The Falkland Islands and South Atlantic
MARINE INVERTEBRATES

MARINE INVERTEBRATES

Gastropods

Marine Snails, Limpets, Whelks. Shells always one piece and are asymmetrical due to torsion. Many are twisted and spiralled.

Limpets

Link to Gastropod shellsMarine Snails, Drupes

link to bivalvesBivalves


Cephalopods

Cuttlefish, Squids and Octopuses
 

Arthropods- Crustacea

Paired jointed limbs, and the body encased in a thick protective shell which has to be moulted as the animal grows.

Marine Isopods

Sandhoppers

antarctic krillEuphausiacea-Krill

 

Crabs

Lobster krill

 

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Sources include: Falkland Islands State of the Environment Report 2008 Otley H, Munro G, Clausen A, Ingham B. A Field Guide to the Wildlife of The Falkland Islands and South Georgia - Ian J Strange
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