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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... shown in Plate 2b ( p . 5 ) . It has the same type of erect growth but with dichotomous branching and occasional simple rounded blad- ders situated at some distance from the tips of the branches which are swollen with numerous ...
... shown in Plate 2b ( p . 5 ) . It has the same type of erect growth but with dichotomous branching and occasional simple rounded blad- ders situated at some distance from the tips of the branches which are swollen with numerous ...
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... shown in Plate 18c , is also a favourite . This is typically a sub - littoral species , larger than the shanny and with a pair of fringed tentacles projecting upward above the eyes . It is a southern species and so is the little ...
... shown in Plate 18c , is also a favourite . This is typically a sub - littoral species , larger than the shanny and with a pair of fringed tentacles projecting upward above the eyes . It is a southern species and so is the little ...
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... shown in Plate XXIIIb . Brittle - stars are not common on the shore except sometimes as flotsam thrown up after storms soon to become whitened and twisted skeletons but easily identified by the long thin arms sharply demarcated from the ...
... shown in Plate XXIIIb . Brittle - stars are not common on the shore except sometimes as flotsam thrown up after storms soon to become whitened and twisted skeletons but easily identified by the long thin arms sharply demarcated from the ...
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