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Author Alderton, David author.

Title Oceans / by David Alderton.

Publication Info. Chicago : World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company, 2014.
©2012

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 597.77 ALDERTON    Check Shelf
Edition 2014 revised printing.
Description 48 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
Series Animals and their habitats
Animals and their habitats.
Contents Introduction -- Habitat map -- Fish (sharks, reef fish, and relatives) -- Crustaceans (shrimp, crabs, and relatives) -- Mollusks (octopuses, clams, and relatives) -- Echinoderms (starfish, sea urchins, and relatives) -- Mammals (whales, seals and relatives).
FISH : Great Hammerhead Sharks -- Great White Shark -- Whale Shark -- Devil Ray -- Yellowfish Tuna -- Bluefaced Angelfish -- Queen Parrotfish -- Common Clownfish -- Devil Lionfish -- Spiny Porcupinefish -- Seahorse -- Mediterranean Moray Eel -- CRUSTACEANS : Fiddler Crab -- Hermit Crab -- American Lobster -- Cleaner Shrimp -- Mollusks : Common Octopus -- Longfin Inshore Squid -- Common Cuttlefish -- Giant Clam -- Common Whelk -- Triton -- ECHINODERMS : Red-Kobbed Starfish -- Sea Urchin -- MAMMALS : North Atlantic Right Whale -- Blue Whale -- Humpback Whale -- Sperm Whale -- Harbor Porpoise -- Long-Finned Pilot Whale -- Killer Whale -- Commerson's Dolphin -- SHort-Beaked Common Dolphin -- Hooded Seal -- Mediterranean Monk Seal -- Common Seal -- California Sea Lion -- Dugong -- Green Sea Turtle -- Leatherback Turtle.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.
Summary This illustrated nonfiction volume introduces several ocean animals. Detailed captions describe each animal, while inset maps show where the animals can be found around the world.
Subject Marine animals -- Juvenile literature.
Marine ecology -- Juvenile literature.
Marine animals. (OCoLC)fst01009386
Marine ecology. (OCoLC)fst01009513
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author World Book, Inc.
ISBN 9780716605393 (hardcover)
0716605392 (hardcover)
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