Species Profile
Aptenodytes forsteri
Emperor penguin
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Lives in Antarctica.
Feeds on fish and krill.
Adapted to extreme cold.
Size & Structure
01
Barrel-shaped body
02
Black and white plumage
03
Flipper-like wings
04
Dense feathers
Aptenodytes forsteri — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- True coelom
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Homeothermic
- Circulatory type
- Closed, double, complete
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Lungs with air sacs
- Mode of excretion
- Uricotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Marine predator
Polar food web
Climate indicator
Economic Importance
Scientific research
Climate studies
Ecotourism