Marine Biology (ECOL 183, UA) February 2005

Intertidal List for CEDO Beach and Station Beac

Phylum Porifera (Sponges) ____ Haliclona permollis Wandering sponge ____ Geodia mesotriaena White-cored sponge ____ Leucetta losangelensis Breadcrumb sponge ____ Pseudosuberites sp. Cratered sponge ____ Tedania nigrescens Red-spired sponge ____ Cliona celata Boring sponge

Phylum Cnidaria Class Anthozoa (anemones/corals) ____ Bunodactis sp. Green-tentacled sticky anemone ____ Bunodosoma sp. Naked, warty anemone ____ Calamactis sp. burrowing anemone ____ Palythoa ignota Brown carpet anemone ____ Zoanthus danae Green carpet anemone ____ Porites californica Emerald coral ____ Muricea sp. Rough red gorgonian Class Hydrozoa (colonial hydroids/siphonophores) ____ Aglaophenia diegensis Ostrich plume hydroid ____ Physalia sp. Portuguese man-of-war

Phylum Platyhelminthes (flatworms) ____ Alleena mexicana Slender gray flatworm ____ Pseudoceros mexicanus Mexican skirt dancer

Phylum Ectoprocta (bryozoans) ____ Waterspora sp. Black bryozoan

Phylum Annelida Class Polychaeta (segmented worms) Bristle worms ____ Eurythoe complanata Fireworm ____ Halosydna sp. Scaleworm Tube worms ____ Bispira rugosa Banded feather duster ____ Spirobis sp. Spiral tube worm

Phylum Class Polyplacophora (chitons) ____ Chiton virgulatus Green chiton ____ Chiton stokesii Black chiton Class (snails, nudibranchs, sea slugs, limpets and sea hares) Snails ____ Acanthina angelica Angelic tooth snail ____ Cerithidea mazatlantica Estero horn snail ____ Cerithium maculosum Speckled cerith ____ Cerithium stercusmuscarum Fly-speck cerith

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____ Columbella sp. Dove shell ____ Conus sp. Cone shell ____ Littorina aspera Periwinkle ____ Morula ferruginosa corraline snail ____ Mitrella guttata Miter shell ____ Nerita funiculata Small nerite snail ____ sp. ____ dama. Pygmy olive snail ____ Tegula mariana Marian’s top shell ____ Thais biserialis Rock thais ____ fluctuosus Turban snail ____ Turitella leucostoma Tower shell ____ Serpulorbis sp. Tube snail Limpets ____ Collisella actupex Ringed limpet ____ Diodora inequalis Keyhole limpet ____ Collisella strongiana Common limpet ____ Hipponix sp. Horsehoof limpet Sea slugs, sea hares, nudibranchs ____ Aplysia californica California sea hare ____ Berthellina illisima Apricot slug ____ Chromodoris norrisi Norris’s nudibranch ____ Tridachiella diomedia Mexican dancer Class (clams, oysters, mussels, and scallops) ____ Arca pacifica Ark shell ____ Pinna sp. Pen shell ____ Brachiodontes sp. Seed mussel ____ Lithophaga sp. Boring mussel ____ Modiolus capax Horse mussel ____ Chama sp. Jewel box shell ____ Chiona sp. Venus clam (cockle) ____ Tagelus sp. Jackknife clam ____ Lima sp. Swimming clam ____ Ostrea sp. Oyster Class Cephalopoda (octopus, squid) ____ Octopus fitchi Red reef octopus ____ Octopus bimaculatus Twin-spotted octopus

Phylum Arthropoda Class Crustacea ____ Isopods ____ Tylos punctatus Beach pill bug Amphipods ____ Caprella sp. Hydroid amphipod Barnacles ____ Balanus amphitrite acorn barnacle ____ Chthamalus anisopoma Small barnacle ____ Tetraclita stalactifera Thatch-roof barnacle Shrimp/lobsters

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____ Alpheus sp. Pistol shrimp ____ Lysmata californica Red cleaner shrimp ____ Penaeus californiensis Brown shrimp ____ Palaemon ritteri Tidepool shrimp Brachyuran crabs (true crabs) ____ Ala cornuta Decorator crab ____ Callinectes bellicosus Swimming blue crab ____ Epialtus sp. Sargassum crab ____ Eriphia squamata Lumpy-claw crab ____ Pachycheles setimanus Hairy-claw crab ____ Pilumnus sp. Hairy crab ____ Uca sp. Fiddler crab Anomuran crabs (hermit crabs/porcelain crabs) ____ Clibanarius digueti Red-fingered hermit crab ____ Paguristes anahuacas White-fingered hermit crab ____ Petrolisthes sp. Porcelain crab

Phylum Echinodermata Class Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers) ____ Holothuria impatiens Bottle cucumber ____ Holothuria inhabilis Sandy cucumber ____ Isostichopus fuscus Brown cucumber ____ Holothuria lubrica Sulfur cucumber Class Asteroidea (sea stars) ____ Heliaster kubinijii Sun star ____ Echinaster tenuispina Diurnal sea star Class Ophiuroidea (brittle stars) ____ Ophiocoma aethiops Giant black brittle star ____ Ophiocoma alexandrii Banded brittle star ____ Ophioderma sp. Smooth brittle star ____ Ophionereis annulata Ringed brittle star ____ Ophiothrix spiculata Barb-spined brittle star Class Echinoidea ____ Echinometra vanbrunti Common purple urchin ____ Arbacia incisa Black urchin ____ Eucidaris thouarsii Club-spined urchin ____ Mellita longifissa Delicate sand dollar

Phylum Chordata Subphylum Urochordata ____ Didemnum sp thin tunicate (white, grey, pink) ____ Aplidium sp sea pork Class Pisces Chondrichthyes (cartilagenous fishes) ____ Urolophus halleri Round stingray Osteichthyes (bony fishes) ____ Abudefduf troschelii Sergeant major ____ Girella simpliciden Gulf opaleye ____ Gobiosoma chiguita Sonoran goby

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____ Hypsoblennius gentiles Bay blenny ____ Gobiesox sp. Tide pool clingfish Class Aves ____ Ardea herodias Great blue heron ____ Pelecanus occidentalis Brown pelican ____ Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Willet ____ Larus heermanni Heerman’s gull ____ Larus californicus California gull ____ Larus delawarensis Ringed-bill gull ____ Pandeon haliaetus Osprey Class Mammalia ____ Tursiops gilli Bottlenose dolphin ____ Zalophus californianus California sea lion

Kingdom Plantae

Division Chlorophyta (green algae) ____ Caulerpa sp. Sea lettuce ____ Cladophora sp. Green turf algae ____ Enteromorpha sp. Green ribbon algae

Division Phaeophyta (brown algae) ____ Colpomenia sp. Bubblegum algae ____ Dictyota sp. Dictyota ____ Padina durvillaei Zone fan algae ____ Sargassum sp. Sargassum

Division Rhodophyta (red algae) ____ Amphiroa sp. Branched coralline algae ____ Lithophyllum sp. Encrusting coralline algae

Division Tracheophyta (sea grasses, succulent halophytes) ____ Batis sp. Salt wort ____ Distichlis sp. Indian wheat ____ Salicornia sp. Pickleweed ____ Sueda sp. Seepweed ____ Frankenia sp. Frankenia ____ Monanthochloe littoralis Shoregrass

Kingdom Monera (Domain Bacteria) ___ Cyanobacteria Blue green bacteria

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