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  For an explanation of tides and tidepool levels click here.
 

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 MID-LEVEL

 HIGH-LEVEL

SPLASH ZONE

 PHYLUM
Characteristics
        
Chordates
  • backbone
  • bilaterally symmetrical
sculpins killifish    
blenny yellow spongefish    
Echinoderms
  • spiny skin
  • tube feet
  • live on ocean floor
  • radially symmetrical
sea star sea star    
sea cucumber      
sea urchin      
Arthropods
  • jointed appendages
  • often clawed
  • hard exterior skeleton
  • bilaterally symmetrical
  sand shrimp  
lobster *  
crab hermit crabs green-lined shore crab  
barnacles barnacles barnacles barnacles
Mollusks
  • shell
  • tentacles with suckers
  • bilaterally symmetrical
octopus *      
nudibranch      
chiton chiton    
mussel mussel mussel  
scallop *    
abalone * limpet limpet limpet
snail snail snail snail
 Cnidarians
  • tentacles with stinging cells
  • shaped like a jellyfish
  • radially symmetrical
sea anemone sea anemone    
 * often found in the Rock Reefs  

 

Plants

  LOW-LEVEL

 MID-LEVEL

  HIGH-LEVEL
Kelp Irish moss Kelp
Plankton Plankton Blue-green algae
Dulse rock weed Lichen
eel grass   Sea lettuce
sargassum    
surf grass