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An authoritative visual guide to saltwater life around the world, featuring hundreds of fish, shells, crabs, corals, echinoderms, seals, jellyfish, dolphins, sharks, rays, whales, reptiles, and mammals. Features a stunning worldwide directory detailing more than 600 individual species, with full information on identification and superb color artworks. Read about the astonishing tactics that creatures, have developed to survive in their habitats: the ambush techniques of carpet sharks; the 'fishing lure' used by angler fish; the sponges that supply shelter for shallow-water crabs, or the light organs evolved by creatures of the deep. Quick-reference maps help the reader to pinpoint the distribution of all profiled creatures, and there are concise summaries of habitat type, size, breeding and feeding. A stunning pictorial introduction covers the major marine groups, from the simplest sponges to giant cetaceans, and explains the principles of taxonomy, anatomy, movement, and behavior. The six key types of marine habitat are described and explored, including shores, mangroves and marsh, shallow waters, coral reefs, open seas, and deep oceans. Book jacket.

Introduction	p. 6
The Challenge of Life in the Seas	p. 8
Evolution of Marine Life	p. 10
The Marine Tree of Life	p. 12
What is a Fish?	p. 14
Anatomy of Cartilaginous Fish	p. 16
The Lives of Cartilaginous Fish	p. 18
Anatomy of Bony Fish	p. 20
Movement of Bony Fish	p. 22
Bony Fish and Their Senses	p. 24
Bony Fish and Feeding	p. 26
Bony Fish: Social Behaviour and Reproduction	p. 28
Sponges, Jellies and Corals	p. 30
Worms	p. 32
Molluscs	p. 34
Crustaceans	p. 36
Echinoderms and Tunicates	p. 38
Other Invertebrates	p. 40
Marine Amphibians and Reptiles	p. 42
Marine Mammals	p. 44
Sea Life and Humans: Conservation and Exploitation	p. 46
Sea Watching	p. 48
Marine Habitats	p. 50
Ocean or sea?	p. 52
Seashores	p. 54
Estuarine Habitats	p. 56
Shallow Seas	p. 58
Coral Reefs	p. 60
Open Oceans	p. 62
Ocean Depths	p. 64
Directory of Marine Species	p. 66
How to Use the Directory	p. 68
Seashores, Coasts and Estuaries	p. 70
Sponges	p. 72
Sea Anemones	p. 74
Corals and Relatives	p. 78
Flatworms and Ribbon Worms	p. 80
Bristle Worms and Sipunculoid Worms	p. 82
Chitons and Gastropod Molluscs	p. 84
Gastropod Molluscs and Nudibranchs	p. 86
Bivalve Molluscs	p. 88
Barnacles and Shrimp-like Crustaceans	p. 92
Prawns and Shrimps	p. 94
Lobsters, Squat Lobsters and Hermit Crabs	p. 96
True Crabs	p. 98
True Crabs, Horseshoe Crabs and Sea Spiders	p. 100
Feather Stars and Brittlestars	p. 102
Starfish	p. 104
Sea Urchins, Heart Urchins and Sea Cucumbers	p. 106
Ground Sharks	p. 108
Bullhead Sharks and Angel Sharks	p. 110
Eels and Elopiforms	p. 112
Cod and Relatives	p. 114
Gasterosteiform Fish	p. 116
Mail-cheeked Fish	p. 118
Perchlike Fish	p. 120
Dolphins and Porpoises	p. 124
True Seals	p. 126
Sea lions, Walrus and Sea cows	p. 128
Shallow Seas and Coral Reefs	p. 130
Sponges	p. 132
Stony and Gorgonian Corals, Sea Pens	p. 134
Jellyfish	p. 136
Gastropod Molluscs	p. 138
Bivalve Molluscs	p. 140
Cephalopod Molluscs	p. 142
Shrimps, Prawns and Lobsters	p. 144
Crabs	p. 146
Feather Stars and Brittlestars	p. 148
Starfish	p. 150
Sea Urchins and Sea Cucumbers	p. 152
Primitive Chordates and Jawless Fish	p. 154
Mackerel Sharks	p. 156
Requiem Sharks	p. 158
Other Shallow-water Sharks	p. 160
Sawfish and Electric Rays	p. 162
Skates, Guitarfish and Stingrays	p. 164
Salmon, Trout and Allies	p. 166
Cod and Relatives	p. 168
Silversides, Needlefish, Halfbeaks and Killifish	p. 170
Dories, Beryciforms and Scorpionfish	p. 172
Perchlike fish	p. 174
Flatfish	p. 182
Triggerfish, Boxfish and Pufferfish	p. 184
Lizards, Snakes, Crocodilians and Amphibians	p. 186
Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises	p. 188
Open Ocean and Deep Water	p. 190
Sponges and Corals	p. 192
Hydrozoans, Jellyfish and Comb Jellies	p. 194
Worms	p. 196
Snails, Slugs and Bivalves	p. 198
Cephalopod Molluscs	p. 200
Ostracods, Copepods, Isopods and Amphipods	p. 202
Krill and Shrimps	p. 204
Crabs, Lobsters and Sea Spiders	p. 206
Echinoderms	p. 208
Tunicates	p. 210
Chimeras and Rays	p. 212
Six-gilled and Dogfish Sharks	p. 214
Whale, Requiem and Megamouth Sharks	p. 216
Lobe Fins and Eels	p. 218
Herrings, Anchovies and Relatives	p. 220
Lightfish, Hatchetfish and Relatives	p. 222
Grinners	p. 224
Lanternfish, Opah and Ribbonfish	p. 226
Brotulas, Grenadiers and Cod Relatives	p. 228
Anglers and Tetraodontiforms	p. 230
Flying Fish and Sawbellies	p. 232
Jacks, Remoras and Relatives	p. 234
Tunas, Mackerel and Barracudas	p. 236
Billfish	p. 238
Reptiles of the Open Ocean	p. 240
Oceanic Dolphins	p. 242
Toothed and Beaked Whales	p. 244
Sperm and Oceanic Baleen Whales	p. 246
Glossary	p. 248
Index	p. 251
Picture Acknowlegements	p. 256
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