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The intertidal area (also called the littoral zone) is where the land and sea meet, between the high and low tide zones. This complex marine ecosystem is found along coastlines worldwide. It is rich in nutrients and oxygen and is home to a variety of organisms.
Vertical Zones:
The littoral zone is divided into vertical zones. The zones that are often used are the spray zone, high tide zone, middle tide zone, and low tide zone. Below these is the sub-tide zone, which is always underwater.
Predators:
Animals that live in the littoral zone have a wide variety of predators who eat them. When the tide is in, littoral organisms are preyed upon by sea animals (like fish). When the tide is out, they are preyed upon by land animals, like foxes and people. Birds (like gulls) and marine mammals (like walruses) also prey on intertidal organisms extensively.
Intertidal Animal Printouts:
Anemone, Sea The sea anemone is a predatory animal that looks like a flower and lives on the ocean floor. |
Bivalves Bivalves are soft-bodied animals that are protected by two hard shells, hinged together. Scallops, oysters and clams are bivalves. |
Black-Faced Blenny A small fish with a three-part dorsal fin. Many blennies live in littoral zones. |
Brittle Star A bottom-dwelling marine invertebrate with long, spiny arms. |
Clam Burrowing bivalves with a soft body. |
Crab A crab is an animal with a shell. It has eyes on stalks on its head. |
Fiddler Crab: Label Me! Printout Label the external anatomy of the fiddler crab. Answers |
Hermit Crab Hermit crabs are crabs that lack a hard shell; they use a discarded shell for protection. |
Horseshoe Crab The horseshoe crab is a hard-shelled animal that lives in warm coastal waters on the sea floor. |
Krill Small crustaceans that are eaten by many animals, including baleen whales. |
Limpet The limpet is a marine invertebrate (a gastropod) with a flattened, cone-shaped shell. |
Oyster The oyster is a bivalve, a soft-bodied marine animal that is protected by two hard shells. |
Purple Sea Urchin A spiny, globular animal that lives on the ocean floor off the western coast of North America. |
Sea Anemone A predatory animal that looks like a flower and lives on the ocean floor. |
Sea Star Sea stars, another name for starfish, are animals that live on the ocean floor. |
Sea Urchin A spiny, globular animal that lives on the ocean floor. |
Shrimp Shrimp are small, bottom-dwelling crustaceans with a translucent exoskeleton. |
![]() Snail A soft-bodied animal with a hard, protective shell. Many snails live in the littoral zone. |
Starfish Sea stars, another name for starfish, are animals that live on the ocean floor. |
Whelk Whelks are predatory marine invertebrates with a spiral shell. |
Zooplankton Zooplankton are tiny animals that float in the seas and other bodies of water. |
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