tide pools
Coastal rock hollows
Tide pools are small, rocky basins along shorelines that retain seawater when the tide recedes.
These natural aquariums harbor diverse marine life—anemones, starfish, crabs, small fish—adapted to survive the harsh cycle of exposure and submersion.
The kids spent hours exploring tide pools at low tide.
A single tide pool can contain an entire miniature ecosystem.
- limpetsRock-gripping sea snails
- starfishFive-armed marine invertebrate
- sea urchinsSpiny spherical marine invertebrates
- anemonesFlowers or marine polyps
- algaePrimitive aquatic photosynthesizers
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- low tideebb, low water, receding water, mudflats, sandbars
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Sea far from shore
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