Presents a comprehensive guide to more than six hundred species of sea creatures living along the coasts of North America, with full-color photographs, anecdotes, identification key, and other information.

"Explore the various regions of the world's oceans and learn about the many invertebrates that dwell there. First-person accounts from scientists answer important questions about the adaptations of spineless creatures."--

In Spineless, acclaimed photographer Susan Middleton explores the mysterious and surprising world of marine invertebrates, which represent more than 98 percent of the known animal species in the ocean. They are also astonishingly diverse in their shapes, patterns, textures, and colors--in nature's fashion show, they are the haute couture of marine life. This collection of more than 250 remarkable images is the result of seven years of painstaking...