by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Other Species that dont move, sea squirt, Species List
Lightbulb Seasquirt – Clavelina lepadiformis Ever need inspiration for an idea, ask these seasquirts! Aptly named the light bulb seasquirt because, well look at them they look just like a lightbulb! How amazing, and always such a fun find when your rockpooling....
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | hydroids, Other Species that dont move, Species List
Hydroids You are unlikely to be able to tell the different species of hydriods on the rockyshore, without taking them back to a lab with a good microscope, so I have grouped them together. So what even is a hydroid? Well if I said the words ‘jellyfish...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | moving shells, Other Species that dont move, Other Species that move, Species List
Common Cockle – Cerastoderma edule Common Cockle is a staple of any sandy shore. Cockles live in the sand, but everyone who has walked along the beach and taken notice of washed up shells would have noticed cockle shells. But if you look walk on sandy shores...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Other Species that dont move, Species List, sponge
Breadcrumb sponge – Halichondria panicea WHO LIVES ON THE ROCKS UNDER THE SEA… and also above the sea when the tide is out….THE BREADCRUMB SPONGE pants. Catchy right? If you are going to find any sponge on the rockyshore, all of...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Other Species that dont move, Species List
Chitons Loys of life can be found clinging on the rocks of your local beaches and chitons are one of them. Looking a lot like a woodlice made of rock, chitons are infact molluscs so are relatives of the snail. There outerhsells works to both protect them and c...
by MarineMumbles | May 23, 2020 | Other Species that dont move, Species List, Worms
Sand Mason Worm – Lanice chonchilga Although you may never rarely see the body of this worm species, the tubes of sand it creates to live in are a staple of any sandy shore! Up close these tubes are becuatiful in there design like trees of sand… but...
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