example two:** __

Scientific name: //Amanita phalloides//

Common name: Death Caps

Description of where it lives: Near any large enough body of water lakes, ponds, oceans, ect....



__**Plants**__

__**Plants**__: Multi-celled organisms with cell walls and chlorophyll __Chlorophyta__

Description of where it lives: it live world wide in almost every body of water.

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

** __Cat tails__ **



Description of where it lives: Typha live on the edge or inside freshwater lakes or ponds.

Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Typhaceae Genus: Typha Species: Typha //latifolia//

**__Pinus__ //__albicaulis__//**



Description of where it lives: Pinus //albicaulis// also know as a whitebark pine is located in the mountains of the western united states and canada. || Plantae || || Pinophyta || || Pinopsida || || Pinales || || Pinaceae || || Pinus || || Strobus || || //albicaulis// ||
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 * __ Takakia Ceratophylla __**



Decription of where it lives: Takakia Ceratophylla lives around lakes and in very dark and moist areas.

Kingdom: Plantae Division: Bryophyta Class: Takakiopsida Order: Takakiales Family: Takakiaceae Genus: Takakia Species: T. ceratophylla

__** Marsilea quadrifolia **__



Description of where it lives: It is found in central and southern Europe, Caucasia, western Siberia, Afghanistan, sw India, China, Japan and North America at the bottems of lakes and ponds.

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 * Kingdom: ||   Plantae
 * Division: ||  Pteridophyta
 * Class: ||   Pteridopsida
 * Order: ||   Salviniales
 * Family: ||   Marsileaceae
 * Genus: ||   //Marsilea//
 * Species: || //    quadrifolia  //  ||

__** Charophyta **__



Desriction of where it lives: It is a microscopic plant that lives in fresh water lakes all over the world.

Kingdom: Plantae      Division: Charophyta Class: Zygnemophyceae Order: Desmidiales Family: Closteriaceae    Genus: //Closterium// species: //lunula//

**__ Plagiochila __**



Decription of where it lives: Plagiochila lives underwater and can live in either fresh or salt water.

Kingdom: Plantae Division: Marchantiophyta Class: Jungermanniopsida Order: Jungermanniales Family: Plagiochilaceae Genus: Plagiochila Species: Plagiochila asplenioides __** Animals **__



__** Description of where it lives: **__ they live near fresh water in Canada, the US,Mexico, Argentina, and Tierra del Fuego. The reason it is able to live in Arentina and Terra del Fuego is because it has adapted to it's temerate forests. The america beavers are herbivors

||  Animalia || ||   Chordata || ||  Mammalia || ||  Rodentia || ||  Castoridae || || // Castor // || || //canadensis// ||
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**__Comon name:__** Amerian beaver **__scientific name:__** //Castor candensis//

**__ Bullfrog __**



Description of where it lives: Bullfrogs live next to lakes, swamps, and bogs usually right on the edge.

Bullfrogs eat whatever they can stuff down their throat. Which means they are Omnivorous.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Ranidae Genus: Rana species: R. catesbeiana


 * __ Common name: American Bullfrog __**

__**Python**__



Description of where it lives: Pythons live usually by lakes or rivers in Africa.

Pythons are Carnivors. They eat anything that they can overpower and kill.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Pythonidae Genus: Python species: P. regius

__Common name: Pythons__ __** Goldfish **__



__**description of where it lives:**__ This type of goldfish is native to East Asia. It lives in every slow moving body of water and prefers freshwater to saltwater even though it can live in both.

The Feeder goldfish is an omnivore.

