Atlantic & Gulf CoastsDescribes plants and animals living on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. |
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algae anal fin Anemone animals Anthozoa Atlantic Bays and Estuaries beaches birds body whorl bottom breeding brown burrow carapace caudal fin Class Crustacea Cnidaria coastal color Comments Phylum Arthropoda Coral Reefs Crab creatures Crustacea dark deep dorsal fin dunes Echinodermata Eelgrass elongate Estuaries Phylum feeding female fish Grass gray grayish Gulf Coast Gulf of Mexico Gulf shores Gulf shores Habitat Habitat Habitat In sand Habitat On rocks head hydroids intertidal Island larvae Length line to water low-tide line Mangrove margin mouth Northern numbers Oyster pair pale pectoral fins pelvic fins Phylum Cnidaria Phylum Echinodermata pincers plants Polychaeta reddish ridges Rocky and Sandy Rocky Shores Salt Marshes Sandy and Gulf Sandy Shores shallow water shell shoreline Shores Phylum Shrimp side slender snails species spines spiral Sponge spots surface tentacles tide tube Urchin waves West Indies whitish wide winter Worm yellow yellowish