Acmaea testudinalis
Actinopyga agassizi
Agarum turneri
Alaria esculenta,
Alcyonarians
Alcyonium digitatum
Algae; coralline (sp. Lithothamnion), (see also Seaweeds)
Amaroucium sp.
Ammodytes americanus
Amphipods
Amphithoë rubricata
Amphitrite figulus
Anadara ovalis
Anadara transversa
Anemone, sand (Cerianthus americanus), (see also Sea anemone)
Angel wing (Barnea costata)
Anomia simplex
Anthozoans
Anurida maritima
Aphrodite aculeata
Aplysia dactylomela
Apuleius
Area zebra
Arenicola marina
Argonauta argo
Aristotle
Arks
Arthropods
Ascidians
Ascophyllum nodosum
Asterias forbesi
Asterias vulgaris
Astrophyton muricatum
Atlantic coast, geologic history of; topography of
Atrina rigida or Atrina serrata
Amelia aurita
Balanus balanoides; enemies; habitat; reproduction
Barnacle, acorn or rock (see Balanus balanoides); gooseneck (Lepas fascicularis)
Barnea costata
Barracuda
Basket star (Astrophyton muricatum)
Beach fauna
Beach flea (Talorchestia longicornis)
Bears Bluff
Bêche-de-mer
Bird Shoal
“Black sands”
Black zone of shore
Blackfish
Blenny, beach-hopping
Boat shell (Crepidula fornicata)
Boreal zone
Botryllus schlosseri
Brevoortia tyrannus
Bristle worms,
Brittle star; daisy (Ophiopholis aculeata); West Indian (Ophiocoma echinata)
Bryozoans
Buccinum undatum
Busycon canaliculatum
Busycon carica
By-the-wind sailor (Velella mutica)
Byssus cord
Callianassa stimpsoni
Callinectes sapidus
Cancer borealis
Cape Cod
Cape Hatteras
Cape Lookout
Carcinides maenas
Cardinal fish
Cardisoma guanhumi
Caretta caretta
Cask shell (Tonna galea)
Cat’s eye
Cerianthus americanus
Cerithidea costata
Chaetopterus variopedatus
Chelonia mydas
Chiton; West Indian (Chiton tuberculatum)
Chondrus crispus
Cistenides gouldi
Clam, bloody (Anadara ovalis); coquina (Donax variabilis); razor; red-nose or rock-borer (Hiatella arctica); soft-shell (Mya arenaria)
Clam worm (Nereis virens)
Clava leptostyla
Cloth of gold
Clupea harengus
Clypeaster subdepressus
Cod (Gadus callarias)
Coelenterates
Coenobita clypeatus
Coffee-bean shell (Melampus bidentatus)
Comb jelly (Pleurobrachia pileus or Mnemiopsis leidyi)
Conch; fighting (Strombus alatus); horse (Pleuroploca gigantea); king crown or common crown (Melongena corona); queen (Strombus gigas)
Coral
Coral coast, intertidal life
Coral reef flats, life of
Coral reefs, life of
Coralline algae (sp. Lithothamnion)
Cowfish (Lactophrys trigonus),
Crab, blue (Callinectes sapidus); fiddler (Uca pugilator, Uca pugnax); gall (Cryptochirus corallicola); ghost (Ocypode albicans); green (Carcinides maenas); hermit; hermit, purple-clawed (Coenobita clypeatus); horseshoe (Limulus polyphemus); Jonah (Cancer borealis); mole (Emerita talpoida); pea (Pinnixa chaetopterana); spider (Stenorynchus seticornis); stone (Menippe mercenaria); white (Cardisoma guanhumi)
Crepidula fornicata
Cryptochirus corallicola
Ctenophore, (see also Comb jelly)
Cucumaria frondosa
Currents, relation to shore life
Cuvier
Cyanea capillata
Cymodocea manitorum
Cyphoma gibbosum
Diadema antillarum
Diatoms
Diopatra cupraea
Dodecaceria
Donax variabilis
Duke University
Dulse
Echinoderms
Echinometra lucunter
Ectocrines
Eels, rock (Pholis gunnellus); sand or launce (Ammodytes americanus)
Emerita talpoida
Enteromorpha intestinalis
Equatorial Current
Erectmochelys imbricata
Etrumeus sadina
Eucidaris tribuloides
Eunice fucata
Evolution toward land life, examples of: beach flea; coffee bean shell; ghost crab; periwinkles; hermit crab; white crab.
