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Marine Flora and Fauna of Nahant Click on the Group to View the Species List Last Updated 1995 MARINE FLORA AND FAUNA OF NAHANT CLICK ON THE GROUP TO VIEW THE SPECIES LIST LAST UPDATED 1995 MARINE INVERTEBRATES ALOPIIDEA ANNELIDA AMMODYTIDAE ARTHROPODA ANARHICHADIDAE BRYOZOA ANGUILLIDAE CHAETOGNATHA ATHERINIDAE CHORDATA BOTHIDAE CNIDARIA CARANGIDAE CTENOPHORA CARCHARHINIDAE ECHINODERMATA CLUPEIDAE ENTOPROCTA CONGRIDAE GASTROTRICHA COTTIDAE HEMICHORDATA CRYPTACANTHODIDAE MOLLUSCA CYCLOPTERIDAE NEMERTEA CYPRINODONTIDAE PLATYHELMINTHES GADIDAE PORIFERA GASTEROSTEIDAE SIPUNCULOIDEA LABRIDAE LAMNIDAE LOPHIIDAE MERLUCCIIDAE MARINE ALGAE MONOCANTHIDAE CHLOROPHYCOPHYTA ODONTASPIDIDAE CHRYSOPHYCOPHYTA OSMERIDAE CYANOPHYCOPHYTA PERCICHTHYIDAE PHAEOPHYCOPHYTA PETROMYZONTIDAE RHODOPHYCOPHYTA PHOLIDAE XANTHOPHYCOPHYTA PLEURONECTIDAE POMATOMIDAE RAJIDAE SCIAENIDAE MARINE FUNGI SCOMBRIDAE ASCOMYCETES SERRANIDAE HYCOMYCETES P SOLEIDAE SPHYRNIDAE SQUALIDAE MARINE FISH- NAHANT BAY AND STICHAEIDAE SYNGNATHIDAE BROAD SOUND TETRAODONTIDAE ACIPENSERIDAE TRIGLIDAE AGONIDAE ZOARCIDAE MARINE INVERTEBRATES PHYLUM: ANNELIDA CLASS: OLIGOCHAETA CLITELLIO ARENAREUS ENCHYTRAEUS ALBIDUS LUMBRICILLUS LINEATUS- ON ROCKS BENEATH ASCOPHYLLUM AND FUCUS LUMBRICILLUS VIRIDIS MARIONINA SPICULA- IN COURSE GRAVEL CANOE BEACH & FORTY STEPS BEACH MARIONINA SUBTERRANEA PARANAIS LITTORALIS- BLACK ROCK AREA PHALLODRILUS PARVIATRATUS TUBIFICOIDES BENEDENII CLASS: POLYCHAETA AMPHARETE FINMARCHICA- 4OFT DEPTH OF EGG ROCK AMPHITRITE JOHNSTONI ARABELLA IRICOLOR ARENICOLA MARINA CIRRATULUS CIRRATUS CIRRATULUS GRANDIS CISTENIDES GOULDI CLYMENELLA TORQUATA CTENODRILUS SERRATUS DIOPATRA CUPREA ETEONE LONGA EULALIA VIRIDIS EXOGENE HEBES EXOGONE DISPAR FABRICIA SABELLA GLYCERA CAPITATA- DREDGED OFF EAST POINT GLYCERA DIBRANCHIATA EHLERS GONIADA MACULATA HARMOTHOE IMBRICATA (L.) LEPIDONOTUS SQUAMATUS (L.) MICROPHTHALMUS PETTIBONEAE- FORTY STEPS BEACH MICROPHTHLMUS SCZELKOWII- PUMP HOUSE BEACH MYXICOLA INFUNDIBULUM- 30FT NORTH SIDE OF EAST POINT NAINERIS QUADRICUSPIDA NEPHTHYS BUCERA NEREIS PELAGICA L. NEREIS SUCCINEA NEREIS VIRENS SARS NEREIS ZONATA NICOLEA ZOSTERICOLA OPHRYOTROCHA BACCI OPHRYOTROCHA GRACILIS ORBINIA ORNATA PARAONIS FULGENS PARAPIONOSYLLIS MANCA PHERUSA AFFINIS PHOLOE MINUTA PHYLLODOCE MACULATA POLYDORA CILIATA POLYDORA SOCIALIS POTAMILLA NEGLECTA PROTODORVILLEA GASPEENSIS PSAMMODRILUS BALANOGLOSSOIDES- DORTHY COVE PSAMMODRILUS FAUVELI SABELLA