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Other Animals
ARTHROPODS (jointed legs when present)
Barnacle, Acorn
Barnacle, Goose
(
Lepas anserifera
)
Cyclopoid Copepods
Cyclops
(
Cyclops
sp.)
CRABS
Blue Land
Decorater
Fiddler
Freshwater (In Chiapas, Mexico)
Flame Box
(Calappa flammea
)
Ghost
(
Ocypode quadrata
)
Hermit, Caribbean
(
Coenobita clypeatus
)
Hermit, Mexican Blue-legged
(
Clibanarius tricolor
)
Horseshoe
(
Limulus polyphemus
)
Sally Lightfoot
(
Grapsus grapsus
)
Crayfish
(genus
Procambarus
)
Daphnia
(genus
Daphnia
)
Rock Louse
(
Ligia occidentalis
)
Scorpion, Brown Bark
(
Centruroides gracilis
)
Scorpion, Striped Bark
(
Uroctonus vittatus
)
Scorpion, Northwest Forest
(
Uroctonus mordax
)
Springtails
CNIDARIA (jellyfish & kin)
Anemone, Caribbean Carpet
(
Stichodactyla helianthus
)
Coral
Portuguese Man-of-wars
Saucer Jelly
(probably
Aurelia aurita
)
ECHINODERMS (starfish, sea urchins & kin)
Brittle-Star, Banded-arm
(
Ophioderma appressum
)
Sea-Cucumber
(
Holothuria impatiens
)
Sea-Urchin, Long-spined
(
Diadema antillarum
)
Sea-Urchin, Variegated
(
Lytechinus variegatus
)
BRYOZOA ("moss animals")
Bryozoa
Bryozoan, encrusting type
(cf.
Membranipora membranacea
)
Bryozoan, White Tangled
(
Bracebridgia subsulcata
)
Sea Fan
SPONGES
Sponge
TARDIGRADES
Water Bear
ANIMAL-LIKE PROTOZOANS
Rotifer
Stentor
Stylonychia
Vorticella
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