Animals
Please click-on each name to learn more about the animal.
Coral Reef Cover Page
A cover page for a coral reef animal information/coloring booklet.
Angelshark
A bottom-dwelling, relatively harmless shark with a flattened body and a blunt snout.
Bivalves
Bivalves are soft-bodied animals that are protected by two hard shells, hinged together. Scallops, oysters and clams are bivalves.
Blowfish
Also called pufferfish, globefish, and fugu, this poisonous fish can swallow water to double its size.
Blue Ring Octopus
A small but very venomous octopus from warm reefs in Australia and nearby regions.
Brittle Star
A bottom-dwelling marine invertebrate with long, spiny arms.
Clam
Burrowing bivalves with a soft body.
Clown Fish
Colorful fish that live among sea anemone.
Conch
A marine invertebrate with a large, beautiful shell.
Coral
Coral is a tiny marine animal that often lives in colonies. Huge colonies of hard corals form coral reefs.
Crab
A crab is an animal with a shell. It has eyes on stalks on its head.
Crustaceans
Crustaceans are animals with a hard exoskeleton, jointed legs, and a segmented body.
Fish
Fish live in the water and breathe with gills. Many fish are found in coral reefs.
Galapagos Shark
A large predator found near islands in warm water.
Gastropods
Gastropods are a class of mollusks with a single (or absent) shell and a muscular foot.
Hermit Crab
Hermit crabs are crabs that lack a hard shell; they use a discarded shell for protection.
Horseshoe Crab
The horseshoe crab is a hard-shelled animal that lives in warm coastal waters on the sea floor.
Jellyfish
Jellyfish are animals that have stinging tentacles. Or go to an unlabeled version.John Dory
John Dory is a spiny fish with a black spot on its side.
Krill
Small crustaceans that are eaten by many animals, including baleen whales.
Lemon Shark
Large, yellowish predators found near the surface and at intermediate depths.
Lobster
A hard-shelled marine invertebrate with 10 jointed legs.
Man-of-War
The Portuguese man-of-war is a floating colony of animals that has very long, stinging tentacles. It lives in warm ocean waters.
Mollusks
Mollusks are soft-bodied invertebrates. Some mollusks include the octopus, squid, clam, snail, slug, and tusk shells.
Moray Eel Printout
Long, snake-like fish that have circular gills.
Nurse Shark
A large bottom-dwelling shark with rounded fins.
Octopus
Octopuses have eight legs and live on the sea floor. Go to a simple version(just the image).
Oyster
The oyster is a bivalve, a soft-bodied marine animal that is protected by two hard shells.
Pink Conch
Also known as the queen conch, a marine invertebrate with a large, beautiful shell.
Plankton
Plankton are tiny organisms that float in the seas and other bodies of water.
Pufferfish
Also called blowfish and fugu, this poisonous fish can swallow water to double its size.
Purple Sea Urchin
A spiny, globular animal that lives on the ocean floor off the western coast of North America.
Queen Conch
A marine invertebrate with a large, beautiful shell.
Rays
Rays are flat fish with no bones, only cartilage. Many rays live in coral reefs.
Sandtiger Shark (Sand Shark)
A shark that is cannibalistic before birth.
Scallop
Scallops are bivalves, shelled animals that live on the ocean floor.
Sea Anemone
A predatory animal that looks like a flower and lives on the ocean floor.
Sea Cow
Sea cow is another name for manatee. Sea cows are gentle, slow-swimming, aquatic mammals.
Sea Cucumber
Sea cucumbers are cylinder-shaped echinoderms.
Sea Horse
The sea horse is a very strange fish that lives in warm water.
Sea Star
Sea stars, another name for starfish, are animals that live on the ocean floor.
Sea Turtle
Sea turtles are large marine turtles.
Sea Urchin
A spiny, globular animal that lives on the ocean floor.
Sharks
Sharks are a type of fish that have no bones, only cartilage. Many sharks live or hunt in reefs.
Shrimp
Shrimp are small, bottom-dwelling crustaceans with a translucent exoskeleton.
Snail
A soft-bodied animal with a hard, protective shell.
Sponge Information Page
Read about these primitive animals.
Sponge Coloring/Information Printout
A printable coloring/information page about sponges.
Sponge External Anatomy: Label Me! Printout
Label the external anatomy of a sponge and the flow of water through it.
Sponge Internal Anatomy: Label Me! Printout
Label the cross-section of a sponge and the flow of water through it.
Squid
The squid is a fast-swimming invertebrate with ten arms.
Starfish
Sea stars, another name for starfish, are animals that live on the ocean floor.
Stingray
Stingrays are flat fish with a stinger and no bones (only cartilage).
Tiger Shark
Tiger Sharks are large predators who are found worldwide in warm seas, including coral atolls.
Whales
Whales are marine mammals. Some whales are found near coral reefs.
Whelk
Whelks are marine invertebrates with a spiral shell.
Zebra Bullhead Shark
A bottom-dwelling shark with zebra-like stripes.
Zooplankton
Zooplankton are tiny animals that float in the seas and other bodies of water.
