MatBio Oyster Reef Biota

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 ↓

Eastern Oyster ¹
Crassostrea virginica

Common Blue Crab ¹
Callinectes sapidus

Marsh Grass Shrimp ²
Palaemonetes vulgaris

Florida stone crab ³
Menippe mercenaria

Planehead filefish ¹
Stephanolepis hispidus

Themiste lageniformis

Naked goby ⁴
Gobiosoma bosc

Pleated Sea Squirt ⁵
Styela plicata

Sea Grape Tunicate ⁶
Molgula manhattensis

Ragged Seahare ¹
Bursatella leachii

Sharp Nassa ⁷
Nassarius acutus

Black-spot Nassa ⁸
Nassarius polygonatus

Bruised Nassa ⁹
Nassarius vibex

Eastern Mudsnail ¹⁰
Ilyanassa obsoleta

Crown Conch ¹¹
Melongena corona

Flatback Mud Crab ¹²
Eurypanopeus depressus

Atlantic Mud Crab ¹
Panopeus herbstii

Furrowed Mud Crab ¹³
Panopeus occidentalis

Say's Mud Crab ¹⁴
Dyspanopeus sayi

Smooth Mud Crab ¹⁵
Hexapanopeus angustifrons

Broadback Mud Crab ¹⁶
Eurytium limosum

Estuarine Mud Crab ¹⁷
Rhithropanopeus harrisii

Longnose Spider Crab ¹
Libinia dubia

Common Atlantic Slippersnail ¹³
Crepidula fornicata

Brown-banded Hermit ¹⁸
Pagurus annulipes

Impressed Odostome ¹³
Boonea impressa

Longwrist Hermit Crab ¹⁹
Pagurus longicarpus

Flat-clawed Hermit Crab ⁴
Pagurus pollicaris

Thinstripe Hermit ¹³
Clibanarius vittatus

Olive Nerite ²⁰
Neritina reclivata

Virgin Nerite ⁷
Neritina virginea

Green Porcelain Crab ¹³
Petrolisthes armatus

Grass Shrimp ²¹
Palaemonetes pugio

Common Jingle ²²
Anomia simplex

Four-toothed Sea Pillbug ⁵
Sphaeroma quadridentatum

Little Gray Barnacle ²³
Chthamalus fragilis

Sheepshead ²⁴
Archosargus probatocephalus

Striped Barnacle ²⁵
Amphibalanus amphitrite

Ivory Barnacle ²⁵
Amphibalanus eburneus

Titan Acorn Barnacle ¹
Megabalanus coccopoma

Limy Tubeworm ²⁶
Hydroides dianthus

Feather Blenny ²⁷
Hypsoblennius hentz

Asian Green Mussel ¹
Perna viridis

Golden Scaleworm ¹
Harmothoe aculeata

Scorched Mussel ⁷
Brachidontes exustus

Ribbed Mussel ⁷
Geukensia demissa

White Mullet ²⁸
Mugil curema

Fragile Sphenia Clam ¹
Sphenia fragilis

Ponderous Ark ¹
Eontia ponderosa

Transverse Ark ⁷
Anadara transversa

Blood Ark ¹
Anadara ovalis

Sulfur Boring Sponge ²⁹
Cliona celata

Red Beard Sponge ³⁰
Clathria prolifera

Red Knobby Bryozoan ³¹
Schizoporella errata

Florida Crust Bryozoan ³²
Schizoporella floridana

Common Sea Mat Bryozoan ³³
Membranipora tenuis

Spiral-tufted Bushy Bryozoan ³⁴
Bugula neritina

Oyster Toadfish ³⁵
Opsanus tau

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MatBio Oyster Reef Biota

Eastern Oyster 1 Crassostrea virginica

Common Blue Crab 1 Callinectes sapidus

Marsh Grass Shrimp 2 Palaemonetes vulgaris

Florida stone crab 3 Menippe mercenaria

Planehead filefish 1 Stephanolepis hispidus

Themiste lageniformis

Naked goby 4 Gobiosoma bosc

Pleated Sea Squirt 5 Styela plicata

Sea Grape Tunicate 6 Molgula manhattensis

Ragged Seahare 1 Bursatella leachii

Sharp Nassa 7 Nassarius acutus

Black-spot Nassa 8 Nassarius polygonatus

Bruised Nassa 9 Nassarius vibex

Eastern Mudsnail 10 Ilyanassa obsoleta

Crown Conch 11 Melongena corona

Flatback Mud Crab 12 Eurypanopeus depressus

Atlantic Mud Crab 1 Panopeus herbstii

Furrowed Mud Crab 13 Panopeus occidentalis

Say's Mud Crab 14 Dyspanopeus sayi

Smooth Mud Crab 15 Hexapanopeus angustifrons

Broadback Mud Crab 16 Eurytium limosum

Estuarine Mud Crab 17 Rhithropanopeus harrisii

Longnose Spider Crab 1 Libinia dubia

Common Atlantic Slippersnail 13 Crepidula fornicata

Brown-banded Hermit 18 Pagurus annulipes

Impressed Odostome 13 Boonea impressa

Longwrist Hermit Crab 19 Pagurus longicarpus

Flat-clawed Hermit Crab 4 Pagurus pollicaris

Thinstripe Hermit 13 Clibanarius vittatus

Olive Nerite 20 Neritina reclivata

Virgin Nerite 7 Neritina virginea

Green Porcelain Crab 13 Petrolisthes armatus

Grass Shrimp 21 Palaemonetes pugio

Common Jingle 22 Anomia simplex

Four-toothed Sea Pillbug 5 Sphaeroma quadridentatum

Little Gray Barnacle 23 Chthamalus fragilis

Sheepshead 24 Archosargus probatocephalus

Striped Barnacle 25 Amphibalanus amphitrite

Ivory Barnacle 25 Amphibalanus eburneus

Titan Acorn Barnacle 1 Megabalanus coccopoma

Limy Tubeworm 26 Hydroides dianthus

Feather Blenny 27 Hypsoblennius hentz

Asian Green Mussel 1 Perna viridis

Golden Scaleworm 1 Harmothoe aculeata

Scorched Mussel 7 Brachidontes exustus

Ribbed Mussel 7 Geukensia demissa

White Mullet 28 Mugil curema

Fragile Sphenia Clam 1 Sphenia fragilis

Ponderous Ark 1 Eontia ponderosa

Transverse Ark 7 Anadara transversa

Blood Ark 1 Anadara ovalis

Sulfur Boring Sponge 29 Cliona celata

Red Beard Sponge 30 Clathria prolifera

Red Knobby Bryozoan 31 Schizoporella errata

Florida Crust Bryozoan 32 Schizoporella floridana

Common Sea Mat Bryozoan 33 Membranipora tenuis

Spiral-tufted Bushy Bryozoan 34 Bugula neritina

Oyster Toadfish 35 Opsanus tau