Checklist of the Biota of Beachrock Microhabitats
Instruction
Be sure to write about what you are learning in the lab section of your notebook. You will be expected to answer questions about the lab activity during the lab self test and lab quiz. It helps to have your text and coloring books open beside you for support.
| Refer to the Assigned Readings Below: | |
| Marine Biology Textbook | none |
| Marine Biology Coloring Book | none |
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Surfaces
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Crevices
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Overhangs
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Under
Slabs
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Inside
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| Seaweeds | ||||||
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Chlorophyta
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Ulva rigida | |||||
| Valoniopsis pachynema | ||||||
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Phaeophyta
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Colpomenia phaeodactyla | |||||
| Colpomenia sinuosa | ||||||
| Colpomenia tuberculata | ||||||
| Dictyota divaricata | ||||||
| Padina mexicana | ||||||
| Sargassum johnstoni | ||||||
| Sargassum sinicola | ||||||
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Rhodophyta
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Amphiroa subcylindrica | |||||
| Laurencia johnstoni | ||||||
| Laurencia paniculata | ||||||
| Invertebrates | ||||||
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Porifera
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Geodia mesotriaena | |||||
| Haliclona permollis | ||||||
| Leucetta losangelensis | ||||||
| Tedania nigrescens | ||||||
| Tethya aurantia | ||||||
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Cnidaria
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Aglaophenia diegensis | |||||
| Bunodosoma californica | ||||||
| Lophogorgia rigida | ||||||
| Palythoa ignota | ||||||
| Phyllactis cocinnata | ||||||
| Porites californica | ||||||
| Zoanthus danae | ||||||
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Platyhelminthes
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Prosthiostomum multicelis | |||||
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Annelida-Polychaeta
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Eunice afra | |||||
| Megalomma splendida | ||||||
| Thelepus nearsetosus | ||||||
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Sipuncula
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Phascolosoma perlucens | |||||
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Mollusca-Pelecypoda
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Arca pacifica |
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| Barbatia reeveana | ||||||
| Chama mexicana | ||||||
| Isognomon janus | ||||||
| Lima pacifica | ||||||
| Lithophaga aristata | ||||||
| Lithophaga spatiosa | ||||||
| Modiolus capax | ||||||
| Ostrea palmula | ||||||
| Pinctada mazatlanica | ||||||
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Mollusca-Polyplacophora
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Chiton virgulatus | |||||
| Stenoplax conspicua | ||||||
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Mollusca-Gastropoda
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Acanthina angelica | |||||
| Aplysia californica | ||||||
| Berthellina ilisima | ||||||
| Columbella fuscata | ||||||
| Diadora inaequalis | ||||||
| Glossodoris sedna | ||||||
| Hypselodoris californiensis | ||||||
| Muricanthus nigritis | ||||||
| Nerita funiculata | ||||||
| Nerita scabricosta | ||||||
| Serpulorbis margaritaceus | ||||||
| Solenosteira macrospira | ||||||
| Tridachiella diomedea | ||||||
| Turbo fluctuosus | ||||||
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Mollusca-Cephalopoda
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Octopus fitchi | |||||
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Arthropoda-Crustacea
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Alpheus californiensis | |||||
| Chthamalus anisopoma | ||||||
| Clibanarius digueti | ||||||
| Epialtus minimus | ||||||
| Eriphia squamata | ||||||
| Paguristes anahuacus | ||||||
| Petrolisthes gracilis | ||||||
| Petrolitshes hirtipes | ||||||
| Pilumnus townsendi | ||||||
| Tetraclita squamosa | ||||||
| Tetragrapsis jouyi | ||||||
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Echinodermata
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Echinometra vanbrunti | |||||
| Eucidaris thouarsii | ||||||
| Heliaster kubinijii | ||||||
| Ophiocoma aethiops | ||||||
| Ophiocoma alexandri | ||||||
| Ophionereis annulata | ||||||
| Othilia tenuspina | ||||||
| Selenkothuria lubrica | ||||||
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Bryozoa
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Bugula neritina | |||||
| Watersipora arcuata | ||||||
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Chordata
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Aplidium sp. | |||||
| Polyclinum laxum |