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 ↓

Duck Barnacle ¹
Lepas anatifera

Goose Barnacle ²
Lepas anserifera

Limy Tubeworm ²
Hydroides dianthus

Atlantic Parchment Worm ³
Chaetopterus variopedatus

Gould's Ice Cream Cone Worm ⁴
Pectinaria gouldii

Golden Scaleworm ⁴
Harmothoe aculeata

American Bloodworm ²
Glycera americana

Sponge Worm ²
Haplosyllis spongicola

Decorator Tubeworm ²
Diopatra cuprea

Northern Star Coral ²
Astrangia poculata

American Tube Anemone ²
Ceriantheopsis americanus

Pale Anemone ²
Aiptasia pallida

Tricolor Anemone ²
Calliactis tricolor

Colorful Sea Whip ²
Leptogorgia virgulata

Sea Pansy ⁵
Renilla reniformis

Lion's Mane Jellyfish ⁶
Cyanea capillata

Moon Jellyfish ⁷
Aurelia aurita

Sea Nettle ⁸
Chrysaora quinquecirrha

Cannonball Jellyfish ⁴
Stomolophus meleagris

Portuguese Man O' War ⁹
Physalia physalis

Pink-hearted Hydroid ¹⁰
Ectopleura crocea

Coquina Tail Hydroid ²
Lovenella gracilis

Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin ⁵
Arbacia punctulata

Keyhole Sand Dollar ¹¹
Mellita quinquiesperforata

Atlantic Green Urchin ⁵
Lytechinus variegatus

Common Atlantic Sea Star ¹²
Asterias forbesi

Lined Sea Star ¹³
Luidia clathrata

Royal Sea Star ⁵
Astropecten articulatus

Atlantic White Worm Cucumber ⁵
Leptosynapta tenuis

Hairy Brown Sea Cucumber ⁵
Sclerodactyla briareus

Striped Sea Cucumber ⁵
Thyonella gemmata

Angular Brittle Star ⁵
Ophiothrix angulata

Burrowing Brittle Star ²
Hemipholis elongata

Bowerbank's Halichondria Sponge ¹⁴
Halichondria bowerbanki

Sun Sponge ²
Hymeniacidon heliophila

Felt Sponge ²
Tetilla laminaris

Pink Finger Sponge ²
Haliclona tubifera

Sulfur Boring Sponge ¹⁴
Cliona celata

Yellow Sulfur Sponge ²
Aplysilla longispina

Variable Garlic Sponge ²
Lissodendoryx isodictyalis

American Flabby Sponge ²
Mycale americana

Red Beard Sponge ¹⁵
Clathria prolifera

Sea Gooseberry ¹⁶
Pleurobrachia pileus

Sea Walnut ¹⁷
Mnemiopsis leidyi

Beroe ¹⁸
Beroe cucumis

Ovate Beroe ²
Beroe ovata

Horseshoe Crab Flatworm ¹⁹
Bdelloura candida

Red Knobby Bryozoan ²
Schizoporella errata

Florida Crust Bryozoan ²
Schizoporella floridana

Common Sea Mat Bryozoan
Biflustra tenuis

Spiral-tufted Bushy Bryozoan ¹⁷
Bugula neritina

Rubber Bryozoan ²
Alcyonidium hauffi

Spaghetti Bryozoan ²
Zoobotryon verticillatum

Ambiguous Bryozoan ²
Anguinella palmata

Lab Acorn Worm ²
Saccoglossus kowalevskii

Southern Acorn Worm ⁵
Ptychodera bahamensis

Edited by matbio, Jose Nunez, and Emily Rose Sharkey

Photo Credits

1. (c) Patrick Coin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
3. (c) Crabby Taxonomist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
4. (c) Jose Nunez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Jose Nunez
5. (c) Bernadette, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Bernadette
6. (c) Rhiannon Boyle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
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9. (c) Elido Turco, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
10. (c) Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Donna Pomeroy
11. (c) neotenia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
12. (c) cyric, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by cyric
13. (c) bathyporeia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
14. (c) Christophe Quintin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
15. (c) David Remsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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19. (c) Roger Birkhead, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Roger Birkhead

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

Duck Barnacle 1 Lepas anatifera

Goose Barnacle 2 Lepas anserifera

Limy Tubeworm 2 Hydroides dianthus

Atlantic Parchment Worm 3 Chaetopterus variopedatus

Gould's Ice Cream Cone Worm 4 Pectinaria gouldii

Golden Scaleworm 4 Harmothoe aculeata

American Bloodworm 2 Glycera americana

Sponge Worm 2 Haplosyllis spongicola

Decorator Tubeworm 2 Diopatra cuprea

Northern Star Coral 2 Astrangia poculata

American Tube Anemone 2 Ceriantheopsis americanus

Pale Anemone 2 Aiptasia pallida

Tricolor Anemone 2 Calliactis tricolor

Colorful Sea Whip 2 Leptogorgia virgulata

Sea Pansy 5 Renilla reniformis

Lion's Mane Jellyfish 6 Cyanea capillata

Moon Jellyfish 7 Aurelia aurita

Sea Nettle 8 Chrysaora quinquecirrha

Cannonball Jellyfish 4 Stomolophus meleagris

Portuguese Man O' War 9 Physalia physalis

Pink-hearted Hydroid 10 Ectopleura crocea

Coquina Tail Hydroid 2 Lovenella gracilis

Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin 5 Arbacia punctulata

Keyhole Sand Dollar 11 Mellita quinquiesperforata

Atlantic Green Urchin 5 Lytechinus variegatus

Common Atlantic Sea Star 12 Asterias forbesi

Lined Sea Star 13 Luidia clathrata

Royal Sea Star 5 Astropecten articulatus

Atlantic White Worm Cucumber 5 Leptosynapta tenuis

Hairy Brown Sea Cucumber 5 Sclerodactyla briareus

Striped Sea Cucumber 5 Thyonella gemmata

Angular Brittle Star 5 Ophiothrix angulata

Burrowing Brittle Star 2 Hemipholis elongata

Bowerbank's Halichondria Sponge 14 Halichondria bowerbanki

Sun Sponge 2 Hymeniacidon heliophila

Felt Sponge 2 Tetilla laminaris

Pink Finger Sponge 2 Haliclona tubifera

Sulfur Boring Sponge 14 Cliona celata

Yellow Sulfur Sponge 2 Aplysilla longispina

Variable Garlic Sponge 2 Lissodendoryx isodictyalis

American Flabby Sponge 2 Mycale americana

Red Beard Sponge 15 Clathria prolifera

Sea Gooseberry 16 Pleurobrachia pileus

Sea Walnut 17 Mnemiopsis leidyi

Beroe 18 Beroe cucumis

Ovate Beroe 2 Beroe ovata

Horseshoe Crab Flatworm 19 Bdelloura candida

Red Knobby Bryozoan 2 Schizoporella errata

Florida Crust Bryozoan 2 Schizoporella floridana

Common Sea Mat Bryozoan Biflustra tenuis

Spiral-tufted Bushy Bryozoan 17 Bugula neritina

Rubber Bryozoan 2 Alcyonidium hauffi

Spaghetti Bryozoan 2 Zoobotryon verticillatum

Ambiguous Bryozoan 2 Anguinella palmata

Lab Acorn Worm 2 Saccoglossus kowalevskii

Southern Acorn Worm 5 Ptychodera bahamensis