Marine Biology Lab 1

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Phylum Porifera - Sponges
Class Demospongiae - Largest of the sponge classes, 95% of sponges, they can have glass spicules along with spongin fibers

Bath Sponge

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Phylum Porifera - Sponges
Class Demospongiae - Largest of the sponge classes, 95% of sponges, they can have glass spicules along with spongin fibers

Sun Sponge

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Phylum Porifera - Sponges
Class Demospongiae - Largest of the sponge classes, 95% of sponges, they can have glass spicules along with spongin fibers

Boring Sponge

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Phylum Porifera - Sponges
Class Demospongiae - Largest of the sponge classes, 95% of sponges, they can have glass spicules along with spongin fibers

Potato Sponge

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Phylum Cnidaria
Class Hydrozoa - hydroids, hydra, colonial species

Physalia - Portugese man-o-war

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Phylum Cnidaria
Class Hydrozoa - hydroids, hydra, colonial species

Velella - by-the-wind sailor

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Phylum Cnidaria
Class Scyphozoa - jellyfishes, mostly medusa (mobile)

Aurelia - Moon Jelly

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Phylum Cnidaria
Class Scyphozoa - jellyfishes, mostly medusa (mobile)

Stopmolophus - cannonball jelly

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Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa - corals, sea anemones (sessile)

Renilla - Sea pansy

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Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa - corals, sea anemones (sessile)

Leptogorgia - sea whip

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Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa - corals, sea anemones (sessile)

Acropora - Staghorn coral

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Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa - corals, sea anemones (sessile)

Astrangia - Star coral

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Phylum Cnidaria
Class Cubozoa - box jellies. Highly venomous, unusual in our area, but can occur in nearshore waters in the SE US during late summer/early fall

Chiropsalmus - box jelly

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Phylum Ctenophora - Comb jellies
bioluminescent, nonvenomous

comb jellies

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Phylum Ectoprocta (Bryozoa)
Lophophorates - colonial moss animals, the lophophore is a filter feeding structure

Membranipora - lacy bryozoan

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Phylum Ectoprocta (Bryozoa)
Lophophorates - colonial moss animals, the lophophore is a filter feeding structure

Bugula

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Phylum Ectoprocta (Bryozoa)
Lophophorates - colonial moss animals, the lophophore is a filter feeding structure

Alcyonidium - rubbery bryozoan

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Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta - segmented worms with fleshy segmental lobes (parapodia) and bristle-like hairs (setae) to help them move

Neris - Clamworms

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Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta - segmented worms with fleshy segmental lobes (parapodia) and bristle-like hairs (setae) to help them move

marine worm tubes

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Phylum Mollusca
With shells - chitons, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods
Without shells - gastropods, cephalopods
Class Gastropoda - Snails, Nudibranchs (sea slugs)
Shells have an aperature (opening) that is closed by an operculum (door); sinstral: opens to the left, counterclockwise spiral, Dextral: opens to the right, clockwise spiral

Oliva - Olive snail

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Phylum Mollusca
With shells - chitons, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods
Without shells - gastropods, cephalopods
Class Gastropoda - Snails, Nudibranchs (sea slugs)
Shells have an aperature (opening) that is closed by an operculum (door); sinstral: opens to the left, counterclockwise spiral, Dextral: opens to the right, clockwise spiral

Polinices - Moon Snail

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Phylum Mollusca
With shells - chitons, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods
Without shells - gastropods, cephalopods
Class Gastropoda - Snails, Nudibranchs (sea slugs)
Shells have an aperature (opening) that is closed by an operculum (door); sinstral: opens to the left, counterclockwise spiral, Dextral: opens to the right, clockwise spiral

Busycon - Whelk

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Phylum Mollusca
With shells - chitons, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods
Without shells - gastropods, cephalopods
Class Gastropoda - Snails, Nudibranchs (sea slugs)
Shells have an aperature (opening) that is closed by an operculum (door); sinstral: opens to the left, counterclockwise spiral, Dextral: opens to the right, clockwise spiral

Littorina - Marsh Periwinkle

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Phylum Mollusca
With shells - chitons, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods
Without shells - gastropods, cephalopods
Class Gastropoda - Snails, Nudibranchs (sea slugs)
Shells have an aperature (opening) that is closed by an operculum (door); sinstral: opens to the left, counterclockwise spiral, Dextral: opens to the right, clockwise spiral

Ilyanassa - Eastern Mud Snail

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Phylum Mollusca
With shells - chitons, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods
Without shells - gastropods, cephalopods
Class Gastropoda - Snails, Nudibranchs (sea slugs)
Shells have an aperature (opening) that is closed by an operculum (door); sinstral: opens to the left, counterclockwise spiral, Dextral: opens to the right, clockwise spiral

Elysia - Lettuce Nudibranch

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Phylum Mollusca
With shells - chitons, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods
Without shells - gastropods, cephalopods
Class Gastropoda - Snails, Nudibranchs (sea slugs)
Shells have an aperature (opening) that is closed by an operculum (door); sinstral: opens to the left, counterclockwise spiral, Dextral: opens to the right, clockwise spiral

Baby's Ear

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Phylum Mollusca
With shells - chitons, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods
Without shells - gastropods, cephalopods
Class Scaphopoda - Tusk shells

