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TEXTBOOK OP ZOOLOGY 



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



NAME 



habitat zone 



Donax variabilis, variable wedge shell 

 Solen viridis, green, razor clam 

 Brachiodontes hamatus (Mytilus), hooked 



mussel 

 Brachiodontes recurvus (Mytilus) 

 S'lnsula similis, dish shell 

 Macrocallista nimbosa 

 Mulina sp. 

 Echinochama sp. 



Martesia cuneivieris, boring clam 

 Anomia simplex, false oyster or jingle 



shell 

 Teredo navalis, shipworm 

 Cephalopoda 



Loligo brevipermis, squid 



Loligo opalescens 



Octopus (not identified), devil fish 



Arthropoda, Crustacea 



Stomatopoda 



Chloridella empusa, mantis shrimp 



Decapoda 



Clibanarius vittatus, hermit crab 

 Pagurus longioarpus, hermit crab 

 Pagurv/S floridantis, hermit crab 

 Peneus setiferus, common shrimp 

 Penaeus astccus 



Palaemonetes vulgaris, common prawn 

 Macrobrachium acnnthurus, tropical shrimp 

 Crangon armillatus, snapping shrimp or 



pistol crab 

 Callinectes sapidus, blue crab 



Porturms gibhesU, swimming crab 

 Ovalipes ocellatus, lady crab (probable) 

 Sesarma cinereum 

 Ocypode albicam^, sand crab 



Panopeus herbstii, mud crab 

 Eurypanopeus depressus, mud crab 

 Metoporhaphis calcarata, spider crab 

 Libinia emarginata, spider crab 

 Arenaeus cribrarius, calico crab 

 Menippe mercrnaria, stone crab 

 Persephonn crinita, purse crab 

 Persephona punctata aqidlonaris 

 Calappa flammea 

 Hepatu^ ephelitious 

 Pinnixa chaetopterana 

 TJca minax, fiddler crab 

 Uca pugnax, fiddler crab 

 Uca pugilator, fiddler crab 



Amphipoda 



Orchestia platensis, beach hopper 

 Orchestia grillus, beach hopper 

 Caprella acutifrons 



Beach 



Beach 



Brackish water 



Beach 



In oysters 



On oyster reefs 



"Wooden pilings 



Muddy and gravelled shore 



Muddy and gravelled shore 



Muddy and gravelled shore 

 Shallow water 



On muddy bottom 

 Brackish to fresh water 



Near jetties; shallow water 

 and bayou 



Sandy beaches 



mark, 



Back of high-water 



sandy beaches 

 In oyster reefs 



Muddy bottom and oyster beds 

 Gulf waters along shore 

 Gulf waters along shore 

 Gulf, shallow water 

 Oyster reefs 

 Gulf, along shores 



Around worm tubes 

 Salt marshes, burrows 

 Salt marshes, burrows 

 Burrows in sandy or muddy 

 beaches 



Under beach debris 

 Under beach debris 

 In algae growing on jetties 



