Marine Animals
Sunset Beach, North Carolina
against a photo of the sky over Sunset Beach, darkest at the top
Copyright 20010 Jo O'Keefe All Rights Reserved
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Roughtail
Stingray, Dasyatis centroura
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Ghost
Shrimp, female, Callichiurus major, Sunset Beach, NC, 04/10/10
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Albunea
paretii -- Mole Crab, Sunset Beach, NC, 04/05/10
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Astropecten
sp.
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A
piebald deer with four other deer at the border of Sunset Beach and
Bird Island, NC, 03/23/09. All are White-tailed deer, Odocoileus
virginianus, photos by Dottie Brown
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Red
Fox, November 27, 2008 -- not a marine animal but roaming the dune area
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Sand
Dollar, Live
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Sand
Dollar with Sabellarid Worms and Tubes
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Sea
Star, Astropectin articulatus
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Forbes
Sea Star
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Sea
Star, Luidia Cathrata
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Hairy
Sea Cucumber
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Hairy
Sea Cucumber
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Hydromedusa
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Portuguese
Man-o-War, Physalia physalis
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Cannonball
Jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris. live
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Moon
Jellyfish
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Australian
Spotted Jellyfish, Phyllorhiza punctata, an invasive, nonindigenous
species
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Sea
Whip, soft coral, covered with polyps
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Sea
Pansy, Renilla reniformis, soft coral
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Warty
Sea Anemone, Bunodosoma cavernata
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Sea
onion anemone, Paranthus rapiformis
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Octopi,
Octopus vulgaris
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Sea
Hare, live
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Sea
Squirts
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Colonial
tunicate, Eudistoma hepaticum, sea liver
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Colonial
Tunicate, Aplidium stellatum, sea pork
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The
two most common species of sponges
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Blue
Crab, Callinectes sapidus
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Ghost
Crab, Ocypode quadrata
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Iridescent
swimming crab, Portunus gibbesii
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Horseshoe
crab, Limulus polyphemus
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Speckled
Crab, Arenaeus cribrarius
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Spider
Crab
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Ark
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Lettered
Olive, Oliva sayana
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Knobbed
Whelk, Busycon carica, live
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Channeled
Whelks, Busycon canaliculatum, live
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Smooth
Dogfish Shark, Mustelus canis
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Probably
Southern Stingray, Dasyatis americana
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Drum
of some sort, perhaps Spot or Croaker, stranded in a tide pool after
the water seeped out
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American
Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis
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Dolphin
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Goats
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