SEA HORSE
(sp. Hippocampus erectus & zosterae)
They’re another one of those animals that are
very sensitive to their environment, so their
number have been declining since the Industrial
Revolution. The Lined & Dwarf Seahorses are
native to our waters.
LORE: The Seahorse’s eyes move
indepent of each other.
Lined Seahorse
(sp. H. zosterae)
Dwarf Seahorse
(sp. H. erectus)
SAND DOLLAR
(sp. Mellita quinquiesperforata)
Also called the Keyhole Sand Dollar or Keyhole
Urchin, and it’s native to the Gulf of Mexico. The
Sand Dollar likes shallow seawater, where it can
burrow down into the sand. It feeds by carrying
food to its mouth, at the center of its bottom, via
hundreds of ‘tube feet’ called ‘podia’. These also
provide some slow locomotion.
LORE: There is no external
feature that distinguishes the
Males from the Females.
STAR FISH
(sp. var.)
LORE: Star Fish can be found
throughout all of the World’s
Oceans.
There are more than 2,000 species of Star Fish,
also called the Sea Star, and most of them have
5 arms - some have more. They eat Mollusks,
and they do so by pushing their stomachs out
of their mouths and encasing their prey in it
- a kind of external digestion. The Star Fish
ranges in size, from less than an inch to 3 feet
in diameter.
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