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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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Jo O'Keefe
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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 |
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 |