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TEXTBOOK OF ZOOLOGY 



Typical Animals From the Gulf of Mexico — Texas Coast* 



NAME 



HABITAT ZONE 



Porifera 



Clione celata, yellow-boring sponge 

 Coelenterata 



Obelia hyalina, branched hydroid 

 Plumularia inermis, branched hydroid 

 Clytia naliformis, simple hydroid 

 Tubularia crocea, matted hydroid 



Velella mutica, siphonophore (sp. not defi- 

 nitely determined) 



Physalia pelagica, Portuguese-man-of-war 



Porpita liwaaecma, (sp. identification not 

 yet confirmed) 



Daatylometra quinqueoirrha, jellyfish 



StomolopJms meleagris, cabbage-head jelly- 

 fish 



Benilla remformis, sea pansy (sp. not defi- 

 nitely determined) 



Ptilosarcus quadrcmgularis, sea pen (sp. 

 not definitely determined) 



Stylatula elongata, sea pen (sp. not defi- 

 nitely determined) 



Leptogorgia carolinensis, yellow gorgonid 

 coral 



Astrofngia danae, common coral (sp. not 

 definitely determined) 



Aurellia cmrita, clear jellyfish 



Sea anemone (Classification not deter- 

 mined) 



Chiropsalamus sp. 



Ctenopliora 



Beroe ovata, sea walnut or comb jelly 

 BoUnopsis vitrea (not definitely deter- 

 mined) 

 Mnemiopsis sp., small sea walnut 



MoUuscoidea 



Bugula turrita 



Zobotryon pellucidum, clear bryozoan 

 (Another bryozoan of family 

 Valkeriidae encrusting sargassum ; classi- 

 fication undetermined) 



Platyhielinintlies 



Eustylochus meridianalis, flatworm 



Annelida 



Glycera abranchiata 

 Nereis Ivmbata, sandworm 

 Nerme mvrmta 



Common on oysters 



Attached to floating sargassum 

 Common on Sargassum 

 Attached to floating sargassum 

 Washed ashore, and taken in 



shrimp nets 

 Floats, but may be cast up 



Floats generally, cast up 

 Floats, may be cast ashore 



Floating in bays and coves 

 Floating in gulf, bays, and 



coves 

 Sand bottom, shallow water, 



gulf 

 Bottom, deep water 



Mud bottom, shallow water 



Encrusting shells 



Low tide sands, encrusting 



small shells 

 Floating in gulf and bays 

 Attached 



Floating in bays and bayous 

 Floating in bays and bayous 



In gulf and bays on the bot- 

 tom 



Among oysters and barnacle? 



Oyster beds and beaches 



♦Appreciation is expressed to Mr. Gordon Gunter, Marine Institute of Science, 

 University of Texas, and to Professor Elmer P. Cheatum, Southern Methodist 

 University, who have assisted in the revision of this section. 



