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American Broad-front Fiddler Crabs (Tribe Minucini)Observer
vpequenoDescription
A fiddler crab that we found.
P: Arthropoda
C: Malacostraca
O: Decapoda
F: Ocypodidae
G: Uca
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Hermit Crabs (Superfamily Paguroidea)Observer
vpequenoDescription
We weren't able to tell what kind of hermit crab this was but we know it belongs to the phylum Arthropoda, class Malacostraca, and order Decapoda.
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Ladder Horn Snail (Cerithideopsis scalariformis)Observer
vpequenoDescription
We found what looked to be like a fiddler crab, along with an Atlantic Auger.
Atlantic Auger:
P: Mollusca
C: Gastropoda
O: Neograstropoda
F: Terebridae
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Atlantic Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)Observer
vpequenoDescription
Big blue crab
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Texas Lightning Whelk (Sinistrofulgur pulleyi)Observer
vpequenoDescription
A hermit crab was in the lightening whelk. We weren't sure what kind of hermit crab it was though. We also found some gastropods as you can see in this photo.
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Southern Quahog (Mercenaria campechiensis)Observer
vpequenoDescription
P: Mollusca
C: Bivalvia
O: Veneroida
F: Veneridae
G: Mercenaria
S: mercenaria
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True Jellies (Class Scyphozoa)Observer
vpequenoDescription
Comb Jellies
Class: Nuda
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Segmented Worms (Phylum Annelida)Observer
vpequenoDescription
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
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Atlantic Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)Observer
vpequenoDescription
Blue Crab
Caught in while trawling on the R/V Katy in Port Aransas
P:Arthropoda
SP: Crustacea
C:Malacostraca
SC: Eumalacostraca
O:Decapoda
SO: Pleocyemata
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Observer
vpequenoDescription
P:Mollusca
C: Gastropoda
SC: Prosobranchia
O: Mesogastropoda
CN: Zebra Periwinkle
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Decapods (Order Decapoda)Observer
vpequenoDescription
Shore Crab exoskeleton
Rocky Sea Coast Habitat
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Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)Observer
vpequenoDescription
Thorn Spider
P:Arthropoda
SP: Chelicerata
C:Arachnida
Order: Araneae
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Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)Observer
vpequenoDescription
P:Arthropoda
SP: Uniramia
C:Insecta
O: Orthoptera
CN: Grasshopper
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Dragon FlyObserver
vpequenoDescription
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
CN: Dragon Fly
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Tinted Cantharus (Gemophos tinctus)Observer
vpequenoDescription
Phylum Mollusca
CN: Hermit Crab
Found in the Rocky Seacoast habit
