The following species were found on the Maiden Island Windward Reef Ball Breakwater reef within four months of construction of the Reef. A more formal report of species present prior to the reef and species present after construction of the reef is being prepared but this quick report is to allow anyone visiting the project to report sightings of new marine life to use for inclusion in that report.
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Common
Name |
Scientific
Name |
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Angelfish |
French |
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Queen |
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Blennies |
Saddled |
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Boxfish |
Scrawled
Cowfish |
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Spotted
Trunkfish |
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Butterfly
fish |
Banded |
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Foureye |
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Spotfin |
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Chromis |
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Damselfish |
Beaugregory |
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Cocoa |
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Dusky |
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Sergant
Major |
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Threespot |
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Eel |
Green
Moray |
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Sharptail
Eel |
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Spotted
Moray |
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Filefish |
Orangespotted |
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Whitespotted |
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Goatfish |
Spotted |
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Yellow |
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Gobies |
Goldspot |
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Neon |
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Masked |
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Pallid |
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Sharknose |
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Grouper |
Soapfish |
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Barred
Hamlet |
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Grunts |
Bluestriped |
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French |
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Cottonwick |
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Jacks |
Bar |
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Yellow |
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Parrotfish |
Bucktooth |
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Princess |
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Queen |
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Redband |
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Striped |
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Pufferfish |
Balloonfish |
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Bandtail
Puffer |
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Porcupine |
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Sharpnose
Puffer |
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Rays |
Southern
Stingray |
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Spotted
Eagle |
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Seabass |
Creole
fish |
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Sharks |
Blacktip |
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Lemon |
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Scorpionfish |
Reef |
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Snappers |
Gray |
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Mutton |
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Schoolmaster |
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Yellowtail |
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Squirrelfish |
Blackbar
Soldier |
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Reef |
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Squirrelfish |
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Surgeonfish |
Blue Tang |
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Doctorfish |
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Triggerfish |
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Wrasse |
Bluehead |
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Clown |
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Slippery
Dick |
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Yellowhead |
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Puddingwife |
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Others |
Barracuda |
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Bandtail
fish |
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Flying
Gurnard |
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Jawfish |
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Jolthead
Porgy |
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Peacock
Flounder |
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Permit |
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Pompano |
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Mojarra,
Yellowfin |
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Needle
fish |
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Sand
Diver |
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Trumpetfish |
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Dolphin
(mammal) |
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Coral |
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Common
Name |
Scientific
Name |
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Angular
Sea Whip |
Pterogoria
anceps |
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Bent Sea
Rod |
Plexaura
flexuosa |
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Black Sea
Rod |
Plexaura
homomalla |
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Black
Sponge |
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Blushing
Star Coral |
Stephanoceonia
intersepts |
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Boulder
Star Coral |
Montasraea
annularis |
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Bright
Green Finger |
Porites
Porites |
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Corky Sea
Finger |
Briareum
asbestinum |
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Diffuse
Ivory Bush Coral |
Oculina
Diffusa |
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Elkhorn |
Acropora
Palmata |
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Encrusting
Gorgonians |
Erythropodium
caribaeorum |
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Finger |
Porites
Porites |
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Finger |
Porites
Divaricata |
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Fire
Coral |
Millipora |
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Fused
Staghorn |
Acropora
Robusta |
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Gorgonians |
Octocorals |
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Green
Sponge |
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Groved
Brain Coral |
Diploria
labyrinthiformis |
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Knobby
Brain Coral |
Dilorria
clivosa |
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Knobby
Sea Rod |
Eunicea
spp. |
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Lesser
Starlet Coral |
Siderastrea
radians |
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Lettuce
Coral |
Agaricia
Agaricites |
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Mustard Hill
Coral |
Porites
astreoides |
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Porous
Sea Rod |
Pseudoplexaura
spp. |
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Purple
Sponge |
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Red
Sponge |
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Rose
Corals |
Manicina
areolata |
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Sea Plume |
Pseudopterogorgia
spp. |
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Sea
Squirt |
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Sea Whip |
Pterogoria
anceps |
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Solitary
Disks |
Scolymia
wellsi |
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Staghorn |
Acropora
Cervicornis |
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Swollen-Knob
Candelabrum |
Eunicea
mammosa |
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Symentrical
Brain Coral |
Diploria
stringosa |
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Yellow
Pencil Coral |
M.
