Match each of the following marine organisms with their identifying characteristics. Two of them are wrong. baleen...

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Match each of the following marine organisms with theiridentifying characteristics. Two of them are wrong.

baleen whales                                                                                large filter feeders

echinoderms                                                                                                         spiny skin

red algae                         microalgae that can cause red tide toxic bloom

dinoflagellates                        complex life cycleswith multiple stage

diatoms                                                                have silica (glass) shells

crabs and lobsters                                                         decopods (have 10 legs)

manatee                                                                herbivorous marine mammal

mangrove                                                                                 intertidal zone tree

sponges                  structurally simple animal that filters water

anemones and medusae                                  havestinging cells on their tentacles

snails and sea slugs                     have a muscular foot, eat with radula

mussel and clam                                                                   mollusks with 2 shells

hermit crab                                  crustacean that lives in a snail shell

hagfish and lampreys                                                                               jawless fish

sharks                                           skeleton of cartilage, not bone

tuna, salmon or anchovy                                                              bony fish with ray fins

leatherback sea turtle                marine reptile returns to land to lay eggs

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baleen whales large filter feeders echinoderms spiny skin dinoflagellates microalgae that can cause red tide toxic bloom red algae complex life cycles with multiple stage diatoms have silica glass shells    See Answer
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