Habitat
Animals of Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and coldest ocean, covered by sea ice for much of the year. Polar bears, walruses, seals, narwhals and belugas live in and around it.
11 animals in the library live in Arctic Ocean, from the codfish to the walrus. Mostly mammals (5), fish (3) and invertebrates (3).
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Codfish
Gadus morhua
Lives 12-25 years; records past 30
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Dolphin
Delphinidae and other families (bottlenose: Tursiops truncatus)
Lives 20-60 years; female orcas 80-90
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Jellyfish
Scyphozoa (true jellyfish, about 200 species)
Lives a few months to a year as an adult
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Minke Whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Antarctic minke: Balaenoptera bonaerensis)
Lives 30-50 years; some past 60
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Narwhal
Monodon monoceros
Lives about 50 years; some estimates considerably higher
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Octopus
Octopoda (order, about 300 species)
Lives 1-3 years; up to about 5
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Seahorse
Hippocampus (genus, about 45 species)
Lives 1-5 years
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Shark
Selachimorpha (superorder, over 500 species)
Lives 20-30 years; the Greenland shark may exceed 400
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Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus
Lives 60-70 years, probably longer
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Starfish
Asteroidea (class, about 2,000 species)
Lives 5-10 years; some over 30
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Walrus
Odobenus rosmarus
Lives 20-30 years, occasionally 40
No animals match those filters.
