12 Dwellers of the Sea and Shore 



flowers. On the pebbles or sand that forms the floor 

 of the pool itself, may appear the transparent, phan- 

 tomlike prawn, gently waving its long filamentous 

 feelers, then darting suddenly backward so swiftly that 

 the eye cannot follow the movement; or, it may be, 

 that a chance view may be caught of the scallop, that 

 ornamental clamlike creature which swims by snapping 

 together the valves of its shell. 



It so happens that on the piles of wharves many 

 kinds of sea creatures will find a lodging place. Some 



pentaca; a sea cucumber. 



of these are attached forms such as hydroids, anem- 

 ones, moss animals, and sea squirts; others, like the 

 shipworm and the gribble, are boring animals, and are 

 therefore less conspicuous. 



Thus, there is much to find and admire among the 

 living forms which inhabit the seashore. It is perhaps 

 the most interesting of all the haunts of life. Although 

 certain types may occur invariably in those regions that 

 favor their development, life on the whole may in dif- 



