Tide Pool Life

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At low tide, rocky shorelines reveal a miniature world of tough, resourceful creatures. This puzzle covers ten forms of life you might spot exploring a tide pool.

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Barnacle

A small crustacean that cements itself permanently to rocks, boat hulls, or even whales, and feeds by kicking food into its mouth with feathery legs.

Limpet

A cone-shelled mollusk that clings tightly to rocks and returns to the exact same spot after grazing on algae.

Hermitcrab

A crab that doesn't grow its own hard shell, instead moving into empty snail shells and swapping for a bigger one as it grows.

Anemone

A soft-bodied, tentacled animal that anchors itself to rocks and stuns small prey that drifts too close.

Mussel

A bivalve that anchors itself to rocks using tough, thread-like fibers to withstand crashing waves.

Periwinkle

A small sea snail commonly found grazing on algae along rocky shorelines.

Chiton

An ancient, armor-plated mollusk with a shell made of eight overlapping segments that let it flex over uneven rock.

Kelp

A fast-growing brown algae that can form dense underwater forests along many rocky coastlines.

Tidepool

A shallow pool of seawater left behind on rocky shores at low tide, packed with small marine life.

Seastar

Another name for a starfish, an echinoderm that can regrow lost arms and moves using tiny tube feet.

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