Animals of the Seashore: Descriptive Guide to Seashore Invertebrates of the Pacific Coast |
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abdominal Acmaea anemone apex appendages attached barnacles beach body cavity body wall body whorl brown BRYOZOAN burrow calcareous capsules carapace CHITON clam claws colony color covered cucumbers disk dorsal surface edge eelgrass eggs eight extend eyes female foot free-swimming gills GOOSE BARNACLE hermit crab hydroid inch in diameter inch in width inch wide inches in length inches long ISOPOD jellyfish kelp larvae limpet live mantle margin marked mollusks mouth mussel nearly NUDIBRANCH one-fourth inch one-half inches opening outer oysters parapodia PECTEN pharynx plankton plates posterior end proboscis radial canals rays ribs rocks sand SCALE WORM SCALLOP SEA SQUIRT sea urchins seashore animals seaweed segments sense organs shape shell shores short SHRIMP side siphons SNAIL species specimen spines spiral sponge stalk star starfish stomach swimming tentacles thick thin three inches three-fourths inch tide pools tiny tube feet tunicates valve ventral walking legs