Encyclopedia > National Sea Life Centre (Birmingham)
The National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham, England is an aquarium with over 60 displays of freshwater and marine life. The attraction boasts a one million litre ocean tank housing giant green sea turtles, black tip reef sharks and tropical reef fish. Also featured are seahorses, crabs, lobsters, sharks and sting rays. It was voted Aquarium of the Year & Warwickshire Family Attraction of the Year (dspite not being in that county) by the Good Britain Guide 2004. The city from above Centenary Square. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... A 335,000 US gallon (1. ... Species See text. ... Sections Dromiacea Raninoida Heterotremata Thoracotremata The term crab is sometimes applied to several different groups of short (nose to tail) decapods with thick exoskeletons, but only members of the Brachyura are true crabs; other taxa, such as hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, king crabs, and horseshoe crabs are, despite superficial similarities... Subfamilies and Genera Neophoberinae Acanthacaris Thymopinae Nephropsis Nephropides Thymops Thymopsis Nephropinae Homarus Nephrops Homarinus Metanephrops Eunephrops Thymopides Clawed lobsters comprise a family (Nephropidae, sometimes also Homaridae) of large marine crustaceans. ... Orders see article text below Sharks are a group (superorder Selachimorpha) of fish, with a full cartilaginous skeleton, a streamlined body plan with between 5 and 7 gill slits along the sides (most often) or side of the head (the first modified slit is behind the eye and called a... This article is about the fish. ... Warwickshire (pronounced worrickshur) is a landlocked county in central England. ...
External links
Official Site (http://www.sealifeeurope.com/uk/birmingham/home.htm)
Information Britain (http://www.information-britain.co.uk/showPlace.cfm?Place_ID=3490)