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To look and read about these wonderful creatures, choose a phylum below. All of the near shore invertebrates found in the South Sound are members of one of these twelve Phylums:

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Porifera - Sponges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cnidaria - Hydroids Jellyfish Anemones Hydras Corals. . . . . . . . .
Ctenophora - Jellyfish-like . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Platyhelminthes - Flatworms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nemertea - Worms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Annelida - Worms Tubeworms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Arthropoda - Crabs Shrimp Barnacles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mollusca - Oyster Mussel Scallop Clams Nudibranchs Limpids Snails Chiton Whelk
Phoronida - Small Tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bryozoa - Colonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Echinodermata - Sea Cucumbers Sand Dollars Sea Stars Brittle Stars . . . . . . .
Chordata - Sea Squirts Trunicate Salps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .