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AM07 | Tidal Pools Legend

 

 

Tide bubble 5

 

1. DAY    SHALLOW  - BELOW LOW TIDE 

  1. Edible Crab    Cancer pagurus
  2. Great Scallop    Pecten maximus
  3. Light Bulb Sea Squirt    Clavelina lepadiformis
  4. Feather Star   Antedon bifida
  5. Cushion Star   Porania pulvillus
  6. Plaice    Pleuronectes platessa
  7. Common Sea Urchin   Echinus esculentus
  8. Corkwing Wrasse   Crenilabrus melops
  9. Octopus   Octopus vulgaris
  10. Snake Pipefish   Entelurus aequoreus
  11. Bootlace Weed or Mermaid’s Tresses   Chorda filum
  12. Cuvie or Forest Kelp   Laminaria hyperborea

 

Tide bubble 4

2. DAY  BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDE

  1. Crawfish   Palinurus elephas
  2. Sea Slug   Doto fragilis
  3. Mussels   Mytilus edulis
  4. Sea Potato   Echinocardium cordatum
  5. Common Starfish   Asterias rubens
  6. Gutweed   Enteramorpha intestinalis
  7. Sea Lemon   Archidoris pseudoaogus
  8. Sand Eel   Ammodytes tobianus
  9. Lesser Spotted Dogfish   Scyliorhinus canicula
  10. Edible Cockle   Cerastoderma edule
  11. Hermit Crab   Pagurus bernhardus
  12. Sea Cucumber   Pawsonia saxicola
  13. Oysters   Ostrea edulis

Tide Bubble 1

3. DAY  ABOVE HIGH TIDE  SEASHORE

  1. Ragworm    Nereis diversicolor
  2. Tower Shell   Turritella communis
  3. Common Piddock   Pholas dactylus
  4. Ship Worm   Teredo
  5. Empty Oyster Shell   Ostrea edulis
  6. Hairy Crab   Pilumnus hirtellus
  7. Common Acorn Barnacle   Balanus balanoides
  8. Common Lizard   Lacerta vivipara
  9. Common Dog Whelk   Buccinum undatum
  10. Chitons   Lepidopleurus asellus
  11. Lichen   Xanthoria parietina
  12. Common Nutshell   Nucula nucleus
  13. Keel Worm   Pomatoceros triqueter
  14. Sand Hopper   Talitrus saltator
  15. Sea Holly   Eryngium  maritimum
  16. Dogfish Egg Purse (Mermaid’s Purse)  Scyliorhinus canicula
  17. Bootlace Weed  Chorda filum
  18. Cockle Shell   Cerastoderma edule
  19. Periwinkle  Littorina litterea
  20. Common Otter Shell Lutraria lutraria

Tide Bubble 2

4. ROCK POOL

  1. Lobster   Homarus gammarus
  2. Sea Slug   Grelada elegans
  3. Bladderwrack Seaweed   Fucus vesiculosus
  4. Common Limpet   Patella vulgata
  5. Common Shrimp   Crangon crangon
  6. Common Prawn   Palaemon serratus
  7. Butterfish   Pholis gunnellus
  8. Forest Kelp   Laminaria hyperborea
  9. Sea Hare   Aplysia punctata
  10. Shanny   Lipophyris pholis
  11. Sea Lettuce   Ulva lactura
  12. Strawberry Anemone   Actinia fragacea
  13. White Anemone   Actininothoe sphyrodeta
  14. Green Fronded Seaweed   Enteromorpha intestinalis
  15. Channelled Wrack   Pelvetia canaliculata
  16. Sea Mat   Membranipora membranacea
  17. Dulse   Palmaria palmata

Tide Bubble 3

5. NIGHT - BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDE

  1. Pod Razor Shell   Ensis siliqua
  2. Thong Weed   Himanthalia elongata
  3. Spiny Spider Crab   Maja squinado
  4. Boring Sponge   Cliona celata
  5. Common Brittlestar   Ophiothrix fragilis
  6. Spiral Wrack   Fucus spiralis
  7. Thick-lipped Dog Whelk Nassarius incrassatus
  8. Common Cuttlefish   Sepia officinalis
  9. Mussels   Mytilus edulis
  10. Sea Gherkin   Cucumaria saxicola
  11. Star Sea Squirt Botryllus schlosseri
  12. Medusa (Juvenile Sea Fir)   Neoturris pileata
  13. Lugworm   Arenicola marina.

Tide Bubble 6

6. NIGHT - BELOW LOW TIDE

  1. Jellyfish   Cyanea lamarki
  2. Sea horse   Hippocampus ramulosus
  3. Eel Grass   Zostera marina
  4. Sea Slug   Bodalach
  5. Peacock Worm   Sabella pavonina
  6. Sea Squirt   Ascidiella aspersa
  7. Squid
  8. Blue-rayed Limpet   Patina pellucida
  9. Angler Fish   Lophius piscatorius
  10. Dabberlocks   Alaria esculenta

 

 

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