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Forests are the most beautiful habitat in the
marine environment. They are home to a rich array
of many marine lives. Kelp forests grow along
rocky coastlines in depths of 18 to 50 feet. A
kelp forest is much like a forest on the land.
It is divided into 3 layers and different kinds
of animal life are found in each layer. They are
found throughout Vesta along nutrient-rich shallow
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Plants And Animals
in the Kelp Forest
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The new Sionkelp
species evolved in a kelp-like biome. The kelp-like
forest biomes were some of the most beautiful
oceanic environments on planet Vesta. This environment
is home to a vast collection of water species.
In this more spacious environment, the original
species, Sioniplasti began to grow into a larger
plant form, and hence, Sionkelp evolved. Sionkelp
developed large green leaves which floated closer
to the top of the waters, seeking sunlight. The
big leaves facing the sunlight all day behaved
like little food factories, photosynthesizing
sunlight into sugars and carbon dioxide gases.
Sionkelp grew an amazing 30 cm per day. Growth
at this speed quickly resulted in the formation
of kelp-like forests in warm Vestian waters. The
Sionkelp groves became home and hiding places
for a host of other life forms.
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Kelaon
is a type of kelp living in the Kelp Forest-like
biome of the Manitcore Ocean. It emerged in the
Manticore approximately 2.8 billion years ago. Kelaon
is a relative of Coraon. Pieces of Coraons separated
from the coral reefs and hybridized with sperms
and eggs of other ocean plant life. The newly evolved
plant life floated in the ocean waters and finally
settled on the rocky surfaces of the coastlines
by grasping onto the rocks with its root-like structures.
Kelp forests grow along rocky coastlines in depths
of 18 to 50 feet. A kelp forest is much like a forest
on the land. It is divided into 3 layers and different
kinds of animal life are found in each layer. Kelaon
is a non-vascular alga. It "holds on"
to the rocky surfaces with root-like structures.
From these root-like structures, long kelp-like
streamers grow up toward the surface. Gas bladders
at the end of each leaf keep the plant upright and
closer to the surface of the water and sunlight.
Kelaons depend on light for photosynthesis. Kelaons
convert energy from sunlight and nutrients found
in the ocean. They are one of the fastest growing
plants known on Planet Vesta. They can grow up to
115 feet. Kelaons are often uprooted by the strong
waves of the ocean currents and washed ashore. The
fast growth spurts of Kelaons replace the uprooted
Kelaons and they are able to continue their survival.
The Kelaons provide shelter, protection, and food
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The
Giant Teon had a translucent dome with many long
tentacles and many nerve sensors which distinguished
light from dark and sensed nearby movement. The
Giant Teon's dome grew to a size of two feet in
diameter. When hunting for food, the Giant Teon's
tentacles would inject poison into trapped prey
to prevent its escape. The prey would be slowly
shoved into the mouth. After digestion, the remains
were discarded out of the same mouth. The Giant
Teon had evolved into a dangerous predator which
hid and slithered among the long waving leaves of
the giant kelp forest-like regions of the Sea of
Madrone and Manticore Ocean. It remained an invertebrate,
without a heart, without blood or gills, and without
a brain. Yet this predator flourished. Curiously
though, the Giant Teon's main diet consisted of
green algae which were always lodged in its belly.
Moreover, the Giant Teon stayed in proximity to
sunlight, so that the internal live algae would
make food through photosynthesis and thus give nutrients
to the Giant Teon. Sexual reproduction by by male
and female Giant Teons allowed diversity in appearance
and abundance in numbers. The Giant Teon remained
a well camouflaged, fearful predator. |
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Floop
is evolved from Cloop that once lived in the same ocean
earlier. Floops
could be found swimming throughout Manticore Ocean approximately
2.8 billion years ago.
Floops found that the kelp forests offered many of the
same resources that the coral reefs did and slowly adapted
to living closely with other animals in the forests. Floops
lived and swam in the oceanic waters. Floops lived most
of their lives underwater in kelp forests and swam ashore
to the sandy beaches for reproduction. Kelp forests normally
grow along rocky coastlines in depths of 18 to 50 feet.
A kelp forest is much like a forest on the land. It is
divided into 3 layers and different kinds of animal life
are found in each layer. Floops can be found swimming
throughout the layers of the kelp forest. They usually
fed on nutritious seaweeds found in the layers of kelp
forest and they are the primary consumer of Sionkelp and
Kaleon.
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One
million years after the emergence of the Sion-Rockcrab,
the Sion lineage of aquatic species produced another
new member: the Sion-Hermitcrab. During the mating
migrations of the Sion-Rockcrab, in the kelp forest-like
habitat, some of these creatures failed to return
to the rocky shores and remained on the ocean floor
the rest of their natural lives. The result was
a new creature that had the capabilities of the
original crawling scavenger and the sensing and
grasping capabilities of the rock shore species.
And so, the Sion-Hermitcrab fed on debris and waste
matter that settled on the ocean floor, and lost
its ability to capture fresh prey in its mighty
pinchers. This species also began residing inside
a hard shell to protect its soft abdomen. Being
a scavenger by nature, this crab never manufactured
its own shell instead, it would move into a shell
that belonged to another species. For instance,
if the Sion-Hermitcrab needed a new shell and saw
a perfect one passing by, it would use its aggressive
hunting pinchers to pluck out and remove the occupant.
This hostile take-over resulted in a new home for
the scavenging Sion-Hermitcrab. The specific type
of shells required for a proper fit for the Sion-Hermitcrab
are called gastropod shells. One unique thing about
this new species was that it developed a new pair
of small back legs that assisted in the moving in
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Floop is evolved from Cloop that once lived in
the ocean earlier.
Floops could be found swimming throughout Manticore
Ocean approximately 2.8 billion years ago.
Floops found that the kelp forests offered many
of the same resources that the coral reefs did
and slowly adapted to living closely with other
animals in the forests. Floops lived and swam
in the oceanic waters. Floops lived most of their
lives underwater in kelp forests and swam ashore
to the sandy beaches for reproduction. Kelp forests
normally grow along rocky coastlines in depths
of 18 to 50 feet. A kelp forest is much like a
forest on the land. It is divided into 3 layers
and different kinds of animal life are found in
each layer. Floops can be found swimming throughout
the layers of the kelp forest and they usually
feed on nutritious sea grasses and seaweeds like
Sionkelp and Kelaon. Floop is not only the primary
consumer of Sionkelp and Kelaon, also it is the
secondary consumer of crustaceans and species
of jellyfish like Giant Teon living
in the kelp forest.
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The Food Chain and
Calories Pyramids
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This page is created
by Joseph Choi
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