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

• Insects
Terrestrial insects and vertebrates are frequently ignored in accounts of sandy beaches. These animals are usually a conspicuous component of the ecosystem, often rivalling the aquatic macrofauna in terms of biomass and having a significant impact on the system with regard to predation and scavenging.
Latitudinal biodiversity patterns of meiofauna from sandy littoral beaches