Hāʻule nā holoholona kai i nā mahele nui 2: vertebrates a me invertebrates. He iwikuamoʻo Vertebrates; ʻaʻohe invertebrates.
Hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe Oceanologist i nā papa nui o nā holoholona kai i ʻike ʻia he ʻano:
- jellyfish a me nā polyps;
- arthropods;
- pūpū;
- annelids;
- chordate;
- echinod germ.
ʻO nā vertebrates āpau he chordates, e laʻa me: kohola, mano a me nā dolphins, amphibians, nā mea kolo a me nā iʻa. ʻOiai he home nā kai o nā miliona o nā chordates, ʻaʻole nui nā vertebrates e like me nā invertebrates.
Aia he 17 mau pūʻulu nui o nā invertebrates e noho nei i ke kai, no ka laʻana: crustacean, semi-chordates a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Mano nunui
Mano ʻo Bigmouth
Mano keʻokeʻo
Mano manaka
Mano pipi
Katran
Mano pōpoki
Mano manō
Mano wai hou
Mano ihu ʻeleʻele
Mano Whitetip
Mano pōʻeleʻele
Mano lemona
Mano kai
Mano kaha peʻa Kina
Mano ʻīlio Mustached
Mano Harlequin
Mano Pahu
Mano Wobbegong
Nā holoholona kai ʻē aʻe
Mano Brownie
Mano-mako
Mano ʻalopeke
Mano Hammerhead
Mano silika
ʻAla ʻAkelanika
ʻIke Bahamian i ka manō
Kohola polū
Moku koholā
Kohola hina
Kohola Humpback (Gorbach)
ʻO Finwhal
Koholā Seival (Saidyanoy (willow))
Koholā Minke
Kohola Hema
Kohola Sperm
Kohola sperm Pygmy
Belukha
Narwhal (Unicorn)
ʻAuʻau kai ʻĀkau
ʻŌmole ʻaʻ Ka lōʻihi
Moray
Mākala bottlenose
Mākala motley
Grinda
Dolphin hina
Orca maʻamau
Kohola kohola liʻiliʻi
Nā Dolphins hoʻolōʻihi lōʻihi
Iʻa nunui-niho
ʻO Ross wepa
Leopadi kai
Elepani Kai
Lāʻau kai
Walrus Pākīpika
Walrus ʻAkelanika
Laptev walrus
Liona kai
Manatee
ʻOheʻe
ʻTleʻoki
Pākuʻi
Pāpā kolo
Lobster
ʻBspala ula
Lio kai
Jellyfish
Nā Molluscs
Honu kai
Emidocephalus kani
ʻO Dugong
Panina hopena
He holoholona kolo ka holoholona laha ʻole. ʻOiai ka hapa nui o nā mea kolo e noho ana ma ka ʻāina a noho manawa paha i ka wai hou, aia kekahi mau ʻano e noho ana i ka moana. ʻO nā honu kai ka mea kaulana loa o kēia. Noho lākou i mau makahiki, ulu nui. I ke kai, ʻaʻohe ʻenemi o nā kuhukukū makua; luʻu hohonu lākou e ʻike i ka meaʻai a pale i ka pilikia. ʻO nā moʻo moana kekahi ʻano mea kolo e noho ana i ka wai paʻakai.
He mea ʻai nui nā holoholona kai no nā kānaka. Loaʻa i ka poʻe ka meaʻai ma ke kai pākahi a ma nā moku kai nui, ʻono ka meaʻai kai, olakino a maikaʻi hoʻi ma mua o ka ʻiʻo o nā holoholona wela.