Ocean Animal Names

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell (7)
  2. 4. Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral (plural) (6)
  3. 5. Tiny grains found on beaches (4)
  4. 7. Echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet (11)
  5. 9. A smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster (5)

Down

  1. 1. The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon (4)
  2. 2. Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails (7)
  3. 5. Ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile (5)
  4. 6. Large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds (4)
  5. 8. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud (4)