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Autor

sahanasimo

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Octubre 8, 2019

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Vinagrillos (Género Salicornia)

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sahanasimo

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Octubre 8, 2019

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sahanasimo

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Octubre 11, 2019

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sahanasimo

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Octubre 11, 2019

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sahanasimo

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Octubre 11, 2019

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Camarón de Muelle (Pandalus danae)

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sahanasimo

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Octubre 11, 2019

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Autor

sahanasimo

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Octubre 7, 2019

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Anémona Plumosa (Metridium senile)

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sahanasimo

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Octubre 7, 2019

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sahanasimo

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Enero 2, 2016

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Anémona Plumosa (Metridium senile)

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sahanasimo

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Octubre 7, 2019

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Autor

sahanasimo

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Octubre 7, 2019

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sahanasimo

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Abril 25, 2019 a las 03:00 PM UTC

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Common Name: Horned Stalked Jellyfish

Location Found: Grimes Cove, Boothbay, ME

Habitat Found: Usually found in the subtidal zone, attached to algae or rock

Physical Description: The Horned Stalked Jellyfish has eight paired arms and is usually light yellow or white in coloration

Fun Fact: The Horn Stalked Jellyfish can undergo locomotion by moving its stalk, or even releasing its stalk and "walking" on its tentacles

Information found here: http://www.seawater.no/fauna/cnidaria/quadricornis.html

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sahanasimo

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Abril 25, 2019 a las 03:00 PM UTC

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Scientific Name: Tonicella marmorea

Common Name: Mottled Red Chiton

Location Found: Grimes Cove, Boothbay, ME

Habitat Found: Found on rocks and other hard substrates, from shallow water to 90 meters

Physical Description: The eight valves of this chiton are dull, and the mantle is smooth and leathery. The color is variable and includes mottled, reddish, brown, bluish, green, purple and pink.

Fun Fact: This chiton feeds on algae as well as sponges, hydroids and bryozoans

Information found in Marine Life of the North Atlantic by Andrew J. Martinez

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Cangrejo de Rocas del Atlantico (Cancer irroratus)

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sahanasimo

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Abril 17, 2019 a las 12:00 PM UTC

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Scientific Name: Cancer irroratus

Common Name: Atlantic Rock Crab

Location Found: Nahant, MA

Habitat Found: Found on rocky shores, intertidally to 780 meters

Physical Description: Carapace is broad, convex, and inundated with fine granulations. The color of the carapace is yellowish with many brick red to purple red or purple brown dots.

Fun Fact: Rock Crabs are highly edible and are commonly served in Maine

Information found in Marine Life of the North Atlantic by Andrew J. Martinez

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Bogavante Americano (Homarus americanus)

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sahanasimo

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Abril 22, 2019 a las 09:00 AM UTC

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Common Name: American Lobster or Northern Lobster

Location Found: Grimes Cove, Boothbay, ME

Habitat Found: Found on rocky and sandy bottoms, from shallow water to 600 meters

Physical Description: The body of the American lobster is composed of two main parts, the cylindrical cephalothorax, and the abdomen. The head has two pairs of antennae, and one pair of eyes on stalks. The color of the American lobster is usually greenish brown or orangish, but can be blue or red

Fun Fact: During the colonial era, lobsters were routinely fed to prisoners because their abundance made them one of the cheapest sources of protein and they were not regarded as the delicacies that they are today

Information found in Marine Life of the North Atlantic by Andrew J. Martinez

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Esponjas Y Parientes (Filo Porifera)

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sahanasimo

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Abril 23, 2019

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sahanasimo

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Abril 22, 2019 a las 09:30 AM UTC

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Common Name: Sea Lace or Kelp Lace Bryozoan

Location Found: Grimes Cove, Boothbay, ME

Habitat Found: Found growing on almost everything, from hard substrates to algae. Found from the low-tide line to shallow water

Physical Description: The colonies of this bryozoan are lacy crusts of irregular shapes. The zooids are rectangular with a membranous frontal wall. They are white in color

