emmett-duffy's Identifications

Specimen #: BBEL_0228, Common Name: yellow pencil coral and black-spotted feather duster, Scientific Name: Madracis mirabilis (coral) and Branchiomma nigromaculata (feather duster), Notes: collected from same habitat as the cube, Location: Smithsonian Institution's Field Station on Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

Photo license and credit, and taxonomic work, belongs to the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH).

This observation is a part of the long-term monitoring efforts of Gustav Paulay and his team at FLMNH and Friday Harbor Labs.

Specimen #: BBEL_0209, Collection Event #: BLIZ_005, Common Name: sea urchin, Scientific Name: Echinometra sp., Magnification: 1.6x, Location: Smithsonian Institution's Field Station on Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

Specimen #: BBEL_0223, Collection Event #: BLIZ_008, Common Name: Finger Coral, Green Clinging Crabs and algae, Scientific Name: Porites porites forma divaricata (coral), Mithraculus sculptus (crab) and Dictyota sp. (algae), Notes: BLIZ8 = collected by Sea McKeon from Porites thicket in seagrass meadow on north side of Carrie Bow, Location: Smithsonian Institution's Field Station on Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

Specimen #: BBEL_0228, Common Name: yellow pencil coral and black-spotted feather duster, Scientific Name: Madracis mirabilis (coral) and Branchiomma nigromaculata (feather duster), Notes: collected from same habitat as the cube, Location: Smithsonian Institution's Field Station on Carrie Bow Cay, Belize