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Semibalanus balanoides
๐ ๐ชจBarnacles are everywhere! But have you ever wondered what they really looked like?
Palaemon elegans
๐ฆ ๐ฆMeet the rockpool prawn, also known as ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด. This little critter can often be spotted in the rocks when the tide retreats.
Membranipora membranacea
Bryozoans, or โmoss animalsโ, are a very diverse phylum of animals including more than 6000 aquatic species. They nearly all form sessile colonies (the โforestโ), where each โpalm treeโ is an individual animal, or zooid.
Spirobranchus triqueter
๐๐ Just like the Spirorbis tube worms in my previous post, ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ is a sedentary annelid living in its own calcareous tube. As you see here, it is a shy little guy and it prefers to withdraw inside the tube when it gets scared!
Spirorbis spirorbis
๐๐ You have probably seen these small white swirls on algae or under rocks before, but did you know they were worms?!
Plumed hydroid
๐ฟ๐คจ Despite its appearance, the plumed hydroid is not a plant but an animal! And not just any!