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2 0 Common Coral Weed

Common Coral Weed

by Max GallagherChristchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Found in the rockpools at both ends of the ...

1 1 Spotting

Spotting

by BelindaFabianNew South Wales, Australia

Anemone

0 1 Spotting

Spotting

by LeanneGardner4737, Queensland, Australia

Bright orange & black crab.

2 1 Spotting

Spotting

by deathbyungabungaWales, United Kingdom

Jellyfish

0 0 Camouflaged anemone

Camouflaged anemone

by Max GallagherChristchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Rockpool

3 4 Purple mottled shore crab

Purple mottled shore crab

by martinlVictoria, Australia

bright purple rock pool crab

2 1 Green Anenome

Green Anenome

by RachaelBVictoria, Australia

A green anenome about 6-7cm in diameter.

12 12 Sea Slug

Sea Slug

by MacChristiansenNew South Wales, Australia

Approximately 50mm long

0 3 Green isopod

Green isopod

by JayMalakaiCopeland, England, United Kingdom

Discovered alone in a small rockpool in ...

1 0 Green sea anemone

Green sea anemone

by Max GallagherChristchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

A rockpool anemone of New Zealand with ...

0 0 Beadlet Anemone

Beadlet Anemone

by PhilipStobieScotland, United Kingdom

Red beadlet anemones

0 2 Spotting

Spotting

by LeanneGardnerQueensland, Australia

3-4cm. Patchy grey with a whitish stripe around the middle.

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by LeanneGardnerQueensland, Australia

Around 16cm long. It was black, with sand stuck to most of it. Squishy to touch.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by SelinaGraziaNorth Devon District, England, United Kingdom

Anemone in a shallow rock pool off the coast of Devon, UK.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by SelinaGraziaNorth Devon District, England, United Kingdom

Large anemone spotted in a rock pool in Devon

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by SelinaGraziaNorth Devon District, England, United Kingdom

Yellow anemone found in a shallow rock pool in Devon

3 0 Rockpool shrimp. Quisquilla

Rockpool shrimp. Quisquilla

by eulalia rubioSan Javier, Región de Murcia, Spain

Shallow waters of the salty coastal lagoon of the Mar ...

0 0 Chiton

Chiton

by MatthewFuller

as some snails and other common rock-pool ...

0 2 Snakelocks Anemone

Snakelocks Anemone

by RuthCorbettEngland, United Kingdom

Sea Anemone having green tendrils with purple tips

0 3 crab

crab

South Australia, Australia

a slight blue tinge and sort of small white spots on its back

1 1 Spotting

Spotting

by RachaelBVictoria, Australia

2-3cm long, yellowish colour. Somewhat transparent, making what looks like a ...

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by pamsaiVictoria, Australia

A red crunchy seaweed found in a rockpool.

0 0 Cushion star

Cushion star

by Max GallagherChristchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

A common starfish in NZ. Colour can vary. Size = up to around the 6cm mark

0 0 Blue Fanworm

Blue Fanworm

by Max GallagherChristchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

This creature looks uninteresting or even repulsive above water but submerged ...

3 2 Spotting

Spotting

by BelindaFabianNew South Wales, Australia

A slug-like animal - pink foot, four 'antennae' with blue decorations on it's ...

0 0 Dusky Flathead

Dusky Flathead

by LeubaVictoria, Australia

Dorso-ventrally flattened heads with a mottled body. Fins were red in colour. ...

2 0 Weki huna (mottled brittle star)

Weki huna (mottled brittle star)

by DespinaTsafetopoulouWellington, New Zealand

rockpool during low tide, at Island Bay, ...

2 0 White-faced Heron

White-faced Heron

by RachaelBMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

Mostly light blue-grey in colour, with a characteristic white face. It has a ...

0 0 Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly

Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly

by StaceySullivanNorthern Territory, Australia

This Beauty was spotted in Northern territory while i was visiting the ...

1 0 Common Eggfly Butterfly

Common Eggfly Butterfly

by StaceySullivanNorthern Territory, Australia

This Beauty was spotted in Northern territory while i was visiting the ...

2 1 Chiton

Chiton

by RachaelBVictoria, Australia

Covered in eight valves of which the head and rear valves are distinct from the ...

0 2 Spotting

Spotting

by RachaelBVictoria, Australia

About 5cm long. Transparent body with blue and red markings.

118 35 Blue Ring Octopus

Blue Ring Octopus

by moralcoralSouth East Sulawesi, Indonesia

some rockpools, after he posed for photos ...

0 0 NZ common rock crab

NZ common rock crab

by DespinaTsafetopoulouWellington, Wellington, New Zealand

A red Hemigrapsus sexdentatus (formerly known as Hemigrapsus Edwardsii), in a ...

2 1 Elephant Snail

Elephant Snail

by RachaelBVictoria, Australia

About 8-10cm long. It is a marine snail with a white shield-like shell on its ...

1 2 Lumpfish

Lumpfish

by DespinaTsafetopoulouWellington, New Zealand

I found that little fish, trapped in a

0 0 Hermit Crab / Rak samac

Hermit Crab / Rak samac

by injicaCroatia

Their abdomen is not calcified and they use snail shells as portable homes. ...

6 2 Textile Cone Shell

Textile Cone Shell

by MacChristiansenNew South Wales, Australia

The Textile Cone shell has an irregular shingle-like pattern. It feeds on other ...

1 0 encrusting coralline alga

encrusting coralline alga

by NéliaLeonardoPorto, Portugal

Calcified smooth pink or greyish pink crusts on rock, shells and holdfasts. ...

37 27 Blue ringed octopus

Blue ringed octopus

by martinlVictoria, Australia

Small octopus (This one is a baby) with bright purple patches advertising its ...

0 0 Gut weed

Gut weed

by DespinaTsafetopoulouWellington, Wellington, New Zealand

rockpools near Moa Point, Wellington NZ.

0 0 Tompot blenny

Tompot blenny

by Pieter_vRΑιγαίο, Greece

The tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) is a species of combtooth blenny

0 0 NZ chorus cicada

NZ chorus cicada

by DespinaTsafetopoulouWellington, Wellington, New Zealand

I was looking at a rockpool where I ...

0 0 False Irish moss

False Irish moss

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

Haploid stage (1st picture) and diploid stage looks like tar (2nd picture) "A ...

0 0 Blue Perwinkle

Blue Perwinkle

by Leuba Ridgway

A clump of small grey-blue marine snails huddled in a nook in a rock pool. The ...

6 0 Red Marine Algae

Red Marine Algae

by Neil RossNorth Avoca, New South Wales, Australia

A species of red marine algae, yet to be identified. At first I thought I'd ...

0 0 Sea Hare

Sea Hare

by RickyBaccayBatangas, Philippines

Dolabella auricularia is a Sea Hare with a rather different shape than species ...

2 0 Top Shell or Trochus

Top Shell or Trochus

by pamsaiVictoria, Australia

about half inch in size and adhered to the rock in tidal

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