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January 31, 2007
Photos from Huntington Beach State Park in Pawley's Island, SC & microscope photos of some items
Copyright 2007 Jo O'Keefe All Rights Reserved
Today I went to the Huntington Beach State Park in Murrells Inlet. Because I was searching for an invasive barnacle, a ranger kindly drove me to the jetty and picked me up when I had walked part way back. While walking, I picked up a few sponges. |
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Red Beard Sponge, Microciona prolifera, on the left and showing a brittle star
on it on the right | |
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| Sponge
-- perhaps Mycale americana | Sponge |
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Sponge
-- possibly
a tube sponge. It had
four stalks until I broke off one. | Excurrent
pore of sponge, oscula |
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star disk | Probably
part of a bryozoan that I pulled off of a sponge |
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Part
of a very young barnacle | |
The
photos below are probably amphipods or parts of them | |
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