Salt
Water Aquarium Photos
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Jo O'Keefe All Rights Reserved
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Sargassum
Crab prying open dead Moon Snail, 07/24/07
Sargassum
Crab, 07/11/07
Anemone,
07/20/07
Thorny
Oyster found on Ocean Isle Beach, NC, 07/09/07
Anemone,
07/09/07
Anemones,
05/22/07
Warty
Sea Anemone, Bunodosoma cavernata, 05/02/07
Paranthus
rapiformis, "Onion" Anemone
Sea
Anemone, Calliactis tricolor, adhered to wall on L and open on rock on R
Hairy Sea Cucumber
Forbes
sea star, tube feet and suckers apparent, and crab
Gray
Striped Sea Star, Luidia clathrata -- a Gymnast!
Gray
Striped Sea Star, Luidia clathrata, and Beaded Sea Star, Astropecten articulatus
Beaded
Sea Star, Astropecten
articulatus
Stiff
Pen Shell, Atrina rigida
Calico
Crab
Porcelain
Crab
Crab
gnawing at Hairy Sea Cucumber
The
ubiquitous crab
Sea
Pansies
Purple
Sea Urchin
Open
Giant Atlantic Cockle with mouth showing on L and two siphons on R
Two
small Knobbed Whelks climbing, antenna & siphon visible on L, operculum &
siphon visible on R
Knobbed
Whelk climbing side of aquarium, siphon & antennae showing
Knobbed Whelk attached
to side of aquarium
Sea
Star on Knobbed Whelk, Crab in front