Each of the 690 identification pictures is a full-color photograph of a seashore creature: crabs, lobsters, sea anemones, sponges, snails, jellyfishes, shrimps, sea stars and many other invertebrates. Arrangement by shape and by color makes identification quick and easy. 666 species are covered in full detail, with notes on more than 220 others. Covers seashore creatures found on the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts of North America and in the West Indies.

Edition: 1998