Portal:Marine life
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found.  The oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, is a large pelagic shark of tropical and warm temperate seas. It is a stocky shark, most notable for its long, white tipped rounded fins. This aggressive but slow-moving fish dominates feeding frenzies, and has attacked more humans than all other shark species combined — it is a notable danger to survivors of oceanic ship wrecks and downed aircraft. Recent studies have shown that its numbers are in steep decline — its large fins are highly valued as the chief ingredient of shark fin soup and, as with other shark species, the oceanic whitetip faces mounting pressure from fishing throughout its range. The oceanic whitetip shark was first described by naturalist René Lesson in his account of observations made during Louis Duperrey's 1822–1825 circumnavigation of the world on the corvette Coquille. Lesson described two specimens found in the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia, and named the shark Squalus maou after a Polynesian word for "shark". However, Lesson's description and name were forgotten. More on the oceanic whitetip shark Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found.  Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840–April 12, 1897) was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist. Cope was born in Philadelphia to Quaker parents. At an early age he became interested in natural history, and in 1859 communicated a paper on the Salamandridae to the Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia. It was about this time that he became affiliated with the Megatherium Club at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. He was educated partly in the University of Pennsylvania and, after further study and travel in Europe, was appointed curator to the Academy of Natural Sciences in 1865, a post which he held until 1873. From 1864–1867 he was professor of natural science at Haverford College, and in 1889 he was appointed professor of geology and palaeontology by the University of Pennsylvania. More on Edward Drinker Cope 
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found.  The Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) is a South American penguin, breeding in coastal Argentina, Chile and the Falkland Islands, with some migrating to Brazil. It is the most numerous of the Spheniscus penguins. Its nearest relatives are the African Penguin, the Humboldt Penguin and the Galápagos Penguin. More on the Magellanic penguin
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Template:/box-header Major Fields of Marine Biology: Marine Biology - Ecology - Zoology - Animal Taxonomy Specific Fields of Marine Biology: Herpetology - Ichthyology - Planktology - Ornithology Biologists: Zoologists - Algologists - Malacologists - Conchologists - Biologists - Marine Biologists - Anatomists - Botanists - Ecologists - Ichthyologists Organisms: Plants: Algae - Brown Algae - Green Algae - Red Algae - Sea Vegetables - Invertebrates: Cnidarians - Echinoderms - Molluscs - Bivalves - Cephalopods - Gastropods Fish: Fish - Bony fish - Lobe-finned fish - Ray-finned fish - Cartilaginous fish - Electric fish - Fish diseases - Rays - Sharks - Extinct fish - Fictional fish - Fisheries science - Fishing - Fishkeeping - Live-bearing fish Reptiles and Amphibians: Marine reptiles - Sea turtles - Mosasaurs - Sauropterygia Mammals: Marine mammals - Cetaceans - Pinnipeds - Sirenians Miscellaneous: Aquaria - Oceanaria - Agnatha - Endangered species - Aquatic biomes - Ecozones - Aquatic organisms - Cyanobacteria - Dinoflaggellates Template:/box-footer  Represents a Featured article,  Represents a Good articleThe following Wikimedia sister projects provide more on this subject:
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