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Small and awesomeThe seas around the UK are bursting

with life, and size isn’t everything. We do

have big whales, sharks and turtles, but

just look at all this smaller (but just as

amazing) marine life in UK seas!

Why not challenge your family to see how

many of these creatures they can name.

See solution on page 35.

1 ThongweedHimanthalia elongata2 Painted top shellCalliostoma zizyphinum3 Rosy feather starAntedon bifida4 Cuckoo wrasseLabrus mixtus5 Plumose anemoneMetridium senile6 Ballan wrasseLabrus bergylta7 Short-snouted seahorseHippocampus hippocampus8 Phosphorescent sea penPennatula phosphorea

9 Long-clawed squat lobsterMunida rugosa10 Hedgehog spongePolymastia boletiformis11 Great (or king) scallopPecten maximus12 Common (or edible) sea urchinEchinus esculentus13 Angler fishLophius piscatorius14 Moon (or common) jellyfishAurelia aurita15 Thornback rayRaja clavata16 Black brittle starOphiocomina nigra

17 Common hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus18 Light-bulb sea squirtClavelina lepadiformis19 Basking shark Cetorhinus maximus20 Compass jellyfishChrysaora hysoscella21 Sea slug Coryphella browni 22 Snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis23 Common starfishAsterias rubens24 Dahlia anemoneUrticina felina

25 Lesser spotted dogfishScyliorhinus canicula26 Spiny starfishMarthasterias glacialis27 Edible crabCancer pagurus28 Common cuttlefishSepia officinalis29 Star sea squirtBotryllus schlosseri30 Lemon soleMicrostomus kitt31 BibTrisopterus luscus32 Conger eelConger conger

33 Common lobsterHomarus gammarus34 Pink and white sea fansEunicella verrucosa35 Common whelkBuccinum undatum36 Mermaid’s gloveHaliclona oculata37 Wolf-fishAnarhichas lupus38 Potato crisp bryozoanPentapora foliacea39 Spiny spider crabMaja squinado

Solutions to ‘Small and awesome’