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9 Cards in this Set
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Welks (Knobbed and )
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1. High salinity, zone 3
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Slipper Shells (Crepidula fornicata)
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1. Pile-up on substrates
2. Form as males, when they get longer they turn to females |
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Amphipods (Smallmouth Flea and Spine-Backed Scud)
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1. Crustaceans that are laterally compressed
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Polychaetes
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1. Many setae and legs
2. Some crawl around, some never move 3. Sessile, lives in the sediment |
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Clams
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1. Found in huge numbers
2. Epifauna, burrowers with their foot 3. Syphon tubes, incurrent (in) and excurrent (out) |
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Mya arenaria (Soft-Shelled Clams)
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1. Mostly found in mid-bay salinities
2. Big foot and very long syphon tube |
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Mercenaria mercenaria (Hard-Shell)
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1. Found in high salinity areas
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Macoma
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1. Unequal length syphons
2. Chalky white shell |
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Gem and Rangia
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1. Gem, smallest clam
2. Rangia, found in brackish water |