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 * Kingdom: ||  Animalia
 * Phylum: ||  Chordata
 * Class: ||  Actinopterygii
 * Order: ||  Cypriniformes
 * Family: ||  Cyprinidae
 * Genus: || // Carassius //
 * Species: || // auratus  // ||

**__Common name:__** Feeder Goldfish **__scientific name:__** //Carassius auratus// __** Green Hydra **__



__**Description of where it lives:**__ Green Hydra is found on the underside of underwater plants in still waters.

Green Hydra is a herbivore.

||      Animalia ||   ||      Cnidaria ||  ||     Hydrozoa || ||    Hydroida || ||  Hydridae || || // Hydra // || || // viridis // ||
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 * __Common name:__** Green Hydra
 * __Scientific name:__** Hydra viridis


 * __ Freshwater jellyfish __**



__**Description of where it lives:**__ It is found throughout the world in bodies of fresh water. The freshwater jellyfish is a carnivor because it eats zooplankton Kingdom: Animalia Phylum:  Cnidaria Class: Hydrozoa Order: Limnomedusae Family:    Animalia Genus: //Craspedacusta// species:      // sowerbyi //

__**Scientific name:**__ //Craspedacuista sowerbyi//
 * __common name:__** Freshwater jellyfish

__** Water Skaters **__



Description of where it lives: Water skaters live in lakes, ponds, and some rivers.

This Water skater is a Omnivor

Kingdom: Animilia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: insecta Order: Hemiperta Family: Gerridae Genus: Gerris Species: Gerris sp.

__**Commmon name: Pond Skater**__


 * __Desciption of where it live:__** This flatworm is a parasite that lives in freshwater salmon.

The salmon killer is a carnivore

||    Animalia ||  ||     Platyhelminthes ||  ||     Monogenea ||  ||     Monopisthocotylea ||  ||     Gyrodactylidae ||  ||    // Gyrodactylus // ||  || //   salaris   // ||
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 * __common name__**: salmon killer
 * __scientific name__**: //Gyrodactylus salaris//

__Shortnose gar__



**__description of where it lives:__** The shortnose gar lives in freshwater rivers and lakes

Shortnose gar are carnivores.

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 * Kingdom: ||   Animalia
 * Phylum: ||   Chordata
 * Class: ||   Actinopterygii
 * Order: ||   Lepisosteiformes
 * Family: ||   Lepisosteidae
 * Genus: ||   //Lepisosteus//
 * Species: ||  // platostomus //  ||

__**Common name:**__ shortnose gar __**scientific name:**__ L//episosteus plaosomus//


 * __ Snapping Turtle __**



Description of where it lives: The Common Snapping Turtle lives near and around lakes, ponds, and rivers.

Snapping Turtles are Omnivors

Kingdom: Animilia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family: Chelydridae Genus: Chelydra species: C. serpentina

Common name: Common Snapping Turtle



__**Description of where it lives:**__ Leach´s Bithynia is a freshwater snail that lives in clean, calcium-rich water, which is slow-running and thickly weeded. Bithynia leachii is a carnivore

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 * //    Kingdom:     // || //      Animalia
 * //    Phylum:     // || //      Mollusca
 * //    Class:     // || //      Gastropoda
 * //    Order:     // || //      Neotaenioglossa
 * //    Family:     // || //      Bithyniidae
 * //    Genus:     // ||      Bithynia
 * Species:    || //     leachii     // ||

__**Common name:**__ Leach´s Bithyn

**__Dragonflies__**



Description of where it lives: This type of dragonfly its main habitat is around lakes and rivers.

This type of dragonfly is a carnivor

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Family: Corduliidae Genus: Macromia species: M. margarita

Common name: Dragonflies

**__Mandarin Duck__**



Description of where it lives: This type of duck lives in and near lakes, ponds, and rivers.

This Duck is a Carnivor

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Genus: Aix species: A. galericulata Common name: Ducks

__**Great Blue Heron**__



Description of where it lives: This type of Heron is found in fresh and saltwater marshes, mangrove swamps, flooded meadows, lake edges, and other shorelines.

This type of Heron is a carnivor

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae Genus: Ardea species: A. herodias

Common name: Egrets or Bitterns

__**Largemouth Bass**__



Description of where it lives: This type of bass lives in only freshwater but most other basses can live in both fresh and saltwater.

