Lake Merritt Citizen Monitoring Study (LMCMS)

This guide will show target species identified by Dr. James Carlton and Dr. Andrew Chang. It will show all species found at Lake Merritt in a way that can be sorted by year, and eventually Sample Site (A-H) and habitat.

Clam Worm ¹
Alitta succinea

Limnoria tripunctata

Harmothoe

Violet Tunicate ²
Botrylloides violaceus

Ciona robusta ³

San Diego Sea Squirt ⁴
Botrylloides diegensis

Fifteen-scaled Worm ²
Harmothoe imbricata

Corymorpha nutans ⁵

Capitella ⁶

Streblospio benedicti

Polydora cornuta

Nereis vexillosa ⁷

Reddish Variable Sandworm
Lineus ruber

Ectopleura crocea ⁸

Deadman's Finger Sponge ⁹
Halichondria bowerbanki

Golden Star Tunicate ¹⁰
Botryllus schlosseri

Oriental Shrimp
Palaemon macrodactylus

Sphaeroma quoianum ¹¹

Harmothoe praeclara

Corophium ⁴

Gammarid Amphipods ¹²
Gammaridea

Caprella ¹³

Eastern Mudsnail ⁴
Tritia obsoleta

Eastern Oyster Drill ¹⁴
Urosalpinx cinerea

Amathia verticillata ¹⁵

Japanese Bubble Snail ²
Haminoea japonica

Soft-shelled Clam ¹⁴
Mya arenaria

brown bryozoan ¹⁶
Bugula neritina

Conopeum

Bugulina

Tricellaria

Serpulid Tubeworms ¹⁷
Serpulidae

Ficopomatus enigmaticus ⁴

Botrylloides ¹⁸

Ascidia zara

Northern Sea Squirt ¹⁹
Molgula manhattensis

Didemnum vexillum

Diplosoma listerianum ²⁰

Ciona savignyi

Bread-crumb Sponge ¹³
Halichondria panicea

Orange-Striped Green Sea Anemone ¹
Diadumene lineata

Mediterranean Mussel ²¹
Mytilus galloprovincialis

Bay Barnacle ¹⁶
Amphibalanus improvisus

Atlantic Ribbed Mussel ²²
Geukensia demissa

Sea Vase ²³
Ciona intestinalis

Asian Date Mussel ⁴
Arcuatula senhousia

Striped Barnacle ¹⁶
Amphibalanus amphitrite

Haliclona s ²⁴
Haliclona

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Lake Merritt Citizen Monitoring Study (LMCMS)

Clam Worm 1 Alitta succinea

Violet Tunicate 2 Botrylloides violaceus

San Diego Sea Squirt 4 Botrylloides diegensis

Fifteen-scaled Worm 2 Harmothoe imbricata

Reddish Variable Sandworm Lineus ruber

Deadman's Finger Sponge 9 Halichondria bowerbanki

Golden Star Tunicate 10 Botryllus schlosseri

Oriental Shrimp Palaemon macrodactylus

Gammarid Amphipods 12 Gammaridea

Eastern Mudsnail 4 Tritia obsoleta

Eastern Oyster Drill 14 Urosalpinx cinerea

Japanese Bubble Snail 2 Haminoea japonica

Soft-shelled Clam 14 Mya arenaria

brown bryozoan 16 Bugula neritina

Serpulid Tubeworms 17 Serpulidae

Northern Sea Squirt 19 Molgula manhattensis

Bread-crumb Sponge 13 Halichondria panicea

Orange-Striped Green Sea Anemone 1 Diadumene lineata

Mediterranean Mussel 21 Mytilus galloprovincialis

Bay Barnacle 16 Amphibalanus improvisus

Atlantic Ribbed Mussel 22 Geukensia demissa

Sea Vase 23 Ciona intestinalis

Asian Date Mussel 4 Arcuatula senhousia

Striped Barnacle 16 Amphibalanus amphitrite

Haliclona s 24 Haliclona