MICROPHTHALMA SCHISTOMERINGOS CAECA SCOLOLEPIDES VIRIDIS- LYNN HARBOR SCOLOPOLOS ARMIGER SCOLOPOLOS ROBUSTUS SPHAEROSYLLIS BREVIFRONS (40FT. DEPTH OFF EGG ROCK) SPHAEROSYLLIS ERINACEUS- NAHANT BAY SPIO SETOSA SPIRORBIS SPIRORBIS STYGOCAPITELLA SUBTERRANEA- GROUND WATER, CANOE BEACH SYLLIDES BENEDICTI SYLLIDES CONVOLUTA SYLLIDES EBURNEUS SYLLIDES SETOSA SYLLIS CORNUTA THARYX ACUTA- DREDGED OFF EGG ROCK ORDER: ARCHIANNELIDA MEGANERILLA PENICILLICAUDA MESONERILLA INTERMEDIA- 20-30FT DEPTH OFF FOOT OF SUMMER STREET NERILLA ANTENNATA- EAST POINT POLYGORDIUS APPENDICULATUS POLYGORDIUS LACTEUS POLYGORDIUS TRIESTINUS PROTODRILUS GELDERI TRILOBODRILUS HERMAPHRODITUS PHYLUM: ARTHROPODA CLASS: ARACHNIDA NYMPHON LONGITARSE PHOXICHILIDIUM FEMORATUM CLASS: BRANCHIOPODA ORDER: CLADOCERA EVADNE NORDMANI- IN PLANKTON PODON LEUCKARTI- IN PLANKTON CLASS: MALACOSTRACA ORDER: AMPHIPODA ACANTHOHAUSTORIUS MILLSI AEQININA LONGICORNIS AMPELISCA MACROCEPHALA AMPHITHOE RUBRICATA CALLIOPIUS LAEVIUSCULUS CAPRELLA ACUTIFRONS CAPRELLA LINEARIS COROPHIUM CRASSICORNE COROPHIUM INSIDIOSUM GAMMARUS OCEANICUS HAUSTORIUS CANADENSIS HIPPOMEDON SERRATUS JASSA FALCATA LEPTICHEIRUS PINQUIS MONOCULOIDES EDWARDSI ORCHOMENA SP. PHOTIS REINHARDI PHOXOCEPHALUS HOLBOLLI PONTOGENIA INERMIS PROTOHAUSTORIUS DEICHMANNAE PSAMMONYX NOBILIS PSEUDUNCIOLA SP. RIVULOGAMMARUS DUEBENI TRICOPHOXUS EPISTOMUS UNICIOLA IRRORATA ORDER: DECAPODA CALLINECTES SAPIDUS- ONE TAKEN OFFSHORE 9/1974 CANCER BOREALIS CANCER IRRORATUS CARCINIDES MAENAS CRAGO SEMPTEMSPINOSUS HYAS COARCTATUS OVALIPES OCELLATUS PAGURUS ACADIANUS PAGURUS LONGICARPUS PALAEMONETES SP. ORDER: ISOPODA CHIRODOTEA COECA CHIRODOTEA TUFTSI EDOTEA TRILOBA IDOTEA BALTICA IDOTEA PHOSPHOREA JAERA MARINA ORDER: MYSIDAE HETEROMYSIS FORMOSA MYSIS STENOLEPIS NEOMYSIS AMERICANA PRAUNUS FLEXUOSUS CLASS: MAXILLOPODA ORDER: HARPACTICOIDA AMEIRA MINUTA AMPHIASCOIDES DEBILIS- CANOE BEACH AMPHIASCUS MINUTUS- CANOE BEACH ARENOSETELLA FISSILIS- CANOE BEACH CYCLOPINA GRACILIS ENHYDROSOMA PROPINQUUM – LYNN HARBOR SIDE OF CAUSEWAY HETEROLAOPHONTE HAMONDI- CANOE BEACH ITUNELLA BACESCOI LAOPHONTE CARNUTA- LYNN HARBOR SIDE OF CAUSEWAY MESOCHRA PYGMAEA- LYNN HARBOR SIDE OF CAUSEWAY MICROSETELLA NORVEGICA NITOCRA SPINIPES NITOCRA TYPICA- CANOE BEACH PARATEPLASTACUS SPINICAUDA- CANOE BEACH PARONYCHOCAMPTUS WILSONI PSEUDOBRADYA QUODDIENSIS PSEUDONYCHOCAMPTUS KORENI REMANEA ARENICOLA- CANOE BEACH RHIZOTHRIX MINUTA- LYNN HARBOR SIDE OF CAUSEWAY ROBERTQUERNYA ECAUDATA SCHIZOPERA