What organism found intertidal zone?

Answer 1

The intertidal area (also called the littoral zone) is where the land and sea meet, between the high and low tide zones. Within the intertidal zone there are the spray zones, and low, middle, and high tide zones, and each is characterised by different animals.

* Spray Zone: Also called the Upper Littoral, the Supralittoral Fringe, the Splash Zone, and the Barnacle Belt. This area is dry much of the time, but is sprayed with salt water during high tides. It is only flooded during storms and extremely high tides. Organisms in this sparse habitat include barnacles, isopods, lichens, lice, limpets, periwinkles, and whelks. Very little vegetation grows in this area.

* High Tide Zone: Also called the Upper Mid-littoral Zone and the high intertidal zone. This area is flooded only during high tide. Organisms in this area include anemones, barnacles, brittle stars, chitons, crabs, green algae, isopods, limpets, mussels, sea stars, sea anemones, snails, whelks and some marine vegetation.

* Middle Tide Zone: Also called the Lower Mid-littoral Zone. This turbulent area is covered and uncovered twice a day with salt water from the tides. Organisms in this area include anemones, barnacles, chitons, crabs, green algae, isopods, limpets, mussels, sea lettuce, sea palms, sea stars, snails, sponges, and whelks.

* Low Tide Zone: Also called the Lower Littoral Zone. This area is usually under water - it is only exposed when the tide is unusually low. Organisms in this zone are not well adapted to long periods of dryness or to extreme temperatures. Some of the organisms in this area are abalone, anemones, brown seaweed, chitons, crabs, green algae, hydroids, isopods, limpets, mussels, nudibranchs, sculpin, sea cucumber, sea lettuce, sea palms, sea stars, sea urchins, shrimp, snails, sponges, surf grass, tube worms, and whelks.

Answer 2

There is an abundance of organisms that inhabit the upper, mid, and low intertidal zones. The types of organisms are: the Algae (Green, Red, Brown); the Intertidal Mollusks; theIntertidal Echinoderms; the Intertidal Urochordates; the Intertidal Arthropods. Each have their own pages to fully accentuate their abundance in the Intertidal Zone. Some of these organisms, however, did not originate from the Atlantic Coast. The widespread, human-assisted invasion of shallow coastal waters began in the fifteenth century and contnues to this day (Bertness). Some of these organisms encase or primairy grow on the bottom of wooden ships. Such organisms that are introduced are the Codium fragile, Littorina littorea, Carcinus maenus, Membranipora membanacea, Styela clava, Botrylloides diagensis.

Answer 3

Mussel, crabs, barnacles, periwinkle