MARINE ZOOLOGY 



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Typical Animals From the Gulf of Mexico — Texas Coast— Cont'd 



NAME 



HABITAT ZONE 



Grubia compta 

 By ale brevipes 

 Allorchestes sp. beach flea 

 Amphithoe sp. beach flea 

 Jassa sp. 

 Cirripedia 

 Lepas anatifera, goose barnacle 



Balarms ebii/rneus, acorn barnacle 

 Isopoda 



Aega psora, parasitic isopod 

 Ligyda exotica, common isopod 



Echinodermata 



Astropecten articularis, yellow starfish 

 Echinaster sp. violet starfish 

 Ophioderma sp. brittle star 



Mellita qiimquiesperforata, keyhole urchin 

 Moira atropos, heart urchin (probable 

 identity) 



Sea cucumber, sp., has not been iden- 

 tified 



Chordata 



Urochordata 



Tunicate sp. (Has not been identified) 



Elasmobranchii 



Galeocerdo arciicnis, tiger shark 

 Carcharias platyodon, cub shark 

 Eeniceps (Sphyrna) tihuro, bonnethead or 



shovelhead shark 

 Sphyrna tudes, hammerhead shark 



Alopias vulpes, thresher shark 

 Carcha/rodon carchaHas, man-eater shark 

 Dasyatis sabina, stingaree 

 Dasyatis americana, southern sting ray 

 Pteroplatea miorura, butterfly ray 

 Manta birostris, great manta 

 Stoasodon narinari, whip or eagle ray 

 Narcine brasiliensis, electric ray 

 Rhinoptera bonasus, cow-nosed ray 

 Pristis pectinatus, sawfish 

 Pristis sp. 



Scoliodon terrae-novae, sharp-nosed shark 

 Baja ackleyi, ray 



Pisces 



Atractosteus spatula, alligator gar 

 Tarpon atlanticus, tarpon 

 Elops satirus, ten pounder 

 Dorosoma cepediaimm, gizzard shad 

 Signalosa aJchafalayae 

 Galeichthys felis, sea catfish 

 Bagre marina, gaff-topsail catfish 



Under beach debris (wrack) 

 Under beach debris (wrack) 



On floating wrack, such as logs 



and boards 

 Jetties and piles 



On sharks 



Jetties and beach debris 



Off shore 



Tide pools in jetties and off 



shore 

 Sandy beach, low tide 



Sandy beach, low tide 

 Specimen came from ship chan- 

 nel, Galveston 



Off shore 



Along shore and harbors 



Along shore and harbors in 



spring 

 Along shore and harbors in 



spring 



Off shore 



In bays and off shore 



Along shore and bays 



Along shore and bays 



In gulf 



In oyster beds 



Oyster and clam beds 

 Bays and open gulf 

 Bays and open gulf 



Along shore 



Bays 



Open gulf 



Bottom open water 



Along shore 



Bays and gulf 



Along shore and shallow bays 



Along shore and shallow bays 



