These urchins are harvested for their roe, their reproductive material. The roe is called Uni in Japanese and is served in sushi restaurants. Red sea urchins tend to live in rocky areas, often in ...

Shoal grass can grow to be 13 inches (33 centimeters) long and 0.08 inches (2 millimeters) in width. Shoal grass grows around the world but is most commonly found in the muddy coastal waters of the ...

The lightning whelk's movement is slowed when in saltwater. The lightning whelk can be found along the North American coastline from New Jersey to Texas in creeks, oyster bars and estuaries. Lightning ...

Females and juveniles in this species are more orange in color, unlike the males who display pink-purple coloring. In the eastern Indian Ocean and central Pacific Ocean, the squarespot anthias lives ...

The black tegula can carry other mollusks as "hitchhikers!" For example, a type of limpet rides on the black tegula's shell and eats the microscopic algae growing there. These snails can be found from ...

This coral's polyps stay closed during the day and open up during nighttime. Using the stinging cells in its tentacles, smooth flower coral will catch smaller marine invertebrates that drift by. Coral ...

Bonnethead sharks are the smallest member of the hammerhead shark family. Bonnethead sharks live in the warm coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and off the Pacific ...

These corals can live at a maximum depth of 263 feet (80 meters.) Using its polyp tentacles, artichoke corals catch and eat smaller marine organisms that drift by. They also have a special ...

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Each corallite on star coral is 0.25-0.40 inches (2.5 - 4 millimeters) in diameter. Using its tentacles, star coral will catch and eat smaller marine organisms that drift by. Coral also have a special ...

Nettles that live closer to shore in estuary or bay environments tend to be smaller, growing to be 2 inches (5 centimeters) long, while nettles that live in the open ocean grow to 7 inches (19 ...

Northern sea nettles are quick reproducers and can multiply at a speedy rate if the resources in their environment allow so. Found in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, northern sea nettles are ...