Join us as REEF Co-Executive Director, Dr. Christy Semmens continues to teach us how to identify some of the common invertebrate and algae species of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean region! To watch the recording of part 1, visit this page.
Photo by Frederico Cardigos@ImagDOP
Species taught in this session:
Porifera - Sponge
Volcano Sponge, Tedania anhelans
Cnidaria - Cnidaria
Berried Anemone, Alicia mirabilis
Black Coral, Antipathella wollastoni
Yellow Encrusting Anemone, Parazoanthus sp.
Purple-striped Jelly, Pelagia noctiluca
Mollusca - Mollusk
Black Sea Hare, Aplysia fasciata
Edmund's Nudibranch, Felimida edumunsi
Mid-Atlantic Nudibranch, Felimare midatlantica
Dotted Sea Slug, Peltodoris atromaculata
Azorean Aeolid, Caloria elegans
Common Octopus, Octopus vulgaris
Rough Pen Shell, Pinna rudis
Triton Snail, Charonia lampas
Arthropoda - Arthropod
Giant Barnacle, Megabalanus azoricus
Narval Shrimp, Plesionika narval
Mediterranean Slipper Lobster, Scyllarides latus
Urochordata - Tunicate
Button Tunicate, Distaplia corolla
Algae
Rough Coralline Algae, Coralina elongata
Thorn Algae, Cystoseira abies-marina