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British Invertebrates - marine
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Scrobicularia plana
(Peppery furrow shell)
The peppery furrow shell is a bivalve mollusc with a thin, flattened, rounded shell. The outer surface of the shell may be white...
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4 Images
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Semibalanus balanoides
(Acorn barnacle)
Barnacles are well-known intertidal organisms. They were not firmly accepted to be crustaceans until the 1830s; before this time...
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7 Images
0 Videos
Sepia officinalis
(Common cuttlefish)
The cephalopods (meaning 'head-footed'), a group of molluscs containing the octopuses, squid and cuttlefish, are probably the most...
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8 Videos
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