MSCI 345 Biodiversity Species IDs

Category: Cyanobacteria

Genus: Gloeocapsa

circular blue cells with blue “halos” around them

Category: Cyanobacteria

Genus: Trichodesmium

Common Name: Sea Sawdust

looks like little pom poms or hay

Category: Diatoms

Genus: Coscinodiscus

large centric diatoms, disc shaped, shows up like a circle with dark rim and smaller circles within

Category: Diatoms

Genus: Pleurosigma

pennate diatoms, leaf-like or worm-shaped, sometimes have a slight twist, center dot sometimes

Category: Diatoms

Genus: Pseudo-nitzschia

chain forming diatoms, skinny and long, can tell where one cell starts and ends (overlapping)

Category: Brown Algae

Genus: Macrocystis

Specific Epithet: pyrifera

Common Name: Giant kelp

root like holdfast, many air bladders then blades, forms forests

Category: Brown Algae

Genus: Nereocystis

Specific Epithet: luetkeana

Common Name: Bull Kelp

long stipe, one air bladder and many blades off of air bladder, looks like a whip

Category: Brown Algae

Genus: Postelsia

Specific Epithet: palmaeformis

Common Name: Sea palm

mini palm tree, thicker holdfast and stipe, no air bladder, many blades

Category: Brown Algae

Genus: Stephanocystis

Specific Epithet: osmundacea

Common Name: Chain bladder kelp

skinnier, leaf life blades, bumpy bean-like air bladders (chains)

Category: Brown Algae

Genus: Egregia

Specific Epithet: menziesii

Common Name: Feather boa kelp

flat belt with blades and air bladders coming off

Category: Brown Algae

Genus: Undaria

Specific Epithet: pinnatifida

Common Name: Wakame

single blade splitting off into multiple, sporophyll stipe (very frilly)

Category: Brown Algae

Genus: Fucus

Specific Epithet: distichus

Common Name: Northern rockweed

branching blades from single stipe, smaller, low to ground, swollen branch tips

Category: Brown Algae

Genus: Laminaria

Specific Epithet: setchellii

Common Name: Setchell's kelp

thin stipe with hand turkey looking blades

Category: Dinoflagellates

Genus: Ceratium

looks like horns, 2 flagella with one in central groove (synap of dinoflagellates), kinda looks like apicomplexa but no apical complex

Category: Dinoflagellates

Genus: Akashiwo

Specific Epithet: sanguinea

tooth shaped, flagella in central groove

Category: Coccolithophores

Genus: Emiliania

Specific Epithet: huxleyi

ball with circle/oval slabs overlapping to form, looks like those people who make balls of contact lenses

Category: Rhodophyta

Common Name: Coralline algae (encrusting)

Category: Rhodophyta

Common Name: Coralline algae (articulated)

Category: Rhodophyta

Genus: Botryocladia

Specific Epithet: pseudodichotoma

Common Name: Sea grapes

Category: Rhodophyta

Genus: Chondracanthus

Common Name: Turkish towel

Category: Rhodophyta

Genus: Prionitis

Common Name: Bleachweed

Category: Rhodophyta

Genus: Mastocarpus

Specific Epithet: papillatus

Common Name: Turkish washcloth

Category: Rhodophyta

Genus: Endocladia

Specific Epithet: muricata

Common Name: Turfweed, Nailbrush

Category: Rhodophyta

Genus: Mazzaella

Specific Epithet: splendens

Category: Chlorophyta

Genus: Ulva

Common Name: Sea lettuce

Category: Chlorophyta

Genus: Codium

Specific Epithet: fragile

Common Name: Dead man's fingers

Category: Chlorophyta

Genus: Cladophora

Category: Angiosperms

Genus: Zostera

Specific Epithet: marina

Common Name: Eel grass

Category: Angiosperms

Genus: Phyllospadix

Common Name: Surf Grass

Category: Angiosperms

Common Name: Mangroves

Category: Angiosperms

Genus: Salicornia

Specific Epithet: pacifica

Common Name: Pickleweed

Category: Angiosperms

Genus: Cocos

Specific Epithet: nucifera

Common Name: Coconut palm

Category: Porifera

Genus: Acanthancora

Specific Epithet: cyanocrypta

Common Name: Cobalt blue sponge

Category: Porifera

Genus: Tethya

Specific Epithet: californiana

Common Name: Orange puffball sponge

Category: Porifera

Genus: Craniella

Specific Epithet: arb

Common Name: Grey puffball sponge

Category: Cnidaria

Genus: Pachycerianthus

Specific Epithet: fimbriatus

Common Name: Tube anemone

Category: Cnidaria

Genus: Anthopleura

Specific Epithet: xanthogrammica

Common Name: Giant green anemone

Category: Cnidaria

Genus: Anthopleura

Specific Epithet: sola

Common Name: Solitary anemone

Category: Cnidaria

Genus: Anthopleura

Specific Epithet: elegantissima

Common Name: Aggregating anemone

Category: Cnidaria

Genus: Urticina

Specific Epithet: piscivora

Common Name: Fish eating anemone

Category: Cnidaria

Genus: Metridium

Specific Epithet: farcimen

Common Name: Giant plumed anemone

Category: Cnidaria

Genus: Corynactis

Specific Epithet: californica

Common Name: Strawberry anemone, Club-tipped anemone

Category: Cnidaria

Genus: Aurelia

Specific Epithet: labiata

Common Name: Moon jelly

Category: Cnidaria

Genus: Chrysaora

Specific Epithet: fuscescens

Common Name: Sea nettle

Category: Cnidaria

Genus: Chrysaora

Specific Epithet: colorata

Common Name: Purple-striped jellyfish

Category: Cnidaria

Genus: Phacellophora

Specific Epithet: camtschatica

Common Name: Egg-yolk jelly

Category: Ctenophora

Genus: Beroe

Category: Ctenophora

Genus: Lampocteis

Specific Epithet: cruentiventer

Common Name: Bloody-belly comb jelly

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