Around the ocean in 80 fish & other sea life
Book - 2023
"Dive beneath the waves to meet 80 of the ocean's strangest and most surprising inhabitants. This beautifully illustrated aquatic world tour tells the fascinating stories of beguiling sea creatures and their ingenious feats of survival - from producing anti-freeze to enduring boiling temperatures - revealing the ways in which these seemingly remote creatures have shapes our own lives, whether through medicine, culture or folklore."--Publisher.
- Subjects
- Published
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London :
Laurence King an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group Ltd
2023.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 200 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm
- ISBN
- 9781399602785
- Introduction
- The Sea Creatures
- Atlantic Ocean
- Flapper Skate, Dipturus intermedius
- Common Cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis
- Sturgeon, Acipenseridae
- Limpet, Patellidae
- Sawfish, Pristis spp.
- European Eel, Anguilla anguilla
- Basking Shark, Cetorhinus maximus
- Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus thynnus
- John Dory, Zeus faber
- Atlantic Horseshoe Crab, Limulus polyphemus
- Pilot Whale, Globicephala spp.
- Cone Snail, Conidae
- Hagfish, Myxini
- Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus
- Lanternfish, Myctophidae
- Spiny Dogfish, Squalus acanthias
- Mediterranean
- Electric Torpedo Ray, Torpedo torpedo
- Noble Pen Shell, Pinna nobilis
- Spiny Oyster, Spondylus spp.
- Sponge, Porifera
- Argonaut, Argonauta spp.
- Octocoral, Octocorallia
- Common Octopus, Octopus, vulgaris
- Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias
- Remora/Shark Sucker, Echeneidae
- Portuguese Man o' War, Physalia physalis
- Indian Ocean
- Scaly-Foot Snail, Chrysomallon squamiferum
- Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus
- West Indian Ocean Coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae
- Giant Oceanic Manta Ray Mobula birostris
- Giant Clam, Tridacna gigas
- Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo cuvier
- Ocean Sunfish, Mola mola
- Attenborough's Placoderm, Materpiscis attenboroughi
- Chambered Nautilus, Nautilus pompilius
- Giant Oarfish, Regalecus glesne
- Sea Cucumber, Holothuroidea
- Clown Anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris
- Pom Pom Crab, Lybia tessellata
- Mudskipper, Oxudercidae
- Money Cowrie, Monetaria moneta
- Giant Moray Eel, Gymnothorax javanicus
- Southern African Pilchard, Sardinops sagax
- Abalone, Haliotis spp.
- Parrotfish, Scaridae
- Pacific Ocean
- Barreleye, Macropinna microstoma
- Walking Shark, Hemiscyllium spp.
- Banded Archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix
- Crystal Jelly, Aequorea victoria
- Mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus
- Humphead Wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus
- Totoaba and Vaquita, Totaaba macdonaldi and Phocoena sinus
- Yeti Crab, Kiwa hirsute
- Ninja Lanternshark, Etmopterus benchleyi
- Mariana Snailfish, Pseudoliparis swirei
- Black-Lip Pearl Oyster, Pinctada margaritifera
- Pompeii Worm, Alvinella pompejana
- Smooth Handfish, Sympterichthys unipennis
- Sunflower Sea Star, Pycnopodia helianthoides
- Nudibranch, Nudibranchia
- Pacific Dragonfish, Idiacantbus antrostomus
- Vampire Squid, Vampyroteuthis infernalis
- Eyelash Harptail Blenny, Meiacanthus atrodorsalis
- Caribbean
- Lionfish, Pterois spp.
- Goliath Grouper, Epinephelus itajara
- Flying Fish, Exocoetidae
- Sea Cow, Sirenia
- Lemon Shark, Negaprion brevirostris
- Pufferfish, Tetraodontiformes
- Damselfish, Pomacentridae
- Seahorse, Hippocampus spp.
- Angelfish and Butterflyfish, Pomacanthidae and Chaetodontidae
- Queen Conch, Aliger gigas
- Bonnethead Shark, Sphyrna tiburo
- Polar Seas
- Narwhal, Monodon monoceros
- Antarctic Icefish, Notothenioidei
- Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus
- Greenland Shark, Somniosus microcephalus
- Greenland Halibut, Reinhardtius bippoglossoides
- Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba
- Where to go next
- Index
- About the author
- Author's acknowledgements
