Latin Names Flashcards by Jamie Byrne | Brainscape

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Karenia brevis

A

A red-tide causing dinoflagellate

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Palmaria palmata

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A red macroalgae

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Patella vulgata

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Common limpet

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Littorina littorea

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Common periwinkle

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Crepidula fornicata

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Invasive slipper limpet

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Spirobranchius

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Christmas tree worm

A sessile polychaete

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Alitta (Nereis) virens

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Polychaete

Segmented worm

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Arenicola marina

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Detritus-feeding polychaete worm.

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Eunice aphroditois

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Bobbit worm

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Nucula nitidosa

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Clam

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Rhincodon typus

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Whale shark

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Ophiothrix fragilis

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Brittlestar

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Ciona intestinalis

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Sea squirt

An encrusting species

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Eunicella verrucosa

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Sea fan

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Parazoantus axinellae

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Star anemone

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Ballanus ballanoides

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Barnacle

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Avicenniaceae

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Black mangroves

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Rhizophoraceae

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Red mangroves

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Paracentrotus

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Sea urchins

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Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

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Sea urchin

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Melarhaphe neritoides

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Small periwinkle

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Mytilus edulis

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Mussels

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Nucellus lapilus

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Dog whelk

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Pisaster ochracceus

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A starfish.

Keystone predator - predates on mussels and controls the lower limit of the shore.

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Zostera marina

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Sea grass.

only true marine angiosperm

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Carcinus maenas

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Shore crab

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Platichthys flesus

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Flounder

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Palola viridis

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The Palolo worm

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Dermochelys coriacea

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Leatherback turtle