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What animals live in the mud flats?

Updated: 8/9/2023
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There are many animals that are found in tidal flats but many invertibrates such as:

Amphipods (Crayfish)- Clymenella torquata (bamboo worm) Meretrix meretrix (Clams) Orchestia agilis (Beach fleas) Arenicolidae (Lungworm) Limulus polyphemus (Horseshoe crabs) Pagurus berhardus (hermit crabs Amethyst gem clam (Gemma gemma) Metapenaeus dobsoni (Shrimp) Callinectes sapidus (Blue crabs)

Hope this helped. :{ ] There are many animals that are found in tidal flats but many invertibrates such as:

Amphipods (Crayfish)- Clymenella torquata (bamboo worm) Meretrix meretrix (Clams) Orchestia agilis (Beach fleas) Arenicolidae (Lungworm) Limulus polyphemus (Horseshoe crabs) Pagurus berhardus (hermit crabs Amethyst gem clam (Gemma gemma) Metapenaeus dobsoni (Shrimp) Callinectes sapidus (Blue crabs)

Hope this helped. :{ ]

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Floodplains are rich habitats and are home for various animals. The floodplain forests supports deer, opossum, squirrels, mice, raccoons, weasel, skunks, fox, bobcat. Other animals associated with the floodplains would be various species of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and insects.

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I have seen soft shelled clams and some birds on mudflats. and plenty of plants.

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There are many plants and animals that live in the muddy bottom. The most common ones include green algae, slugs and snails among others.

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Many kids of fish, stork, crokodiles,and frogs live on floodplains.

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Fiddler crabs, the California halibut, the willet (that is a bird)

That's all I know, I hope you find that useful

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mud crabs mud crabs

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weeds

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