Thursday, March 1, 2018

Science Post: Tide Pool Creatures




Tide Pool Creatures


Giant Green Anemone:
Scientific name: Anthopleura xanthogrammica.
Dietary habits: They eat sea urchins, small fish, crabs, and detached mussels.
Size: The width and height is 17.5 and 30 cm. 

Hermit Crab:
Scientific name: Paguroidea
Dietary habits: fallen fruit, decaying wood, leaf litter, plants and grasses, and even sometimes poop! 
Size: The size of Hermit Crabs depends on the type of Hermit Crab, but there is an average of about 2-10 cm. 

Red Sea Urchin:
Scientific name: Mesocentrotus franciscanus.
Dietary habits: bull and brown kelp, algae off rocks.
Size: 8-18 cm.    

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