Rockpools

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Breadcrumb sponge

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Boring sponge

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Goosebump sponge

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Shredded carrot sponge

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Chimney sponge

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Sea orange

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Golf ball sponge

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Purse sponge

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Compressed purse sponge

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Mermaid’s glove sponge

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Little cuttle

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Common cuttlefish

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European common squid

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Common squid

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Curled octopus

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Acorn barnacles

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Pink shrimp

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Common prawn

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Brown shrimp

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Opossum shrimp

There are about 40 species, impossible to tell apart by eye

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Skeleton shrimp

There are about 23 species, impossible to tell apart by eye

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Common lobster

About twice the length of your hand

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Spiny squat lobster

About the length of your fingers

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Common squat lobster

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Spiny spider crab

Up to your elbow

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Long legged spider crab

Carapace up to 2.2cm long.

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Sponge spider crab

Also known as the scorpion crab. It covers itself with bits of living sponge, making it impossible to see until it moves.

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Common hermit crab

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Anemone/Prideaux hermit crab

The anemone that envelopes its shell is called a cloak anemone.

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Diogenes putilator

Notable because it’s the only hermit crab where it’s left claw is bigger than its right.

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Shore crab

Three lobes between the eyes, five spikes on each side.

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Edible crab

Pie crust edge and black tipped claws

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Harbour crab

Blue paddles on hind legs

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Velvet crab

Actively swims.

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Masked crab

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Angular crab

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Chiton

Clings very tightly to rocks and eats algae.

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Stalked jellyfish

Attached to things. Very difficult to tell species apart.

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Barrel jellyfish

The length of an arm.

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Compass jellyfish

The size of your hand

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Moon jellyfish (scyphistoma phase)

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Moon jelly

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Melon comb jelly

The size of the top part of your thumb. Emits flashing lights!

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Oaten pipe hyrdroid

About the size of your fingers.

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Hermit crab fur

Hydroids that protect the hermit crab. In return, the hydroids get moved around to areas with more food.

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Dead men’s fingers

A type of soft coral. There are orange and white forms.

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Dahlia anemone

Many different colour forms. The mouth and the tentacles are often different colours.

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Beadlet anemone

Tentacles have just one colour.

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Snakelocks anemone

Unlike other anemones, this one cannot retract its tentacles for protection.

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Strawberry anemone

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Gutweed

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Sea lettuce

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Jelly buttons

A type of algae that inflates with air as it gets older.

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Oarweed

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Volcano barnacle

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Goose barnacle

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Isopod

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Sandhopper

Found by lifting up a piece of seaweed!

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Hooded shrimp

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Chameleon prawn

It uses its eyes to detect what colour surface its sitting on. It’ll then use its chromatophores to change colour over a period of serveral weeks.

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Broad-clawed porcelain crab

1.5cm long with long hairs on its claws. You may find dozens under rocks.

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Long-clawed porcelain crab

1cm long. Can be grey, brown, or olive green. Found under rocks.

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Lesser spider crab

5cm long. Weak pincers because it eats tiny things.

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Hairy crab

One claw is twice as large as the other and is completely smooth.

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Sea spider

From a class separate from arachnids (Pycnogonida). Legs are 1.5cm long. It’s so thin that its organs run into its legs.

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Limpet

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Blue rayed limpet

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Slipper limpet

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Grey topshell

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Purple topshell

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Painted topshell

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Arctic cowrie

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Common whelk

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Common whelk eggs

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Dog whelk eggs

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Dog whelks

About the size of a grape

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Netted dog whelk

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Tower shell

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Elegant sea anemone

Often found attached to the sides of rocks.

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Daisy anemone

Lies flat on sand and mud. The tentacles are marked with spots and smears.