Young Blonde Girl Shows Off On The Sandy Beach At The Sea

Biodiversity of sandy beaches
Most invertebrate phyla are represented on sandy beaches, either as interstitial forms or as members of the macrofauna . The macrofaunal forms are by far the better known. Some of them are typical of intertidal sands and their surf zone, while others are more characteristic of sheltered sandbanks, sandy muds or estuaries and are less common on open beaches of pure sand .