Fun Fact: This bryozoan is common on kelp

Information from Marine Life of the North Atlantic by Andrew J. Martinez

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sahanasimo

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Abril 22, 2019 a las 09:00 AM UTC

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Common Name: Dwarf Balloon Eolis or Club-Gilled Nudibranch

Location Found: Grimes Cove, Boothbay, ME

Habitat Found: Found among hydroids, in shallow water

Physical Description: On either side of this nudibranch there are five to ten plump, banded cerata. The body is usually translucent brown, while the cerata have reddish bands

Fun Fact: This nudibranch is very uncommon

Information was found in Marine Life of the North Atlantic by Andrew J. Martinez

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Tunicado Marino Asiático (Botrylloides violaceus)

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sahanasimo

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Abril 22, 2019 a las 09:00 AM UTC

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Scientific Name: Botrylloides violaceus

Common Name: Violet Tunicate or Orange Sheath Tunicate

Location Found: Grimes Cove, Boothbay, ME

Habitat Found: Found on the hard substrate in bays and protected areas, from the low-tide line to shallow water

Physical Description: This colonial tunicate forms a thin, soft, fleshy crust. The zooids are arranged in twisting rows. The color is variable, ranging from orange to yellow and red

Fun Fact: This tunicate replicates by budding, which occurs in the lateral regions of the body

Information found in Marine Life of the North Atlantic by Andrew J. Martinez

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Cangrejo Verde Europeo (Carcinus maenas)

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sahanasimo

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Abril 17, 2019 a las 12:00 PM UTC

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Common Name: European Green Crab

Location Found: Canoe Beach, Nahant, MA

Habitat Found: Rocky shores and bottoms, intertidally to shallow water

Physical Description: The carapace of the European Green Crab is wider than it is long. There are three frontal teeth, along with five on either side of the eye sockets. The carapace of males is green, and the ventral side is yellowish

Fun Fact: The European Green Crab is an invasive species

Information found in Marine Life of the North Atlantic by Andrew J. Martinez

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sahanasimo

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Marzo 29, 2019 a las 12:00 PM UTC

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Common Name: Common Sand Dollar

Location: Crane Beach, Ipswich, MA

Habitat Found: Found on sandy bottoms, from the low-tide line to 1 mile deep

Physical Description: The Common Sand Dollar is flat with a very thin test, and a five-point, petal-like pattern of tiny holes on its upper surface. The mouth, located underneath in the center of the animal, has five branching grooves leading to it

Fun Fact: The purplish color of the live sand dollar is very soluble and staines indelibly

Information found in Marine Life of the North Atlantic by Andrew J. Martinez

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sahanasimo

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Abril 13, 2019 a las 03:32 PM ADT

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Common Name: Common Slipper Snail

Location Found: Pump House Beach, Nahant MA

Habitat Found: Found intertidally to 12 m on hard substrates

Physical Description: The shell is convexed with a coiled apex turned down to one side. Because the shape is determined by the object to which it is attached, some shells are flatter than others. Both the interior and exterior of the shell are white with brown markings

Fun Fact: These gastropods are often found in stacks where the bottom shell is the female and the top shell is the male. The shells in the middle have undergone a sex change and are hermaphrodites

Information found in Marine Life of the North Atlantic by Andrew J. Martinez

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Anémona Plumosa (Metridium senile)

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sahanasimo

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Abril 16, 2019

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Common Name: Plumose Anemone or Frilled Anemone

Location Found: Canoe Beach, Nahant MA

Habitat Found: Found on solid substrate, intertidally to 45.5 meters

Physical Description: The Frilled Anemone has a tall, smooth column with a widely expanded oral disk. The disk is divided into waved lobes and is surrounded by many small, slender tentacles. The column of these anemones can be brownish, white, or cream colored. The tentacles are whitish.

Fun Fact: The Frilled Anemone can reproduce both asexually and sexually.