Coral Reef Cover Page
A cover page for a coral reef animal information/coloring booklet.
Angelshark
A bottom-dwelling, relatively harmless shark with a flattened body and a blunt snout.
Bivalves
Bivalves are soft-bodied animals that are protected by two hard shells, hinged together. Scallops, oysters and clams are bivalves.
Blowfish
Also called pufferfish, globefish, and fugu, this poisonous fish can swallow water to double its size.
Blue Ring Octopus
A small but very venomous octopus from warm reefs in Australia and nearby regions.
Brittle Star
A bottom-dwelling marine invertebrate with long, spiny arms.
Clam
Burrowing bivalves with a soft body.
Clown Fish
Colorful fish that live among sea anemone.
Conch
A marine invertebrate with a large, beautiful shell.
Coral
Coral is a tiny marine animal that often lives in colonies. Huge colonies of hard corals form coral reefs.
Crab
A crab is an animal with a shell. It has eyes on stalks on its head.
Crustaceans
Crustaceans are animals with a hard exoskeleton, jointed legs, and a segmented body.
Fish
Fish live in the water and breathe with gills. Many fish are found in coral reefs.
Galapagos Shark
A large predator found near islands in warm water.
Gastropods
Gastropods are a class of mollusks with a single (or absent) shell and a muscular foot.
Hermit Crab
Hermit crabs are crabs that lack a hard shell; they use a discarded shell for protection.
Horseshoe Crab
The horseshoe crab is a hard-shelled animal that lives in warm coastal waters on the sea floor.
Jellyfish
Jellyfish are animals that have stinging tentacles. Or go to an unlabeled version.John Dory
John Dory is a spiny fish with a black spot on its side.
Krill
Small crustaceans that are eaten by many animals, including baleen whales.
Lemon Shark
Large, yellowish predators found near the surface and at intermediate depths.
Lobster
A hard-shelled marine invertebrate with 10 jointed legs.
Man-of-War
The Portuguese man-of-war is a floating colony of animals that has very long, stinging tentacles. It lives in warm ocean waters.
Mollusks
Mollusks are soft-bodied invertebrates. Some mollusks include the octopus, squid, clam, snail, slug, and tusk shells.
Moray Eel Printout
Long, snake-like fish that have circular gills.
Nurse Shark
A large bottom-dwelling shark with rounded fins.
Octopus
Octopuses have eight legs and live on the sea floor. Go to a simple version(just the image).
Oyster
The oyster is a bivalve, a soft-bodied marine animal that is protected by two hard shells.
Pink Conch
Also known as the queen conch, a marine invertebrate with a large, beautiful shell.
Plankton
Plankton are tiny organisms that float in the seas and other bodies of water.
Pufferfish
Also called blowfish and fugu, this poisonous fish can swallow water to double its size.
Purple Sea Urchin
A spiny, globular animal that lives on the ocean floor off the western coast of North America.
Queen Conch
A marine invertebrate with a large, beautiful shell.
Rays
Rays are flat fish with no bones, only cartilage. Many rays live in coral reefs.
Sandtiger Shark (Sand Shark)
A shark that is cannibalistic before birth.
Scallop
Scallops are bivalves, shelled animals that live on the ocean floor.
Sea Anemone
A predatory animal that looks like a flower and lives on the ocean floor.
Sea Cow
Sea cow is another name for manatee. Sea cows are gentle, slow-swimming, aquatic mammals.
Sea Cucumber
Sea cucumbers are cylinder-shaped echinoderms.
Sea Horse
The sea horse is a very strange fish that lives in warm water.
Sea Star
Sea stars, another name for starfish, are animals that live on the ocean floor.
Sea Turtle
Sea turtles are large marine turtles.
Sea Urchin
A spiny, globular animal that lives on the ocean floor.
Sharks
Sharks are a type of fish that have no bones, only cartilage. Many sharks live or hunt in reefs.
Shrimp
Shrimp are small, bottom-dwelling crustaceans with a translucent exoskeleton.
Snail
A soft-bodied animal with a hard, protective shell.
Sponge Information Page
Read about these primitive animals.
Sponge Coloring/Information Printout
A printable coloring/information page about sponges.
Sponge External Anatomy: Label Me! Printout
Label the external anatomy of a sponge and the flow of water through it.
Sponge Internal Anatomy: Label Me! Printout
Label the cross-section of a sponge and the flow of water through it.
Squid
The squid is a fast-swimming invertebrate with ten arms.
Starfish
Sea stars, another name for starfish, are animals that live on the ocean floor.
Stingray
Stingrays are flat fish with a stinger and no bones (only cartilage).
Tiger Shark
Tiger Sharks are large predators who are found worldwide in warm seas, including coral atolls.
Whales
Whales are marine mammals. Some whales are found near coral reefs.
Whelk
Whelks are marine invertebrates with a spiral shell.
Zebra Bullhead Shark
A bottom-dwelling shark with zebra-like stripes.
Zooplankton
Zooplankton are tiny animals that float in the seas and other bodies of water.