Marine Identification:  Taxonomy and Classification
Channel: Steven Winstanley
Date: 05/03/2024

This presentation is designed to help UK scuba divers identify marine life underwater.  The presentation does this by formulating identification by using Taxonomy and Classification.  

Marine Life presentation covers:

*   Animals in the Phylum of: Arthropods, Bryozoa, Chordata, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Echinoderms, Mollusca, Platyhelminthes, Nemertea, Annelids, Porifera.

*   Plants in the Phylum of: Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta, Tracheophytes.

*  Chromista in the Phylum of: Ochrophyta.

The presentation objectives are:

Knowledge builder from the BSAC Marine Life Appreciation course.
*  Understand why we classify.
*  History of Taxonomy and Classification.
*  How Taxonomy and Classification Works.
*  Broad Classifications (Phylum).
*  Detailed Classification Animals (Orders).
*  Detailed Classification Plant & Chromistas (Phylum).
*  To develop a better understanding of what we can see underwater
*  Develop interest so that you can become more ecologically aware
*  Next Steps: Marine Identification (Individual Species).