Mirabellus |
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Invertebrates |
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Common
Name |
Scientific
Name |
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Sponges |
Porifera |
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Candle
sponge |
Verongia
astuaris |
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Branching
candle sponge |
Verongia
longissima |
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Red
finger sponge |
Haliclona
rubens |
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Green
sponge |
Haliclona
viridis |
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Heavenly
sponge |
Dysidea
ethera |
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Red
boring sponge |
Cliona
lampa |
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Chicken
liver sponge |
Chondrilla
nucula |
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White
sponge |
Geodia
gibberosa |
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Yellow
boring sponge |
Siphondictyon
coralliphagum |
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Fire
Sponge |
Tedania ignis |
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Hydroids,
Jellyfish, Anemones |
Cnidaria
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Algae
hydroid |
Thyroscyphus
ramosus |
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Branching
hydroid |
Sertularella
speciosa |
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Stinging
hydroid |
Macrorhynchia
philippina |
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Christmas
tree hydroid |
Pennaria
dysticha |
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Moon
jelly |
Aurelia
aurita |
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Upside
down Jelly |
Cassiopeia
xamachana |
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Sea wasp |
Carybdea
alata |
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Corkscrew
or ringed anemone |
Bartholomea
annulata |
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Pink
Tipped anemone |
Condylactis
gigantea |
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Banded
tube dwelling anemone |
Arachnanthus
nocturnes |
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Encrusting gorgonian |
Erythropodium
caribaeorum |
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Segmented
Worms |
Annelida |
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Medusa
worm |
Loimia
medusa |
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Golden
tube worm |
Cistenides
gouldi |
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Christmas
tree worm |
Spirobranchus
giganteus |
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Magnificent
feather duster |
Sabellastarte
magnifica |
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Elegant
Fanworm |
Hypsicomus
elegans |
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Green
Bristleworm |
Hermodice
carunculata |
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Lug worms |
Arenicola
cristata |
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more of the following: |
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Banded
feather duster |
Sabella
melanostigma |
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Red
banded Fanworm |
Potamilla
forticula |
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Balck
spotted fanworm |
Branchiomma
migromaculota |
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Crabs,
Shrimps, Lobsters |
Crustacea |
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Green
reef crab |
Mithrax
sculptus |
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Ghost
crab |
Ocypode
quadrata |
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Fiddler |
Uca sp. |
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Spider |
Mithrax
sp. |
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Decorator
crab |
Stegocionops
furcata |
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Red
Hermit crab |
Petrochirus
dioganus |
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Common
rock mantis shrimp |
Stomatopoda
gonodactylus |
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Pederson’s
cleaning shrimp |
Periclimenes
pededsoni |
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Spiny
Lobster |
Panulirus
argus |
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Slipper
Lobster |
Panulirus
scyllarides |
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Snails,
Squids, Octopuses, Bivalves |
Mollusca |
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Reef
squid |
Sepioteuthis
sepioidea |
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Lettuce
nudibranch |
Tridachia
crispata |
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Other
nudibranch |
Tridachia
sp. |
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Spiny or
thorny oyster |
Spondylus
americaus |
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Flame
Auger |
Terebra
taurinus |
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Murex |
Murex
cabriti |
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Atlantic
Natica |
Natica
canrena |
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Keyhole
Limpet |
Fissurella
sp. |
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Clam |
Lima |
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Flaming
scallops |
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Sharp
turn scallop |
Pecten
ziczac |
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Cerith |
Cerithium
sp. |
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Octopus |
Octopus
briareus |
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Turbo
snail |
Astreaca
sp. |
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Queen
Conch |
Strombus
gigas |
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Sea
Stars, Sea Urchins, Sea Cucumbers |
Echniodermata |
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Reticulated
or cushion starfish |
Oreaster
reticulates |
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Harlequin
brittle star |
Ophiodena
appressum |
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Basket
star |
Astrophyton
muricatum |
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Rock
boring urchin |
Echniometra
lucunter |
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Varigated
or collector urchin |
Lytechinus
variegatus |
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Sea egg |
Tripneustes
venticosus |
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4 sided
sea cucumber |
Stichopus
badionotus |
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Donkey
Dung Sea cucumber |
Holothuria
mexicana |
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Unidentified
sea biscuits |
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Tunicates |
Chordata |
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Painted
tunicate |
Clavelina
picta |
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Black
tunicate |
Ascidea
nigra |
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Other |
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Sea
squirts |
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Flamingo
Tongue |
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Algae |
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Y
Branched Algae |
Dictyota
sp. |
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Leafy
Flat-blade Alga |
Stypopodium
Zonale |
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White
Scroll Alga |
Padina
Jamaicensis |
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Encrusting
Fan-leaf Alga |
Lobophora
variegata |
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Watercress
Alga |
Halimeda
Opuntia |
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Large
Leaf Watercr. A. |
Halimeda
Discoidea |
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Stalked
Lettuce Alga |
Halimeda
Tuna |
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Small-Leaf
Hanging Vine |
Halimeda
Goreaui |
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Large-Leaf
Hanging Vine |
Halimeda
Copiosa |
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Three
Finger Leaf Alga |
Halimeda
Incrassata |
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Green
Jointed-Stalk A. |
Halimeda
Monile |
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Flat-Top
Bristle Brush |
Penicillus
Pyriformis |
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Green
Feather Alga |
Caulerpa
sertularoides |
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Oval-Blade
Alga |
Caulerpa
Prolifera |
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Sea Pearl |
Ventricaria
Ventricosa |
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Green
Bubble Weed |
Dictyosphaeria
Cavernosa |
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Papyrus
Print Alga |
Anadyomene
Stellata |
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Paddle
Blade Alga |
Avrainvillea
Longicaulis |
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Mermaid's
Fan |
Udotea
sp. |
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Pinecone
Alga |
Rhipocephalus
Phoenix |
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Tubular
Thicket Algae |
Galaxaura
sp. |
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Pink
Segmented Alga |
Jania
Adherens |
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Flat Twig
Alga |
Amphiroa
Tribulus |
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Y-Twig
Alga |
Amphiroa
Rigida |
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Lavender
Crust Algae |
Phylum
Rhodota |
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Caulerpa
Toxifolia |
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