Fasciolaria hunteria,
Fierasfer bermudaensis
“Fireworms,”
Florida Keys, geologic history; life of; sands
Flotsam, shells in; strays found in
Flustrella hispida
Foraminifera
Fossil records
Fucus edentatus
Fucus spiralis
Fucus vesiculosis
Gadus callarias
Geologic history of Atlantic seacoast
Gerard, John
Gigartina stellata
Glauconite
Gorgonia flabellum
Gorgonians; Leptogorgia sp.; Pterogorgia acerosa, Xiphigorgia anceps
Grasses, sea; inhabitants of
Gray snapper
Gulf Stream,
Gulls
Halichondria panicea
Hawk Channel
Henricia sanguinolenta
Herring, round (Etrumeus sadina); sea (Clupea harengus)
Hiatella arctica
Hibernation of shore animals
Hippocampus hudsonius
Holdfasts, laminarian, inhabitants of
Holothurians, 277– (see also Sea cucumber)
Horn shell (Cerithidea costata)
Horny corals (see Gorgonians)
Horse conch (Pleuroploca gigantea)
Horse mussel (Volsella modiolus)
Hydroid, club-headed (Clava leptostyla); pink-hearted (Tubularia crocea); sertularian (Sertularia pumila)
Hydroids
Irish moss (Chondrus crispus); inhabitants of
Janthina janthina
Jellyfish, red or arctic (Cyanea capillata); white or moon jelly (Aurelia aurita)
Jingle shell (Anomia simplex)
Jupiter Inlet
Kelp; arctic; horsetail (Laminaria digitata); long-stalked (Laminaria longicruris); sugar (Laminaria saccharina); winged (Alaria esculenta)
Lactophrys trigonus
Laminaria digitata
Laminaria longicruris
Laminaria saccharina
Laminarian seaweeds
Laver, purple (Porphyra umbilicalis)
Leathesia difformis
Lepas fascicularis
Lepidonotus squamatus
Leucosolenia botryoides
Lichen, bearded (Usnea barbata); wall (Thelochistes parietinus)
Ligia exotica
Limpet (Acmaea testudinalis)
Limulus polyphemus
Linkia guildingii
Lithophaga bisulcata
Lithothamnion sp.
Littorina angulifera
Littorina littorea
Littorina neritoides
Littorina obtusata
Littorina saxatilis
Lobster, spiny (Panulirus argus)
Lugworm (Arenicola marina)
Luidea clathrata
Lunatia heros
Manatee grass (Cymodocea manitorum)
Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)
Mannitol
Marl
Martesia cuneiformis
Melampus bidentatus
Mellita testudinata
Melongena corona
Membranipora pilosa
Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus)
Menippe mercenaria
Merluccius bilinearis
Metridium dianthus
Miami oölite
Microporella ciliata
Minnows, salt-water
Mnemiopsis leidyi
Moira atropos
Mollusks
Monhegan Island
Moon, influence on tides; on vegetation
Moon jelly (Amelia aurita)
Moon snail (Polinices duplicatus or Lunatia heros)
Mount Desert Island
Murlin (Alaria esculenta)
Mussel, common or blue (Mytilus edulis); enemies of; habitat and life cycle; and Sertularians
Mussel, date (Lithophaga bisulcata)
Mussel, horse (Volsella modiolus)
Mya arenaria
Myrtle Beach
Mytilus edulis (see Mussel, common or blue)
Nautilus, paper (Argonauta argo)
Needlefish (Tylosura raphidoma)
Nemerteans
Nereid worms
Nereis virens
Nerite (Nerita peloronta or Nerita versicolor)
Noetia ponderosa
Nomeus gronovii
Oarweeds
Octopus (Octopus vulgaris)
Ocypode albicans
Old man’s beard (Usnea barbata)
Onchidium floridanum
Oölitic limestone
Opercula
Ophiocoma echinata
Ophiopholis aculeata
Oreaster reticulatus
Ostracods
Ostrea frons
Oysters; larval; mangrove (Ostrea frons); pearl (Pteria colymbus)
Palolo worm, Atlantic (Eunice fucata)
Panulirus argus
Parchment worm (Chaetopterus variopedatus)
Pearl fish (Fierasfer bermudaensis)
Pen shell (Atrina rigida or Atrina serrata)
Periwinkle, beaded (Tectarius muricatus); common (Littorina littorea); European rock (Littorina neritoides); mangrove (Littorina angulifera); rough or rock (Littorina saxatilis); smooth (Littorina obtusata)
Petaloconchus
Phaeophyceae
Pholis gunnellus
Physalia pelagica
Piddock, wood (Martesia cuneiformis)
Pinnixa chaetopterana
Pipefish (Syngnathus sp.)
Platyhelminths
Pleurobrachia pileus
Pleuroploca gigantea
Pliny
Plumed worm (Diopatra cupraea)
Polinices duplicatus
Polysiphonia lanosa
Ponderous ark (Noetia ponderosa)
Porphyra umbilicalis
Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia pelagica)
Pourtalès Plateau
Protophytes
Protozoans
Purple sail (Veletta mutica)
Purpurin
Radula, dog whelk; limpet; periwinkle
Ralfsia verrucosa
Ramshorn shell (Spirula spirula)
Red tides
Redi
Renilla reniformis
Rhizophora mangle
Rhodymenia palmata
Ribbon worms
Rock tripe (Umbilicaria sp.)
