Marine Biology Trip- Species Identification

Purple Sea Urchin
Arbacia punctulata

Striped Hermit Crab
Clibanarius vittatus

Potato chip algae
Padina vickersiae

Red-purple Algae
Polysiphonia

Plumed Worm
Dioptara cuprea

Rough Sea Squirt
Styela partita

Flat clawed Hermit crab
Pagurus pollicaris

Scorched mussel
Brachiodontes exustus

Quahog clam
Family- mercenaria

Banded tulip snail
Fasciolaria tulipa

Mud Crab
Panopeus herbstii

Horse Conk
Pleuroploca gigantea

Green Fleece
Codium isthmocladum

Brown Algae
Dictyota cilidata

Oyster
Crassostrea virginicea

Sea Whip
Leptogorgia virgulata

Tube Worm
Bispira voluteacornis

Ivory Barnacle
Balanus eburneus

Balanus venustus

Purple barnacle

Balanus amphitrite

Nudibranch
Ancula evelinae

Microscopic shell less snail that Megan loves

Pleated Sea Squirt
Styela plicata

One toothed simnia
Simnialena uniplicata

Little orange shell that lives on the sea whip

Slender Sea star
Luidia clathrata

sea star- arms slender, blue gray, fine dark midline down arms

Speckled Crab
Arenaeus cribarius

Pink Shrimp
Penaeus duorarum

Boreal Squid
Illex illecebrosus

Golden Star Tunicate
Botryllus schlosseri

Purple

Variable Urchin
Lytechinus variegatus

Blotched Swimming Crab
Portunus gibbesii

Sea Pork
Aplidium stellatum

White Chiton
Ischnonchiton ruber

Black Drum
Pogonias cromis

Black Finger Mud Crab
Eurypanopeus depressus

Keyhole Urchin
Mellita quinquiesperforata

White Crust
Membranipora tenuis

lacey crust bryozoa

Smooth Butterfly Ray
Gymnura altavela

Maiden Miter
Vexillum puella

tiny snail purple/brown with irregular white splotches

Sand Fiddler Crab
Uca pugilator

Bay Scallop
Aequipecten irradians concentricus

Comb Jellies
Mnemiopsis mccradyi

Blue Crab
Callinectes sapidus

Constellation Tunicate
Aplidium constellatum

bright red mound with darker spots

Armored anemone
Anthopleura carneola

disk with numerous 1in purple/red protruding arms

Marsh Periwinkle
Littoraria irrorata

Halichondria (just genus name)

Seawhip Barnacle
Conopea galeata

commensal relationship with the seawhip. brown with white markings

Lentil Sea Spider
Anoplodactylus lentus

Sunray Venus
Macrocallista nimbusa

Eastern Mud Nassa
Ilyanassa obsoleta

small dark shelled snail

Mangrove Tunicate
Ecteinascidia turbinata

Feather Hydroid
Pennaria tiarella

looks like piece of algae but with polyps

Common Slipper Shell
Crepidula fornicata

Irish Moss
Chondrus crispus

Corophium (genus only)

Looks like a tiny shrimp with 4 antennae

Bay Scallop
Aequipecten irradians

Mole Crab
Emerita talpoida

Great Heart Cockle
Dinocardium robustum

Common Spider Crab
Libinia emarginata

Garlic Sponge
Lissodendoryx isodictyalis

BLUE

Calico Scallop
Argopecten gibbus

Lettered Olive Shell
Oliva sayana

Bearded Ark
Barbatia Candida

White clam with black velvet coating. Thicker at bottom

Coquina Shell
Donax Variabilis

bivalve small butterfly wing looking that buries into sand at surf

Agardhiella tenera

red moss

Common Auger shell
Terebra dislocata

Greedy Dove Shell
Anachis avara

up to 1/2 in. moderately broad cone with very pointy tips

Common Eastern Nassa
Nassarius vibex

distinguishable by 2 brown dots at top of opening. blue/white fat cone

Cross Barred Venus Clam
Chione cancellata

Channeled Whelk
Busycon canaliculatum

Short Macoma
Macoma brevikrons

small whelk with fuzz (periostracum)

Grass Shrimp
Hippolyte

Arrow Shrimp
Tozeuma carolinense

Opossum Pipefish
oostethus brachyurus

Buttercup Lucina shell
Anodonita alba

clam with lip on left side, yellow inside

Skeleton shrimp

Caprella

Broke back shrimp

Hippolyte inermis