This bass is a omnivor

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopteygii Order: Perciformes Family: Centrarchidae Genus: Micropterus species: M. salmoides

Common name: Largemouth Bass __** Water deer **__



**__Description of where it lives:__** Water deer are most commonly found by rivers but have also been knowen to live near marshes, wetlands and lakes. Water deer are hervibores

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 * Kingdom:  ||    Animalia
 * Phylum:  ||    Chordata
 * Class:  ||    Mammalia
 * Order:  ||    Artiodactyla
 * Family:  ||    Cervidae
 * Subfamily:  ||    Hydropotinae
 * Genus:  ||    //Hydropotes//
 * Species:  || //   H. inermis   // ||
 * __Common name:__** Water deer


 * __ Bala shark __**




 * __Description of where it lives:__** Bala sharks are found in large and medium-sized rivers and lakes.

Bala sharks are carnivores

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 * Kingdom: || Animalia
 * Phylum: || Chordata
 * Class: || Actinopterygii
 * Order: || Cypriniformes
 * Family: || Cyprinidae
 * Genus: || //Balantiocheilos//
 * Species: || //melanopterus//


 * __Common name:__** Bala shark



__**Description of where it live:**__ The Pouched lamprey is a lamprey that can live can live in either fresh or saltwater.

The Pouched lamprey is a carnivore.

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 * Kingdom: ||   Animalia
 * Phylum: ||   Chordata
 * Class: ||   Cephalaspidomorphi
 * Order: ||   Petromyzontiformes
 * Family: ||   Petromyzontidae
 * Subfamily: ||   Geotriinae   ||
 * Genus: ||  // Geotria //  ||
 * Species: || //  australis  // ||

__**Common name:**__ Pouched lamprey



__**Description of where it lives:**__ Unlike other lampreys the Non-parasitic Lamprey can not live in saltwater.

It is a carnivore

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 * Kingdom: || Animalia
 * Phylum: || Chordata
 * Class: || Cephalaspidomorphi
 * Order: || Petromyzontiformes
 * Family: || Petromyzontidae
 * Subfamily: || Mordaciinae
 * Genus: || //Mordacia//
 * Species: || // praecox // ||


 * __Common name:__** Non-parasitic Lamprey



__**description of where it lives:**__ The Lesser Siren is an aquatic salamander found inlakes in the eastern united states, and in northern mexico.

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 * Kingdom: || Animalia
 * Phylum: || Chordata
 * Class: || Amphibia
 * Subclass: || Lissamphibia
 * Order: || Caudata
 * Family: || Sirenidae
 * Genus: || //Siren//
 * Species: || // intermedia // ||


 * __Common name:__** Lesser Siren



__**description of where it lives:**__ The Nicaragua Shark is a freshwater shark that lives only in lake Nicaragua.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Carcharhinidae Genus: //Carcharhinus// species: //nicaraguensis// __**Common name:**__ Nicaragua Shark

__**Zebra Mussle**__



Description of where it lives: Zebra Mussles live on rocks in lakes.

Zebra Mussles are a omnivor

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Veneroida Family: Dreissenidae Genus: Dreissena species: D. polymorpha

Common name: Zebra Mussles

**__Spiny--Headed Worms__**



Description of where it lives: This worm lives closer to the shore and only live in Russian lakes.

This worm is a carnivor because it lives on blood

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Acanthocephala Class: Palaeacanthocephala Order: Echinorhynchida Family: Displosentidae Genus: Diplosentis species: Deplosentis Amphacathi

Common name: Spiny--Headed Worms

**__//Parachordodes// //modestus//__**



Description of where it lives: This Roundworm lives on the bottom of lakes

This roundworm is a carnivor

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Nematomorpha Class: Nectonematoida Order: Gordiaiden Family: Chordodidae Genus: Parachordodes species: Parachordodes modestus Spiridonov

Common name: Hair worms

__**Tubifex tubifex**__



Description of where it lives: This is a segmented worm that lives in the lakes, rivers, and oceans.

This segmented worm is a omnivor

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida Class: Clitellata Order: Oligochaeta Family: Tubifcidae Genus: Tubifex species: T. tubifex

Common name: Sludge Worm, Sewage Worm, or Lime Snake

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