Marine Animals
Sunset Beach, North Carolina
Copyright 2010 Jo O'Keefe Photos may be used for educational purposes only. Contact me with inquiries.
This is a mere sampling of animals found on Sunset Beach. Additional photos are on numerous other webpages on this website.
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Sand
Dollar
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Brown
Finger Sponge
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Sea
Star, Astropectin articulatus
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Forbes
Sea Star, Asterias forbesii
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Sea
Star, Luidia Cathrata
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Hairy
Sea Cucumber, Sclerodactyla briareus
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Hairy
Sea Cucumber, Sclerodactyla briareus
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Hydromedusa
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Portuguese
Man-o-War, Physalia physalis
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Cannonball
Jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris. live
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Moon
Jellyfish, Aurelia aurita
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Australian
Spotted Jellyfish, Phyllorhiza punctata, an invasive,
nonindigenous species
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Sea
Whip, Leptogorgia virgulata, soft coral, covered with polyps
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Sea
Pansy, Renilla reniformis, soft coral
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Warty
Sea Anemone, Bunodosoma cavernata
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Sea
onion anemone, Paranthus rapiformis
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Octopi,
Octopus vulgaris
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Sea
Hare, Aplysia
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Sea
Squirts
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Colonial
tunicate, Eudistoma hepaticum, sea liver
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Colonial
Tunicate, Aplidium stellatum, sea pork
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Blue
Crab, Callinectes sapidus
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Ghost
Crab, Ocypode quadrata
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Iridescent
swimming crab, Portunus gibbesii
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Horseshoe
crab, Limulus polyphemus
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Speckled
Crab, Arenaeus cribrarius
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Spider
Crab
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Ark
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Lettered
Olive, Oliva sayana
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Knobbed
Whelk, Busycon carica, live
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Channeled
Whelks, Busycon canaliculatum, live
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Smooth
Dogfish Shark, Mustelus canis
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Roughback
Stingray, Dasyatis centroura
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Drum
of some sort, perhaps Spot or Croaker, stranded in a tide pool after
the water seeped out
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American
Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis
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Bottlenose
Dolphin
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Goats
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