O meaola o le sami e paʻu atu i vaega taua e 2: vertebrates ma invertebrates. Vertebrates i ai se tuasivi; invertebrates leai.
Oceanologists faʻavasega vasega autu o meaola o le sami lauiloa o ituaiga:
- jellyfish ma polyps;
- genropods;
- atigi figota;
- annelids;
- fetauʻi;
- echinod germ.
Uma vertebrates o chordates, aofia ai: tafolā, malie ma dolphins, amphibians, mea fetolofi ma iʻa. E ui lava o le sami e nonofo ai miliona o 'aufaʻatasi, e le tele ni vertebrates e pei o ni invertebrates.
E i ai 17 autu kulupu o invertebrates o nonofo i le sami, mo se faʻataʻitaʻiga: crustaceans, semi-chordates ma isi.
Mano lapoa
Manu o Bigmouth
Mafia paʻe
Tiger shark
Manu malie
Katran
Shark shark
Malie malie
Malie malie
Mafia uliuli malie
Faʻatau malie
Shark pouliuli malie
Lemi malie
Shark shark
O le malie malie a Saina
Shawn dog shark
Malie malie
Malie malie
Wobbegong shark
Isi manu o le sami
Brownie shark
Shark-mako
Fox shark
Hammerhead shark
Mamanu silika
Fafaga Atalani
Na vaai le Bahamian i le malie
Tafola lanumoana
Tafolā Bowhead
Tafola efuefu
Tafola Humpback (Gorbach)
Finwhal
Tafolā Seival (Saidyanoy (willow))
Minke tafola
Tafola i Saute
Tafolā Sperm
Tafola sperm Pygmy
Belukha
Narwhal (Unicorn)
Matu aau
Fagu pito i luga foliga
Moray
Laʻititi dolphin
Motley dolphin
Grinda
Dolphin efuefu
Orca masani
Tafola fasioti tagata
Dolphins umi-pili
Laʻititi-nifo nifoloa
Ross faamaufaailoga
Leopard o le sami
Sea Elefane
Faʻafefe sami
Walrus Pasefika
Walrus Atalani
Laptev walrus
Leona liona
Manatee
Feʻe
Togisami
Squid
Paʻu apogaleveleve
Lobster
Ulaula ulaula
Solofanua
Moliana
Molluscs
Laumei
Ua tatagi emidocephalus
Dugong
Faaiuga
E seasea lava meaola o le sami. E ui o le tele o mea fetolofi nonofo i luga o le laueleele pe faʻaalu taimi i vai mama, e i ai ituaiga e nonofo i le vasa. O le sili ona taʻutaʻua o laumei. Latou ola mo le tele o tausaga, tupu lapoʻa. I le sami, e leai ni fili o laumei matutua; latou te loloto loloto e suʻe ni meaʻai pe aloese mai ni tulaga lamatia. O gata o le isi ituaiga meaola o loʻo nonofo i vai masima.
O meaola o le sami e taua tele i tagata. E maua e tagata meaʻai i le sami taʻitasi ma luga o vaʻa tetele, e suamalie le sami, maloloina ma taugofie nai lo aano o manu mafanafana.