There are a variety of organisms that you can see whilst rock pooling. Marine algae are the most obvious; look among and under the fronds to reveal the understory communities comprised of molluscs, crustaceans, cnidarians, sponges, bryozoans and polychaetes worms.
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| Flat periwinkle (Littorina sp) amongst Fucoid fronds. |
Kelp, are marine algae which develop holdfasts inorder to attach to rock. Inspect the holdfasts of washed up kelp and you will discover organisms living within the holdfast.
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Blue rayed limpet (Patella pellucida), Wart Barnacle (Verruca stroemia)
and bivalves of the family Anomiidae. |
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