Aquatic Ecosystem Vocabulary

adjective having or showing little enthusiasm or warmth

• The tea had grown tepid after sitting out for too long.
• I prefer my coffee hot, not tepid.
• I can't stand drinking tepid water, it's gross.
• The reception to the new policy was tepid at best.

noun Acraspedae refers to a group of jellyfish lacking tentacles.

adjective Acraspedae can also be used as an adjective to describe these tentacle-less jellyfish.

• Acraspedae is a term used in marine biology to refer to a group of jellyfish lacking tentacles.
• I learned about acraspedae jellyfish in my marine biology class.
• Those acraspedae creatures are so weird looking!
• The way she gracefully moved through the crowd reminded me of an acraspedae jellyfish drifting in the ocean.

noun a genus of small polyp stony corals, typically with branching or plate-like growth forms

• Acropora is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria.
• I saw some beautiful acropora corals while snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef.
• Check out those acropora frags, they're so cool!
• The acropora branches of our project represent the interconnectedness of different ideas.