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Sunset Beach Marine Animal List

Mollusks are excluded with the exception of Sea Hares and Octopi. Photos are on this website and/or http://www.okeefes.org.
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Acorn Barnacle, several Balanus species
American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis
Atlantic Sharp-nosed Shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae
Australian Spotted Jellyfish, Phyllorhiza punctata
Banded Porcelain Crab, Petrolisthes galathinus
Banded Sea Star, Luidia alternata
Beaded Sea Star, Astropecten articulatus
Blue Button, Porpita porpita
Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus
Bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix
Bottlenose Dolphin, Delphinus truncatus
Box Jellyfish, Cubozoa, Chiropsalmus quadrumanus
Brittle Star, various species
Brown Finger Sponge
Bryozoan, moss animal, many species
Calico Box Crab, Hepatus epheliticus
Cannonball or Cabbage Head Jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris
Cherry-Striped Porcelain Crab, Petrolisthes galathinus
Clearnose Skate, Raja Eglanteria
Colonial Tunicate, Aplidium stellatum
Colonial Tunicate, Eudistoma capsulatum
Colonial tunicate, Eudistoma hepaticum
Comb Jelly -- probably Mnemiopsis leidyi
Cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus
Decorator Tube Worm, Diopatra cuprea
Diamond-back Terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin
Fiddler Crab, Genus Uca, 94 species
Flat-Clawed Hermit Crab, Pagurus pollicaris
Forbes Sea Star, Asterias forbesii
Ghost Crab, Ocypode quadrata
Ghost Shrimp, Carolinian, Callichiurus major
Goose Barnacle, various species

Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes, various species
Green Porcelain Crab, Petrolisthes armatus
Hairy Sea Cucumber, Sclerodactyla briareus
Horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus
Hydrozoans
Iridescent swimming crab, Portunus gibbesii
Isopod, isopoda, small crustacean, many species
Ivory Barnacle, Balanus eburneus
Lady Crab, Ovalipes ocellatus
Lined Sea Star, Luidia clathrata
Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Caretta caretta
Long-wristed Hermit Crab, Pagurus longicarpus
Mantis Shrimp, Stomatopoda, various species
Marginated Sea Star, Astropecten articulatus
Mole Crab, Beach, Albunea paretii
Moon Jellyfish, Aurelia aurita
Mottled Purse Crab, Persephona mediterranea
Octopi, Octopus vulgaris
Onion Sea Anemone, Paranthus rapiformis
Peppermint Shrimp, Lysmata wurdimani
Polychaete Worm and Worm Tube, Chaetopterus variopedatus
Portuguese Man-o-War, Physalia physalis
Purple Sea Urchin, Arbacia punctulata
Red Beard Sponges, Microciona prolifera
Roughback Stingray, Dasyatis centroura
Rubbery Bryozoan, Alcyonidium hauffi
Sabellarid Worms and Worm Tubes
Sand Dollar, Mellita quinqueisperforata
Sand Fiddler Crab, Genus Uca, 94 species
Sargassum Crab, Portunus sayi
Sea Hare, Aplysia
Sea Onion Anemone, Paranthus rapiformis

Sea Pansy, Renilla reniformis
Sea Spider, Class Pycnogonida, 1300 species
Sea Squirt, Solitary Tunicate, Styela plicata
Sea Urchin, purple, Arbacia punctulata
Sea Urchin, white, Lytechinus variegatus
Sea Whip Barnacle, Conopea galeata
Sea Whip, Leptogorgia virgulata
Skeleton Shrimp, Caprellid Amphipoda, many species
Smooth Butterfly Ray, Gymnura micrura
Smooth Dogfish Shark, Mustelus canis
Snapping Shrimp, Alpheus heterochaelis
Solitary Tunicate, Styela plicata, Sea Squirts
Southern Stingray, Dasyatis americana
Spaghetti Worm, Terebellid polychaete
Speckled Crab, Arenaeus cribrarius
Spider Crab, Libinia dubia (6 spines center back)
Spider Crab, Libinia emarginata (9 spines, center back)
Spineback Hairy Crab, Pilumnus sayi
Star Coral, Astrangia danae
Stone Crab, Menippe mercenaria
Striped Barnacle, Balanus amphitrite
Striped Burrfish, Chilomycterus schoepfii
Striped Hermit Crab, Clibanarius vittatus
Striped Sea Cucumber, Thyonella gemmata Pourtales
Striped Sea Star, Luidia Cathrata
Thinstripe Hermit Crab, Clibanarius vittatus
Tidal Spray Crab, Plagusia depressa
Titan Acorn Barnacle, Megabalanus coccopoma, invasive
Tricolor Sea Anemone, Calliactis Tricolor
Warty Sea Anemone, Bunodosoma cavernata
White Sea Urchin, Lytechinus variegatus