AnemonesAnemones

colonial anemones

flower-like form

efficient meat-eating carnivores,

capable of catching fish and small crustaceans by paralyzing them with stinging tentacles and devouring their prey.

CoralsCorals

Turbinaria sp. (disc coral) Goniopora sp.

Porites sp. (pore coral)Porites sp. (pore coral)

Star Coral

Tube worm (aka

featherduster)

Bristle worm

Fireworm - The bristles

release a stinging

substance. Do not touch!

WormsWorms

Molluscs Molluscs

include all the shelled creatures of the seashore, with the exception of the barnacles.

are abundant in the region between high and low tide and are a major feature of all rocky ocean shores.

form one of the largest groups in the animal kingdom, with more than 80,000 known species.

MolluscsMolluscs

Molluscs

Limpets

Shells

Mussels

Limpets are distinctive animals which are best known for their ability to cling onto rocks

When the tide is high, the limpets move about grazing on algae. As the tide drops, they usually return to their resting place.

Echinoderms = Echinoderms = Echino (spiny), derm Echino (spiny), derm (skin)(skin)

Sea Urchins Sea Cucumbers

Star FishesBrittle Star

Sea Urchin

Brittle Star

http://www.fspi.org.fj/images/4.%20Sea%20Cucumber%20Cleaners.jpg

Metopograpsus

Snapping shrimp

The male shrimp have one enlarged claw which they

snap to make a popping noise. They can be heard all

over the intertidal.World’s smallest crab

seaslugs (They're well camouflaged. At least 5 of them in this pic)

                                                                                   

Sea cockroach

InsectsInsects

gobies

Juvenile striped eel-tailed catfish (Plotosus lineatus)

VertebratesVertebrates

Scorpion fish

http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/polychaete/Introworms.html

POLYCHAETES: THE MARINE WORMS

As pollution indicator??

MONITORING PROGRAMMES

http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/DOCREP/006/Y4743E/y4743e0l.htm

• Toxic algae• Pathogenic bacteria and viruses• Chemical contaminants• Diversity and abundance of the flora and fauna

A poacher actually said, "The sign say cannot take crab and shell, but never say coral."

BibliographyBibliography

http://www.mesa.edu.au/friends/seashores/taxonomy.html