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Gulf of Mexico Invertebrates

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References

  • Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission: A Picture Guide to Shelf Invertebrates from the Northern Gulf of Mexico
  • Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Department of Invertebrate Zoology: Gulf of Mexico invertebrate holdings map.
  • Douglas N. Shelton: A Systematic List of Mollusks in the Northern Gulf of Mexico off the Coast of Alabama
  • NOAA: Fish Stocks in the Gulf of Mexico

Collection icon: Sicyonia brevirostris by Katie Ahlfeld.

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  • 25 total items
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  • 66912_88_88 Animalia > Oreasteridae

    Oreaster reticulatus

    Cushion Sea Star

  • 96407_88_88 Animalia > Palinuridae

    Panulirus argus

    Caribbean Spiny Lobster

  • 88172_88_88 Animalia > Acroporidae

    Acropora palmata

    Elkhorn Coral

  • 33542_88_88 Animalia > Portunidae

    Callinectes sapidus

    Blue Crab

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    Lobatus gigas

    Queen Conch

  • 64153_88_88 Animalia > Caryophylliidae

    Lophelia pertusa

    Deepwater White Coral

  • 61889_88_88 Animalia > Porpitidae

    Velella velella

    By-the-wind Sailor

  • 56972_88_88 Animalia > Ostreidae

    Crassostrea virginica

    Eastern Oyster

  • 91749_88_88 Animalia > Octopodidae

    Octopus vulgaris

    Common Octopus

  • 35573_88_88 Animalia > Spirulidae

    Spirula spirula

    Ram's Horn Squid

  • 45057_88_88 Animalia > Pectinidae

    Argopecten irradians

    Bay Scallop

  • 07655_88_88 Animalia > Physaliidae

    Physalia physalis

    Portuguese Man O' War

  • 08373_88_88 Animalia > Sicyoniidae

    Sicyonia brevirostris

    Coral Shrimp

  • 82855_88_88 Animalia > Gecarcinidae

    Cardisoma guanhumi

    Blue Land Crab

  • 53455_88_88 Animalia > Penaeidae

    Litopenaeus setiferus

    White Shrimp

  • 20620_88_88 Animalia > Janthinidae

    Janthina janthina

    Purple Bubble Raft Snail

  • 55214_88_88 Animalia > Penaeidae

    Farfantepenaeus duorarum

    Pink Shrimp

  • 24472_88_88 Animalia > Coenobitidae

    Coenobita clypeatus

    Caribbean Hermit Crab

  • 13991_88_88 Animalia > Penaeidae

    Farfantepenaeus aztecus

    Northern Brown Shrimp

  • 04005_88_88 Animalia > Toxopneustidae

    Lytechinus variegatus

    Variegated Sea Urchin

  • Animalia > Oculinidae

    Oculina varicosa

    Fused Ivory Tree Coral

  • 72867_88_88 Animalia > Cucumariidae

    Thyonella gemmata

    Striped Sea Cucumber

  • 64593_88_88 Animalia > Penaeidae

    Xiphopenaeus kroyeri

    Sea Bob Shrimp

  • 43674_88_88 Animalia > Solenoceridae

    Pleoticus robustus

    Royal Red Shrimp

  • 79368_88_88 Animalia > Ampeliscidae

    Ampelisca mississippiana

    Gulf of Mexico Amphipod

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