Species Profile
Hippocampus
Seahorse
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassOsteichthyes
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Hippocampus lives in shallow seas.
Slow-swimming and carnivorous.
Found among sea grasses.
Size & Structure
01
Horse-like head
02
Prehensile tail
03
Upright body
04
Bony body rings
Hippocampus — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation, single
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Branchial respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton (bony rings)
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Predator of small crustaceans
Seagrass ecosystem member
Indicator of healthy coasts
Economic Importance
Medicinal trade concern
Aquarium trade
Conservation importance