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 | Crabs, Species List
Hermit Crab – Pagarus bernhardus WHAT LITTLE LOVELIES! Hermit crabs bring pure joy to anyone who finds them rockpooling – the East coast of the UK seems to always be particulary full of them too. Not true crabs, these little creatures need to find shells...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | green seaweed, Seaweeds, Species List
Tub Gurnard – Chelidonicthys lucera Called Gutweed, because this bringt green seaweed has the shape a bit like intestines… the bright green colour doesnt really make that too gross for us but I feel bad for green seamonsters. This is a common find on...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Fish, Species List
Tub Gurnard – Chelidonicthys lucera UK fish get a bit of a wrap for being boring and colourless compared to their tropic fish friends… and ok… sure most don’t have lumiscent stripes, or disco colouration BUT a few fish species do! The tub...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Species List, Worms
Green Leaf Worm – Eulalia viridis For many years I saw green, alien like blobs on my local beach.. and I had no idea what they were from! In fact even the lecturers at uni who I asked didn’t know… so I decided to use this very site to help my quest...
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