Tag: saltwater creatures

Horseshoe Crab in the shallow waters at the beachPhoto by: Larry Lamsahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/
Arthropoda

Horseshoe Crab

A Horseshoe Crab is a crab-like creature in the Limulidae family. They have rounded bodies, which have a horseshoe-like shape when viewed from their...
Bleached Sand Dollar photographed on the beachPhoto by: Laura Ramirezhttps://pixabay.com/photos/sand-dollar-sanddollar-beach-sand-1152647/
Clypeasteroida

Sand Dollar

The Sand Dollar is a type of unique burring sea urchin. The various species have a unique, flattened body shape and lack the typical...
Striped Sun StarPhoto by: Erik Hannon from Seattle, USAhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
Asteroidea

Sun Star

A Sun Star is any member of the family Solasteridae. Researchers recognize many different species in nine different taxonomic genuses. These starfish share a...
Leather Star in a tide poolPhoto by: Ed Biermanhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Asteroidea

Leather Star

The Leather Star is a starfish, or sea star, in Asteropseidae family. These common starfish live off the western coast of North America. You...
Box Jellyfish in the lights of an aquariumPhoto by: (c) lienkie www.fotosearch.com
Carybdeida

Box Jellyfish

A Box Jellyfish is a jellyfish-like creature in the class Cubozoa. Researchers do not consider these invertebrates “true” jellyfish, and place them in their...
This beautiful Jellyfish is truly an otherworldly creaturePhoto by: ER Bauerhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
Cnidaria

Jellyfish

People refer to a number of different invertebrate creatures as “Jellyfish.” However, researchers place the true Jellyfish in the taxonomic class Scyphozoa. They currently...
Christmas Tree Coral is considered a Black Coral speciesPhoto by: Mark Amend, NOAA Photo Libraryhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Anthozoa

Black Coral

Black Coral, also known as Thorn Coral or Antipatharia, is a group of soft coral species. These corals, in the taxonomic order Antipatharia, have...

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