Moss animal insect facts Some bryzoans from erect, branching colonies thet look rather like fronds of seaweed. The hornwrack, flustra foliacea, is found in europe. It forms dense beds below the tide line on coarse, rocky shores that are swept… Continue Reading
Quail Bird Facts, Coturnix japanica phasianidae Size: 20 cm Voice: call a soft chew, petree, also a rasping chur, churk Range: winter visitor to ne india Habitat: grasslands; crop Overall tawny, brown bird mottled lighter uff, breeding male has ruddish… Continue Reading
Gliding over rocks and seaweed in shallow seas, the free, Swimming candystripe flatworm, prostheceraevs vittatus, is occasionally seen by divers. It lives beneath stones in muddy habitats in the atlantik ocean and the north sea. Length 2 inches (5 cm).… Continue Reading
Water Coral Colonies of the soft coral alcyonium digitatum, or dead man’s fingers, can be found around the coasts of western europe, colonies can grow up to 8 inches [20 cm] in height Common name: stony corals, soft corals, horny… Continue Reading
Sea Anemones Animal Insect Fact: Metridium senile, the frilled anemone is found from the arctic to southem califomia large specimens can have 1,000 tentacles, height up to 18 inches [46 cm], actinia equina, the beadlet anemone; is from tha atlantik… Continue Reading