Bio 412 Marine Biology Field Guide

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The guide below is being developed as an ongoing project of the Marine Biology course at Ashland University. Each semester's class takes a three day trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina and develops field guide entries for species seen in the field.

Contents 1 Plants 2 Ectoprocta 3 Cnidarians 4 Mollusks 5 Arthropoda 6 Fishes 7 Amphibians 8 Turtles, lizards and snakes 9 Birds 10 Mammals

Plants

Distichlis spicata

Juncus roemerianus

Spartina alterniflora

Spartina patens

Ectoprocta

Alyconidium verrilli

Cnidarians

Mnemiopsis leidyi

Mollusks

Aequipecten muscosus

Argopecten irradians

Busycon carica

Crepidula convexa

Crepidula fornicata

Dosinia elegans

Neverita duplicata

Littoraria irrorata

Arthropoda

Callinectes sapidus

Emerita talpoida

Ligia exotica

Palaemonetes sp.

Balanus sp.

Ocypode quadrata

Limulus polyphemus

Fishes

Raja eglanteria

Abudefduf saxatilis

Amia calva

Epalzeorhynchos frenatus

Hippocampus erectus

Lepisosteus osseus

Odontaspis taurus

Gymnothorax funebris

Acanthocybium solandri

Pomatomus saltatrix

Coryphaena hippurus

Amphibians

Ambystoma tigrinum

Turtles, lizards and snakes

Chelonia mydas

Chelydra serpentina

Chrysemys picta

Nerodia sp.

Opheodrys aestivus

Agkistrodon contortrix

Birds

Ardea alba

Eudocimus albus

Calidris mauri

Larus atricilla

Pandion haliaetus

Pelecanus occidentalis

Quiscalus major

Mammals

Lontra canadensis

Tursiops truncatus