Tusk shell

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Phylum Mollusca
With shells - chitons, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods
Without shells - gastropods, cephalopods
Class Bivalvia - clams, mussels, scallops

Clinocardium - heart cockle

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Phylum Mollusca
With shells - chitons, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods
Without shells - gastropods, cephalopods
Class Bivalvia - clams, mussels, scallops

Pinna - Pen Shell

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Phylum Mollusca
With shells - chitons, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods
Without shells - gastropods, cephalopods
Class Bivalvia - clams, mussels, scallops

Scallop

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Phylum Mollusca
With shells - chitons, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods
Without shells - gastropods, cephalopods
Class Bivalvia - clams, mussels, scallops

Donax - Coquina

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Phylum Mollusca
With shells - chitons, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods
Without shells - gastropods, cephalopods
Class Bivalvia - clams, mussels, scallops

Geukensia - Atlantic Ribbed Mussel

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Phylum Mollusca
With shells - chitons, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods
Without shells - gastropods, cephalopods
Class Bivalvia - clams, mussels, scallops

Other Bivalves

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Phylum Arthropoda
3 body segments: head, thorax (cephalothorax) and abdomen
Subphylum Chelicerata

Sea Spider

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Phylum Arthropoda
3 body segments: head, thorax (cephalothorax) and abdomen
Subphylum Chelicerata

Limulus - horseshoe crab

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Phylum Arthropoda
3 body segments: head, thorax (cephalothorax) and abdomen
Subphylum Crustacea - crabs, shrimp, barnacles

Uca - Fiddler Crab

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Phylum Arthropoda
3 body segments: head, thorax (cephalothorax) and abdomen
Subphylum Crustacea - crabs, shrimp, barnacles

Hermit Crab

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Phylum Arthropoda
3 body segments: head, thorax (cephalothorax) and abdomen
Subphylum Crustacea - crabs, shrimp, barnacles

Panaeus - White Shrimp

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Phylum Arthropoda
3 body segments: head, thorax (cephalothorax) and abdomen
Subphylum Crustacea - crabs, shrimp, barnacles

Palaemonetes - Grass Shrimp

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Phylum Arthropoda
3 body segments: head, thorax (cephalothorax) and abdomen
Subphylum Crustacea - crabs, shrimp, barnacles

Squilla - Mantis Shrimp

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Phylum Arthropoda
3 body segments: head, thorax (cephalothorax) and abdomen
Subphylum Crustacea - crabs, shrimp, barnacles

Balanus - Acorn Barnacle

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Phylum Arthropoda
3 body segments: head, thorax (cephalothorax) and abdomen
Subphylum Crustacea - crabs, shrimp, barnacles

Megabalanus coccopoma - Titan Acorn Barnacle

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Phylum Arthropoda
3 body segments: head, thorax (cephalothorax) and abdomen
Subphylum Crustacea - crabs, shrimp, barnacles

Calinectes - Blue Crab

(the male has a spear-shaped belly plate, the female has a half-moon shaped belly plate)

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Phylum Arthropoda
3 body segments: head, thorax (cephalothorax) and abdomen
Subphylum Crustacea - crabs, shrimp, barnacles

Panopeus - mud crab

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Phylum Arthropoda
3 body segments: head, thorax (cephalothorax) and abdomen
Subphylum Crustacea - crabs, shrimp, barnacles

Parasitic Isopod

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Phylum Echinodermata
Echinoderms are born with bilateral body symmetry and develop radial symmetry later. They have a spiny covering over calcium carbonate (CaCO3) plates and tube feet driven by the water vascular system. Many sea stars can regenerate broken limbs.
Class Asteroidea - Sea Stars

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Phylum Echinodermata
Echinoderms are born with bilateral body symmetry and develop radial symmetry later. They have a spiny covering over calcium carbonate (CaCO3) plates and tube feet driven by the water vascular system. Many sea stars can regenerate broken limbs.

Class Ophiuroidea
Ophioderma - Brittle (serpent) stars

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Phylum Echinodermata
Echinoderms are born with bilateral body symmetry and develop radial symmetry later. They have a spiny covering over calcium carbonate (CaCO3) plates and tube feet driven by the water vascular system. Many sea stars can regenerate broken limbs.
Class Echinoidea

Sea Urchin

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Phylum Echinodermata
Echinoderms are born with bilateral body symmetry and develop radial symmetry later. They have a spiny covering over calcium carbonate (CaCO3) plates and tube feet driven by the water vascular system. Many sea stars can regenerate broken limbs.
Class Echinoidea

Sea Biscuit

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Phylum Echinodermata
Echinoderms are born with bilateral body symmetry and develop radial symmetry later. They have a spiny covering over calcium carbonate (CaCO3) plates and tube feet driven by the water vascular system. Many sea stars can regenerate broken limbs.
Class Echinoidea

Sand Dollar

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Phylum Echinodermata
Echinoderms are born with bilateral body symmetry and develop radial symmetry later. They have a spiny covering over calcium carbonate (CaCO3) plates and tube feet driven by the water vascular system. Many sea stars can regenerate broken limbs.

Class Holothuroidea - Sea Cucumbers