CAROLINENSIS TACHIDIUS DISCIPES THALESTRIS PURPUREA THOMPSONULA HYAENA- LYNN HARBOR SIDE OF CAUSEWAY TISBE FURCATA CLASS: MEROSTOMATA ORDER: SESSILIA BALANUS BALANUS SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES ORDER: XIPHOSURA LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS PHYLUM: BRYOZOA ALCYONIDIUM POLYOUM BUGULA SIMPLEX- SUBTIDAL BUGULA TURRITA (DESOR) CRISIA EBURNEA CRYPTOSULA PALLASIANA (MOLL) ELECTRA PILOSA (L.) FLUSTRELLEDRA HISPIDA HIPPOTHOA HYALINA (L.) LICHENOPORA HISPIDA PARASMITTINA JEFFREYSI SCHISOPORELLA UNICORNIS (JOHNSTON) SCHIZOMAVELLA AURICULATA SCRUPARIA AMBIGUA (D’ORBIGNY) PHYLUM: CHAETOGNATHA SAGITTA ELEGANS- ABUNDANT IN PLANKTON JAN-MAR. PHYLUM: CHORDATA SUBPHYLUM: UROCHORDATA APLIDIUM CONSTELLATUM BOLTENIA ECHINATA- SUBTIDAL BOLTENIA OVIFERA- SUBTIDAL BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI CNEMIDOCARPA MOLLIS- SUBTIDAL CRATOSTIGMA SINGULARE- SUBTIDAL DENDRODOA CAMEA DIDEMNUM ALBIDUM HALOCYNTHIA PYRIFORMIS- SUBTIDAL MOLGULA CITRINA MOLGULA MANHATTENSIS PEROPHORA VIRIDIS CLASS: APPENDICULARIA FRITILLARIA BOREALIS- PLANKTON (FALL,WINTER & SPRING) PHYLUM: CNIDARIA CLASS: ANTHOZOA ALCYONIUM SIDERIUM- 30-60FT EAST POINT CERIANTHUS BOREALIS- 35FT DEPTH, N. SIDE OF EAST POINT GERSEMIS RUBIFORMIS- 40-90FT EAST POINT HALIPLANELLA LUCIAE VERRILL METRIDIUM DIANTHUS CLASS: HYDROZOA ACAULIS PRIMARIUS- SUBLITTORAL NAHANT BAY BOUGAINVILIA SUPERCILIARIS CLAVA LEPTOSTYLA AGASSIZ CLYTIA JOHNSTONI DIPHASIA ROSACEA EUCOPELLA CALICULATA EUDENDRIUM DISPAR HALECIUM SESSILE HYDRACTINIA ECHINATA FLEMING HYPOLYTUS PEREGRINUS LAOMEDEA FLEXUOSA LIZZIA FULGURANS- MEDUSAE IN OCTOBER LOVENELLA GRACILIS OBELIA GENICULATA OPERCULARELLA LACERATA PODOCORYNE MINIMA- MEDUSAE IN OCTOBER RHIZOGETON FUSIFORMIS- EAST POINT, REPRODUCTIVE IN MAY SARSIA TUBULOSA SERTULARIA PUMILA L. SERTULARELLA RUGOSA TIMA FORMOSA TUBULARIA LARYNX TUBULARIA SPECTABILIS ZANCLEA COSTATA CLASS: SCYPHOZOA AURELLIA AURITA VAR. FLAVIDULA CHRYSAORA QUINQUECIRRHA CYANEA CAPILLATA VAR. ARCTICA HALICLYSTUS SALPINX- JULY/AUG ON EAST POINT LUCERNARIA QUADRICORNIS- INTERTIDAL JAN. PHYLUM: CTENOPHORA BEROE CUCUMIS BOLINOPSIS INFUNDIBULUM MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI PLEUROBRACHIA PILEUS (FABRICIUS) PHYLUM: ECHINODERMATA AMPHIPHOLIS SQUAMATA ASTERIAS FORBESI ASTERIAS VULGARIS CUCUMARIA FRONDOSA ECHINARACHNIUS PARMA HENRICIA SANGUINOLENTA LEPTOSYNAPAPTA SP. OPHIOPHOLIS ACULEATA SOLASTER ENDECA- DEEP WATER STRONGYLCENTROTUS DROBACHIENSIS PHYLUM: