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MatBio: CRABS, SHRIMPS, JELLYFISH, SEA STARS & OTHERS - Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

Warty Sea Anemone 1
Bunodosoma cavernatum
Tamoya haplonema 2
Chiropsalmus quadrumanus 2
Blue Land Crab 2
Cardisoma guanhumi
Alpheus formosus 3
Mangrove Tree Crab 4
Aratus pisonii
Caribbean Lancelet 5
Branchiostoma caribaeum
Pleated Sea Squirt 1
Styela plicata
Sea Grape Tunicate 6
Molgula manhattensis
Mangrove Tunicate 7
Ecteinascidia turbinata
Sea Pork 8
Aplidium stellatum
Horseshoe Crab 9
Limulus polyphemus
Flame Box Crab 5
Calappa flammea
Mottled Purse Crab 10
Persephona aquilonaris
Spotted Purse Crab 1
Persephona punctata
Mangrove Root Crab 1
Goniopsis cruentata
Mottled Shore Crab 5
Pachygrapsus transversus
Tidal Spray Crab 5
Plagusia depressa
Squareback Marsh Crab 8
Armases cinereum
Purple Marsh Crab 1
Sesarma reticulatum
Gulf Stone Crab 1
Menippe adina
Florida Stone Crab 5
Menippe mercenaria
Flatback Mud Crab 8
Eurypanopeus depressus
Atlantic Mud Crab 1
Panopeus herbstii
Furrowed Mud Crab 5
Panopeus occidentalis
Say's Mud Crab 1
Dyspanopeus sayi
Smooth Mud Crab 1
Hexapanopeus angustifrons
Broadback Mud Crab 1
Eurytium limosum
Estuarine Mud Crab 1
Rhithropanopeus harrisii
Longnose Spider Crab 1
Libinia dubia
Portly Spider Crab 5
Libinia emarginata
Seagrass Spider Crab 5
Libinia erinacea
Parchment Tube Pea Crab 8
Pinnixa chaetopterana
Oyster Pea Crab 1
Zaops ostreus
Spinyhand Swimming Crab 5
Charybdis helleri
Iridescent Swimming Crab 5
Portunus gibbesii
Sargassum Swimming Crab 1
Portunus sayi
Speckled Swimming Crab 2
Arenaeus cribrarius
Blotched Swimming Crab 1
Achelous spinimanus
Blunt-Tooth Swimming Crab 11
Callinectes bocourti
Shelligs 11
Callinectes ornatus
Blue Crab 12
Callinectes sapidus
Lesser Blue Crab 1
Callinectes similis
Lady Crab 2
Ovalipes ocellatus
Hairy Sponge Crab 5
Moreiradromia antillensis
Red-Jointed Fiddler Crab 1
Uca minax
Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab 8
leptuca pugilator
Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab 13
Uca pugnax
Atlantic Ghost Crab 2
Ocypode quadrata
Calico Box Crab 1
Hepatus epheliticus
Atlantic Sand Crab 1
Emerita talpoida
Beach Mole Crab 1
Albunea paretii
Brown-banded Hermit 14
Pagurus annulipes
Longwrist Hermit Crab 15
Pagurus longicarpus
Flat-clawed Hermit Crab 16
Pagurus pollicaris
Thinstripe Hermit 5
Clibanarius vittatus
Spotted Porcelain Crab 5
Porcellana sayana
Green Porcelain Crab 5
Petrolisthes armatus
Eastern Tube Crab 8
Polyonyx gibbesi
Carolinian Ghost Shrimp 1
Callichirus major
Florida Crayfish 17
Procambarus alleni
Cinnamon River Shrimp 1
Macrobrachium acanthurus
Brackish Grass Shrimp 1
Palaemonetes intermedius
Grass Shrimp 18
Palaemonetes pugio
Marsh Grass Shrimp 1
Palaemonetes vulgaris
Bigclaw Snapping Shrimp 1
Alpheus heterochaelis
Green Snapping Shrimp 1
Alpheus normanni
Peppermint Shrimp 5
Lysmata wurdemanni
Arrow Shrimp 5
Tozeuma carolinense
Coastal Mud Shrimp 5
Upogebia affinis
Caribbean Spiny Lobster 19
Panulirus argus
Caroline Aviu Shrimp 1
Acetes americanus carolinae
Faxon's Prawn 1
Lucifer faxoni
White Shrimp 20
Litopenaeus setiferus
Atlantic Seabob
Xiphopenaeus kroyeri
Northern Brown Shrimp 21
Farfantepeneaus aztecus
Pink Shrimp 1
Penaeus duorarum
Tiger Prawn 1
Penaeus monodon
Brown Rock Shrimp 5
Sicyonia brevirostris
Atlantic Rock Shrimp 1
Sicyonia laevigata
Leopard Amphipod 1
Colomastix halichondriae
Tunicate Amphipod 1
Leucothoe spinicarpa
Rhino Skeleton Shrimp 1
Caprella penantis
Common Atlantic Sandhopper 22
Americorchestia longicornis
Redman's Gill Louse 2
Livoneca redmanii
Flat Pillbug 23
Ancinus depressus
Four-toothed Sea Pillbug
Sphaeroma quadridentatum
Wharf Roach 24
Ligia exotica
Dachshund Mantis 1
Coronis scolopendra
Red-Lined Mantis 1
Cloridopsis dubia
Sea Scorpion Mantis 25
Squilla empusa
Ribbed Volcano Barnacle 2
Tetraclita stalactifera
Little Gray Barnacle 1
Chthamalus fragilis
Poli's Stellate Barnacle 2
Chthamalus stellatus
Striped Barnacle 26
Amphibalanus amphitrite
Ivory Barnacle 27
Amphibalanus eburneus
Bay Barnacle 28
Amphibalanus improvisus
Titan Acorn Barnacle 2
Megabalanus coccopoma
Crab Barnacle 1
Chelonibia patula
Stalked Crab Barnacle 1
Octolasmis lowei

Edited by matbio, Jose Nunez, and Emily Rose Sharkey

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