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 …
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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 …
Seven-armed starfish
Latin name: Luidia ciliaris
Global Distribution: Mediterranean, and eastern Atlantic Ocean
UK Distribution: North, west and southwest British coasts and all around Ireland
Size: 60cm across (usually 40cm)
Diet: Mostly …
Gravel Sea Cucumber
Latin name: Neopentadactyla mixta
Global Distribution: South, west and north coasts of the British Isles, the Faeroe Islands, the west coast of Norway (Molde) and the Atlantic coasts of France…
Devonshire Cup Coral
Latin name: Caryophyllia smithii
Global Distribution: South-west Europe, the Mediterranean, and in Britain
UK Distribution: Shetland, north eastern England, the south west, Wales, Ireland and north western Scotland
Size: up …
Common European Lobster
Latin name: Homarus gammarus
Global Distribution: Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and the northwest of the Black Sea
UK Distribution: All British and Irish Coasts
Size: 1m, 50cm is more common …