Information Found in Marine Life of the North Atlantic by Andrew J. Martinez

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sahanasimo

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Abril 17, 2019

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Common Name: Rough Barnacle

Location Found: Canoe Beach, Nahant MA

Habitat Found: Found on hard surfaces, intertidally to subtidally

Physical Description: The shape of the Common Barnacle is variable; it is usually conical, found in dense colonies, rough and elongated.

Fun Fact: The Common Barnacle is hermaphroditic, but cannot fertilize itself. Gametes are transferred with a penis which may be up to 7.5 centimeters long

Found in Marine Life of the North Atlantic by Andrew J. Martinez

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Ostras Y Ostiones (Familia Ostreidae)

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sahanasimo

Fecha

Abril 17, 2019

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Common Name: Common Oyster

Location Found: Canoe Beach, Nahant MA

Habitat Found: Water of reduced salinity, intertidally to subtidally, in depths up to 12 m

Physical Description: The shape of the common oyster is extremely variable; it is influenced by the medium on which the oyster grows and the surrounding location.

Fun Fact: Large oysters can release up to 100 million eggs per spawn, and they may spawn several times a year.

Information found in Marine Life of the North Atlantic by Andrew J. Martinez

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sahanasimo

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Abril 12, 2019 a las 01:36 PM EDT

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Common Name: Red Gilled Nudibranch

Location Found: Off of Canoe Beach, Nahant MA

Habitat Found: Found on seaweeds and rocks from low-tide line to deep water

Physical Description: Red-gilled nudibranchs are characterized by their clustered branchiae (gills) tipped with a white ring.

Fun Fact: Red Gilled Nudibranchs can sequester the nematocysts of their prey to use for defense

Information found in Marine Life of the North Atlantic by Andrew J. Martinez.

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sahanasimo

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Abril 12, 2019 a las 01:34 PM EDT

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Common Name: Forbe's Sea Star

Location Found: Off of Canoe Beach, Nahant MA

Habitat Found: Found intertidally on rocky, sandy and gravelly bottoms up to 45 meters.

Physical Description: Forebsi normally has 5 arms, though it can be found with 4 to 7. Madreporite is normally orange.

Fun Fact: Releases free-floating eggs into the water column.

Information found in Marine Life of the North Atlantic by Andrew J. Martinez

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sahanasimo

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Abril 12, 2019 a las 12:26 PM EDT

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Common Name: Flat Periwinkle or Smooth Periwinkle

Location Found: Dive Beach, Nahant MA

Habitat Found: Found intertidally on Fucus and Ascophyllum nodosum

Physical Description: Small gastropod with a low spire and four whorls, the last of which is the largest. Usually brownish yellow or orange yellow in coloration, but can be green, black or brown.

Fun Fact: The Smooth Periwinkle lays its egg masses directly on brown algae

Information found in Marine Life of the North Atlantic by Andrew J. Martinez

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Mejillón Azul del Atlántico Norte (Mytilus edulis)

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sahanasimo

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Abril 12, 2019 a las 12:25 PM EDT

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Common Name: Blue Mussel

Location Found: Dive Beach, Nahant MA

Habitat Found: Found on solid substrate, rocky shores and wharf pilings–intertidally to several feet deep

Physical Description: Elongated and narrow-ended filter-feeding bivalve. Blue black to purple blue in color.

Fun Fact: Blue mussels can switch locations by moving their foot, attaching new byssal threads, and releasing their old ones.

Information found in Marine Life of the North Atlantic by Andrew J. Martinez

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sahanasimo

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Marzo 26, 2019 a las 01:00 PM EDT

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Common Name: Dog Whelk or Atlantic Dogwinkle

Location Found: Pump House Beach, Nahant MA

Habitat Found: Rocky intertidal

Physical Description: The shell is rough, thick, pointed at both ends and contains 5 whorls, a short spire, and a blunt apex. The color of the shell varies from white to yellow to brown.

Fun Fact: The food source of the dog whelk partially determines the color of its shell

Information from Marine Life of the North Atlantic by Andrew J. Martinez

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