The Sea Shore: With 61 Colour Photos. by D. P. Wilson and Others, 62 Black-and-white Photos. and 88 Text Figures |
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... sea - hare , Aplysia punctata . It has a soft body , olive - green , brown or reddish in colour , which collapses into a shapeless mass out of water but displays the elongated grace shown in Plate 34a ( p . 169 ) when returned to it ...
... sea - hare , Aplysia punctata . It has a soft body , olive - green , brown or reddish in colour , which collapses into a shapeless mass out of water but displays the elongated grace shown in Plate 34a ( p . 169 ) when returned to it ...
Page 252
... sea - hare , which is also common in these sheltered waters , crops the sea - lettuce ; the large Scaphander , which burrows in the sandy bottom of the sub - littoral zone , swallows small bivalves and crushes them up in a gizzard armed ...
... sea - hare , which is also common in these sheltered waters , crops the sea - lettuce ; the large Scaphander , which burrows in the sandy bottom of the sub - littoral zone , swallows small bivalves and crushes them up in a gizzard armed ...
Page 308
... sea , the , 45 et seq . temperature of , 45 et seq . , 270 et seq . sea aster , 43 seabirds , 49 , 62 sea - cucumbers , 36 , 167 , 237 , 240 , 240-41 , 252 sea - gooseberry , 22 sea - hare , 168 , 169 , 245 , 252 sea - hen , see lumpsucker ...
... sea , the , 45 et seq . temperature of , 45 et seq . , 270 et seq . sea aster , 43 seabirds , 49 , 62 sea - cucumbers , 36 , 167 , 237 , 240 , 240-41 , 252 sea - gooseberry , 22 sea - hare , 168 , 169 , 245 , 252 sea - hen , see lumpsucker ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE DISCOVERY OF THE SEA SHORE | 7 |
THE INHABITANTS OF THE SHORE | 15 |
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acorn-barnacle algae amphipod anemones animals and plants Ascophyllum attached balanoides barnacles bivalves body bottom British burrow byssus Chthamalus coasts cockles colour common common periwinkle commonest crabs crustaceans D. P. Wilson dog-whelks eggs encrusting estuaries exposed exposure extend fauna feeding fish foot fresh water fronds Fucus gills grow growth habit hydroids inches long inhabitants intertidal isopod jellyfish Laminaria larger larvae limpets live low tide low water marine molluscs mouth movement muscles mussels nature numbers oyster periwinkles Photographed under water plankton polyzoans population prawns protection ragworms razor-shells red weeds region rock pools rocky shores rough periwinkle rounded salinity sand sandy shores sea-squirts seaweeds shallow shell valves shelter shipworms shore animals shown in Plate shrimps siphons snails spawning species spines sponges spring tides squat lobsters starfish sub-littoral sub-littoral zone surface swimming temperature tentacles tidal tide marks top-shells tube tube-worms usually wide worms wrack young