Rocks as records of history
Rockweed (see Wrack)
Rocky shores, life of
Sand, fauna of; types of
Sand anemone (Cerianthus americanus)
Sand dollar (Mellita testudinata)
Sand hopper (see Beach flea)
Sangamon interglacial period
Sanibel Island
Scale worm (Lepidonotus squamatus)
Scaphanders
Screwshell snail (Terebra)
Scyphozoans
Sea anemone, arctic; plumose (Metridium dianthus)
Sea birds, (see also Gulls)
Sea biscuit (Clypeaster subdepressus)
Sea bottle (Valonia macrophysa)
Sea colander (Agarum turneri)
Sea cucumber; northern (Cucumaria frondosa); West Indian (Actinopyga agassizi)
Sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum)
Sea finger (Alcyonium digitatum)
Sea grape (Molgula manhattensis)
Sea grasses; inhabitants of
Sea hare (Aplysia dactylomela)
Sea horse (Hippocampus hudsonius)
Sea lace (Membranipora pilosa); (Microporella ciliata)
Sea mat (Flustrella hispida)
Sea moss (see Irish moss)
Sea mouse (Aphrodite aculeata)
Sea pansy (Renilla reniformis)
Sea pens
Sea pork (Amaroucium sp.)
Sea potato (Leathesia difformis)
Sea roach (Ligia exotica)
Sea spider
Sea squirts
Sea star (Oreaster reticulatus)
Sea tangle (Laminaria saccharina)
Sea turtles, green (Chelonia my das); hawksbill (Erectmochelys imbricata); loggerhead (Caretta caretta)
Sea urchins; green (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis); heart (Moira atropos); keyhole (Mellita testudinata); long-spined (Diadema antillarum); rock-boring (Echinometra lucunter); slate-pencil (Eucidaris tri-buloides)
Sea vase (Ciona intestinalis)
Sea whip (see Gorgonians)
Seaweeds, exposed coast; sheltered coast, (see also Irish moss and Wrack)
Seed plants
Sertularia pumila
Shackleford Shoals
Shipworm (Teredo navalis)
Shoals, fauna of
Shrimp; ghost (Callianassa stimpsoni); mantis (Squilla empusa); snapping (Synalpheus brooksi)
Siphonophores
Skates
Slipper shell (Crepidula fornicata)
Snail, banded tulip shell (Fasciolaria hunteria); flamingo-tongue (Cyphoma gibbosum); moon or sand collar (Polinices duplicatus or Lunatia heros); nerite (Nerita peloranta or Nerita versicolor); screwshell (Terebra); vermetid (Petaloconchus); violet (Janthina janthina), (see also Periwinkle and Whelk)
Snellius
Soft coral (Alcyonium digitatum)
Sphaerella
Spheciospongia vesparia
Spirorbis borealis
Spirula spirula
Sponge; crumb-of-bread (Halichondria panicea); Leucosolenia botryoides; loggerhead (Spheciospongia vesparia); sulphur (Cliona celata)
Squids
Squilla empusa
Starfish; blood-red (Henricia sanguinolenta); common (Asterias forbesi); giant (Oreaster reticulatus); Linkia guildingii; Luidea clathrata; northern (Asterias vulgaris)
Stenorynchus seticornis
Sting ray
Strombus alatus
Strombus gigas
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Surf zone; dwellers in
Synalpheus brooksi
Syngnathus sp.
Talorchestia longicornis
Tectarius muricatus
Tellin, rose (Tellina lineata)
Temperature, and climatic change; and effects on sea life; influence of ocean currents on
Ten Thousand Islands
Terebra
Teredo navalis
Thais lapillus
Thalassia testudinum
Thallophytes
Thelochistes parietinus
Tidal zones of life
Tide-pool insect (Anurida maritima)
Tide pools
Tides and biological rhythm; effects on reproduction; neap; range on Atlantic coast; semi-diurnal rhythm of; spring
Toadfish
Tonna galea
Transverse ark (Anadara transversa)
Trepang
Trumpet worm (Cistenides gouldi)
Tube-building worms
Tubularia crocea
Tulip shell, banded (Fasciolaria hunteria)
Tunicate, golden-star (Botryllus schlosseri)
Turkey wing (Area zebra)
Turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum)
Turtles, green, hawksbill, loggerhead
Tylosura raphidoma
Tyrian purple
Uca pugilator and Uca pugnax
Umbilicaria sp.
Usnea barbata
Valonia macrophysa
Velella mutica
Vermetid snails (Petaloconchus and Vermicularia)
Violet snail (Janthina janthina)
Volsella modiolus
Whelk; channeled (Busycon canaliculatum); common (Buccinum undatum); dog (Thais lapillus); knobbed (Busycon carica)
“White water”
Whiting (Merluccius bilinearis)
Wood piddock (Martesia cuneiformis)
“Worm rock”
Wrack; bladder (Fucus vesiculosis); channeled (Pelvetia canaliculata); forked (Fucus edentatus); knotted (Ascophyllum nodosum); spiral (Fucus spiralis)
Zoanthus sociatus
Zones of life, tidal