Habitats: Seagrass - Sea Life

Many kinds of creatures live among the segrasses, using the long blades as shelter from predators or as a quiet place to deposit their eggs. Eelgrass, one of the most common varieties, is home to scallops, horseshoe crabs, snails and many fishes. Many of the creatures living in the green, swaying grass are very tiny and live directly on the long blades.

Each strand of eelgrass is host to a wide variety of plants (epiphytes), and animals, or epizoa, which live directly on the surface of the blade. Diatoms, very small plants with a shell made of silica, grow in groups and clusters. Algae grow among the diatoms and provide food for tiny shrimp and snails.