European cowrie  (Trivia monacha)

Species information

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Glossary

  • Larvae: stage in an animal’s lifecycle after it hatches from the egg. Larvae are typically very different in appearance to adults; they are able to feed and move around but usually are unable to reproduce.
  • Pelagic: inhabiting the open oceans.
  • Sublittoral: a marine zone between the littoral zone (the shallow zone where light reaches the bed, subject to submersion and exposure by tides) and depths of around 200m.
  • Zooid: an individual colony member of colonial invertebrates, such as bryozoans.

References

  1. NBN Species Dictionary (November 2002) http://yaw.nhm.ac.uk/nhm/
  2. Fish, J.D. & Fish, S. (1989) A studentÂ’s guide to the seashore. Unwin Hyman Ltd., London.
  3. Gibson, R., Hextall, B. & Rogers, A. (2001) Photographic Guide to the Sea & Shore Life of Britain and North-west Europe. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  4. Buczacki, S. (2002) Fauna Britannica. Hamlyn, London.
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