ENTOPROCTA BARENTSIA LAXA PHYLUM: GASTROTRICHA TURBANELLA CORNUTA DOLICHODASYS ELONGATUS PHYLUM: HEMICHORDATA DOLICHOGLOSUS KOWALEVSKI PHYLUM: MOLLUSCA CLASS: BIVALVIA ANOMIA ACULEATA ANOMIA SIMPLEX ARCTICA ISLANDICA ASTARTE CASTANEA CERASTODERMA PINNATULUM ENSIS DIRECTUS HIATELLA ARCTICA LYONSIA HYALINA MACTRA SOLIDISSIMA MODIOLUS DEMISSUS MODIOLUS MODIOLUS MYA ARENARIA MYTILUS EDULIS NUCULA DELPHINODONTA PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS- SUBLITTORAL SILIQUA COSTATA TEREDO NAVALIS XILOPHAGA ATLANTICA CLASS: GASTROPODA ACANTHODORIS PILOSA ACMAEA TESTUDINALIS AEOLIDIA PAPILLOSA ANCULA CRISTATA BUCCINUM UNDATUM- INTERTIDAL ROCKY AREA RARELY;NORMALLY SUBLITTORAL CLIONE LIMACINA- ADULTS: SPRING; LARVAE: LATE SPRING; PLANKTON: EARLY SUMMER CORYPHELLA PELLICUDA- EAST POINT CORYPHELLA RUFIBRANCHIALIS CORYPHELLA SALMONACEA- EAST POINT CORYPHYELLA STELLATA CRATENA PILATA CRATENA VIRIDIS CREPIDULA CONVEXA CREPIDULA FORNICATA CREPIDULA PLANA DENDRONOTUS FRONDOSUS DENDRONOTUS ROBUSTUS DOTO CORONATA EUBRACHUS PALLIDUS FACELINA BOSTONIENSIS HEDYLOPSIS RISERI LACUNA VINCTA LITTORINA LITTOREA LITTORINA OBTUSATA LITTORINA SAXATILIS MARGARITES HELICINA MITRELLA LUNATA NASSA OBSOLETA NASSA TRIVITATTA NEPTUNEA DECEMCOSTAT- DEEP WATER ONCHIDORIS ASPERA ONCHIDORIS FUSCA OKENIA ASCIDICOLA PALIO LESSONII POLYNICES DUPLICATA POLYNICES HEROS RETUSA OBTUSA SKENEA PLANORBIS TERGIPES DESPECTUS THAIS LAPILLUS UNELA NAHANTENSIS VELUTINA LAEVIGATA CLASS: POLYPLACOPHORA ISCHNOCHITON ALBUS TONICELLA RUBRA PHYLUM: NEMERTEA AMPHIPORUS ANGULATUS AMPHIPORUS LACTIFLOREUS CEPHALOTHRIX LINEARIS CERABRATULUS LACTEUS CEREBRATULUS MARGINATUS CYANOPHTHALMA CORDICEPS FARAGILONEMERTES ROSEA LINEUS RUBER LINEUS VIRIDIS MYOISOPHAGOS SANGUINEUS OERSTEDIA DORSALIS OTOYPHLONEMERTES PELLUCIDA PROCEPHALOTHRIX SPIRALIS TETRASTEMMA CANDIDUM TETRASTEMMA VERMICULUS PHYLUM: PLATYHELMINTHES ANAPERUS GARDINERI CHILDIA GROENLANDICA PARAMACROSTOMUM TRICLADOIDES PLAGIOSTOMUM VITTATUM PROVORTEX KARLINGI PROXENETES FLABELLIFER PROXENETES MULTIDENTATUS MESSOPLANA FALCATA BYRSOPHLEBS GRAFFI ASTROTORHYNCHUS BIFIDUS POLYCYSTIS CROCEA UTELGA HEINCKEI UTELGO SCOTICA ZONORHYNCHUS SEMINASCATUS MACRORHYNCHUS CROCEUS PHONORHYNCHUS HELGOLANDICUS PROSCHIZORHYNCHUS NAHANTENSIS PLAGIOSTOMUM ALBUM MONOCELIS LINEATA MONOCELIS FUSCA COELOGYNOPORA BIARMATA COELOGYNOPORA SCHULZII CIRRIFERA CIRRIFERA BOTHRIOMOLUS BALTICUS- COURSE GRAVEL BEACHES NOTOCARYOPLANA
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