Sea lettuce
Latin name: Ulva lactuca
Global Distribution: Europe, North America (east and west), Central America, Caribbean, South America, Africa, Indian Ocean Islands, southwest Asia, China, Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand…
Arran’s Sea Life
Peacock worm
Latin name: Sabella pavonina
Global Distribution: Northwest Europe
UK Distribution: British coasts
Size: 30cm long, 4mm wide
Diet: Filter feeder of small floating food particles
Habitat: On stones in sandy …
Oar weed (kelp)
Latin name: Laminaria digitata
Global Distribution: Atlantic coasts of Europe, including Baltic and Black Seas.
UK Distribution: Most British and Irish coasts, scarce along the east coast of England between …
Maerl
Latin name: Phymatolithon calcareum,
Global Distribution: Norway to northern Spain, including western Baltic and Mediterranean
UK Distribution: Abundant around the west coasts of Scotland and Ireland. Also recorded along the …
Lugworm
Latin name: Arenicola marina
Global Distribution: Shores of western Europe, Norway, Spitzbergen, Siberia and Iceland. Western Atlantic from Greenland and along the northern coast from Bay of Fundy to Long …
Light bulb sea squirt
Latin name: Clavelina lepadiformis
Global Distribution: European coasts from south Norway to Mediterranean
UK Distribution: Common around most British and Irish coasts
Size: 2cm high
Diet: Filter feeding
Habitat: Attached …
