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Genus ClionaObserver
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Any ID on the yellow growing on the rock here? Found along the rocks of the jetty at North Packery Channel
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Warty Sea Anemone (Bunodosoma cavernatum)Observer
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Can anyone give me a species for this anemone? I think it’s a warty anemone, not 100% sure. Found between the jetty rocks at North Packery Channel
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Grey Snapper (Lutjanus griseus)Observer
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Juvenile mangrove snapper (grey snapper), colors darkened with stressed, released after photographed
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Tilapias (Genus Oreochromis)Observer
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Fish in shallow water under pier, ~10” long
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Observer
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Found washed up on the Mustang Island beach; 2 specimen found about 20 yards from each other; clear round bulb with yellow tint (~0.5 inch diameter, ~size of a dime); tubular feet/tentacles that would twitch/move
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Mygalomorphs (Suborder Mygalomorphae)Observer
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Trapdoor spiders pulled from a pool (7 spiders, all looked the same species); still alive and crawling after being placed on dry ground; wet when photographed; dark brown/Black; ~1in/1.5in body length; not aggressive and just slowly crawled away after recovering from the water
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Swimming Crabs (Family Portunidae)Observer
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Baby crab found on Texas A&M Corpus Christi University Beach (Ward Island)
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Sea Nettles (Genus Chrysaora)Observer
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Atlantic Sea Nettle caught in Redfish Bay by Port Aransas, Tx aboard the RV Katy
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Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)Observer
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Dragonfly found on Texas A&M Corpus Christi Walking Trails (Ward Island)
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Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)Observer
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Dragonfly found on Texas A&M Corpus Christi Walking Trails (Ward Island)
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Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)Observer
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Dragonfly found on Texas A&M Corpus Christi Walking Trails (Ward Island)
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Plebeian Short-wing Grasshopper (Melanoplus plebejus)Observer
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Grasshopper found on Texas A&M Corpus Christi Walking Trails (Ward Island)
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Plebeian Short-wing Grasshopper (Melanoplus plebejus)Observer
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Grasshopper found on Texas A&M Corpus Christi Walking Trails (Ward Island)
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Plebeian Short-wing Grasshopper (Melanoplus plebejus)Observer
kaseyarredondoDescription
Grasshopper found on Texas A&M Corpus Christi Walking Trails (Ward Island)
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Plebeian Short-wing Grasshopper (Melanoplus plebejus)Observer
kaseyarredondoDescription
Grasshopper found on Texas A&M Corpus Christi Walking Trails (Ward Island)
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Genus OebalusObserver
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Insects found on Texas A&M Corpus Christi Walking Trails (Ward Island)
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Plebeian Short-wing Grasshopper (Melanoplus plebejus)Observer
kaseyarredondoDescription
Grasshopper and snails found on Texas A&M Corpus Christi Walking Trails (Ward Island)
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Plebeian Short-wing Grasshopper (Melanoplus plebejus)Observer
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Grasshopper found on Texas A&M Corpus Christi Walking Trails (Ward Island)
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Mud Crabs (Family Panopeidae)Observer
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Crab found in Packery Channel, Padre Island, Tx
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Thinstripe Hermit Crab (Clibanarius vittatus)Observer
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Thinstripe Hermit Crab found in Packery Channel, Padre Island, Tx
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Comb Jellies (Phylum Ctenophora)Observer
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Sea Gooseberry found in Packery Channel, Padre Island, Tx. Many of the same kind of jellies were found in the same area