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ShareMarine biology is the scientific study of the plants, animals, and other organisms that live in the ocean.
Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather than on taxonomy.
For more information about the topic Marine biology, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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Microorganism — A microorganism or microbe is an organism that is so small that it is microscopic (invisible to the naked eye). Microorganisms are often illustrated ... > read more
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