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Using your tidepools worksheet as a guide, click on the links below to help you identify the life found in a tidepool.

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These first few links are great places to start looking around!

seastarThe Intertidal Zone by Enchanted Learning includes information and printouts of many tidepool species.

The Beachcomber's Guide to Cape Cod Seashores.

Field Guide to the Shores of RI- Rocky Shore URI Dept. of Biological Services
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Below is a collection of links that lead to various forms of tidepool life.

MOLLUSKS

Mollusks Enchantedlearning.com

limpet Enchantedlearning.com

limpet Gulf of ME Aquarium

mussels The Fisheries, P.E.I.

snails from a ThinkQuest

scallop The Fisheries, P.E.I.

oyster The Fisheries, P.E.I.

hard-shelled clam The Fisheries, P.E.I.

hard shell clam Chesapeake Bay

soft-shelled clam The Fisheries, P.E.I.

quahog James Weinberg, NEFSC

quahog Assateague, VA

channeled whelk Assateague, VA

knobbed whelk Assateague, VA

moonsnailAssateague, VA

chiton from a ThinkQuest

 

CRUSTACEANS

horseshoe crab Assateague, VA

horseshoe crab Assateague, VA

fiddler crab Chesapeake Bay

hermit crab Chesapeake Bay

hermit crab Mystic Aquarium

spider crab Mystic Aquarium

spider crab Assateague, VA

barnacles Chesapeake Bayshrimp The Fisheries P.E.I.

lobster The Fisheries P.E.I.

lobster (blue) Mystic Aquarium

 

ECHINODERMS

sea star Mystic Aquarium

sea star Assateague, VA

sea urchin Enchanted Learning.com

sea urchin Microscopy-UK

sea urchin MBL@WHOI

brittle star U. Cal Berkeley

brittle star MBL@WHOI

sand dollar U. Cal Berkeley

sand dollar Gulf of ME Aquarium

sand dollar MBL@WHOI

keyhole sand dollar Assateague, VA

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PLANTS

The Seaweed Site Nat. Univ. of Ireland

kelp Nat. Univ. of Ireland

kelp U. Cal Berkeley

sea lettuce U. Cal Berkeley

sea lettuce P. Randall Publisher

Irish moss The Fisheries, P.E.I.

rockweed visualsunlimited.com

rockweed Minerals Management Service

BIRDS, FISH, OTHERS

sanderling USGS

least tern USGS

herring gull USGS

ring billed gull USGS

sandpiper USGS

piping plover USGS

osprey USGS

mummichog Chesapeake Bay

mummichog Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Division

tautaug (tautog) Chesapeake Bay

tautaug (tautog) Naragansett Bay, RI

Atlantic Silverside Chesapeake Bay

Atlantic Silverside Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Division

Atlantic Silverside The Fisheries, P.EI.

eel MBL @ WHOI

eel The Fisheries, P.E.I.

anemone U. Cal Berkeley

anemone MBL @ W HOI

jellyfish U. Cal Berkeley

jellyfish Assateague, VA

skate Assateague, VA

skate Katherine Sosebee, NEFSC

skate egg case Assateague, VA

whelk egg cases Assateague, VA

SPECIES ANATOMY and BIOLOGY

bivalve anatomy Assateague, VA

mussel biology The Fisheries, P.E.I.

lobster biology The Fisheries, P.E.I.

fish biology The Fisheries, P.E.I.

sand dollar anatomy Enchanted Learning.com

horseshoe crab anatomy Enchanted Learning.com

echinoderms Enchanted Learning.com
   

sea star You can search the NOAA photo library for more pictures!!

seastarNarragansett Bay in Rhode Island has a very similar coastline to Cape Cod, and is not very far away! There are many things to see there. Vertebrates, Invertebrates, and seaweeds (algae).

sea star Many of the shells found in the tipepools or washed up on the shores of Assateague Island in Virginia some are the same as ours. Scroll down their page to see how many of them you recognize.

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