Rachel Carson - The Edge of the Sea

Callinectes sapidus

Cancer borealis

Cape Cod

Cape Hatteras

Cape Lookout

Carcinides maenas

Cardinal fish

Cardisoma guanhumi

Caretta caretta

Cask shell ( Tonna galea )

Cat’s eye

Cerianthus americanus

Cerithidea costata

Chaetopterus variopedatus

Chelonia mydas

Chiton; West Indian ( Chiton tuberculatum )

Chondrus crispus

Cistenides gouldi

Clam, bloody ( Anadara ovalis ); coquina ( Donax variabilis ); razor; red-nose or rock-borer ( Hiatella arctica ); soft-shell ( Mya arenaria )

Clam worm ( Nereis virens )

Clava leptostyla

Cloth of gold

Clupea harengus

Clypeaster subdepressus

Cod ( Gadus callarias )

Coelenterates

Coenobita clypeatus

Coffee-bean shell ( Melampus bidentatus )

Comb jelly ( Pleurobrachia pileus or Mnemiopsis leidyi )

Conch; fighting ( Strombus alatus ); horse ( Pleuroploca gigantea ); king crown or common crown ( Melongena corona ); queen ( Strombus gigas )

Coral

Coral coast, intertidal life

Coral reef flats, life of

Coral reefs, life of

Coralline algae (sp. Lithothamnion )

Cowfish ( Lactophrys trigonus ),

Crab, blue ( Callinectes sapidus ); fiddler ( Uca pugilator, Uca pugnax ); gall ( Cryptochirus corallicola ); ghost ( Ocypode albicans ); green ( Carcinides maenas ); hermit; hermit, purple-clawed ( Coenobita clypeatus ); horseshoe ( Limulus polyphemus ); Jonah ( Cancer borealis ); mole ( Emerita talpoida ); pea ( Pinnixa chaetopterana ); spider ( Stenorynchus seticornis ); stone ( Menippe mercenaria ); white ( Cardisoma guanhumi )

Crepidula fornicata

Cryptochirus corallicola

Ctenophore, ( see also Comb jelly)

Cucumaria frondosa

Currents, relation to shore life

Cuvier

Cyanea capillata

Cymodocea manitorum

Cyphoma gibbosum

Diadema antillarum

Diatoms

Diopatra cupraea

Dodecaceria

Donax variabilis

Duke University

Dulse

Echinoderms

Echinometra lucunter

Ectocrines

Eels, rock ( Pholis gunnellus ); sand or launce ( Ammodytes americanus )

Emerita talpoida

Enteromorpha intestinalis

Equatorial Current

Erectmochelys imbricata

Etrumeus sadina

Eucidaris tribuloides

Eunice fucata

Evolution toward land life, examples of: beach flea; coffee bean shell; ghost crab; periwinkles; hermit crab; white crab.

Fasciolaria hunteria ,

Fierasfer bermudaensis

“Fireworms,”

Florida Keys, geologic history; life of; sands

Flotsam, shells in; strays found in

Flustrella hispida

Foraminifera

Fossil records

Fucus edentatus

Fucus spiralis

Fucus vesiculosis

Gadus callarias

Geologic history of Atlantic seacoast

Gerard, John

Gigartina stellata

Glauconite

Gorgonia flabellum

Gorgonians; Leptogorgia sp.; Pterogorgia acerosa , Xiphigorgia anceps

Grasses, sea; inhabitants of

Gray snapper

Gulf Stream,

Gulls

Halichondria panicea

Hawk Channel

Henricia sanguinolenta

Herring, round ( Etrumeus sadina ); sea ( Clupea harengus )

Hiatella arctica

Hibernation of shore animals

Hippocampus hudsonius

Holdfasts, laminarian, inhabitants of

Holothurians, 277– ( see also Sea cucumber)

Horn shell ( Cerithidea costata )

Horny corals ( see Gorgonians)

Horse conch ( Pleuroploca gigantea )

Horse mussel ( Volsella modiolus )

Hydroid, club-headed ( Clava leptostyla ); pink-hearted ( Tubularia crocea ); sertularian ( Sertularia pumila )

Hydroids

Irish moss ( Chondrus crispus ); inhabitants of

Janthina janthina

Jellyfish, red or arctic ( Cyanea capillata ); white or moon jelly ( Aurelia aurita )

Jingle shell ( Anomia simplex )

Jupiter Inlet

Kelp; arctic; horsetail ( Laminaria digitata ); long-stalked ( Laminaria longicruris ); sugar ( Laminaria saccharina ); winged ( Alaria esculenta )

Lactophrys trigonus

Laminaria digitata

Laminaria longicruris

Laminaria saccharina

Laminarian seaweeds

Laver, purple ( Porphyra umbilicalis )

Leathesia difformis

Lepas fascicularis

Lepidonotus squamatus

Leucosolenia botryoides

Lichen, bearded ( Usnea barbata ); wall ( Thelochistes parietinus )

Ligia exotica

Limpet ( Acmaea testudinalis )

Limulus polyphemus

Linkia guildingii

Lithophaga bisulcata

Lithothamnion sp.

Littorina angulifera

Littorina littorea

Littorina neritoides

Littorina obtusata

Littorina saxatilis

Lobster, spiny ( Panulirus argus )

Lugworm ( Arenicola marina )

Luidea clathrata

Lunatia heros

Manatee grass ( Cymodocea manitorum )

Mangrove ( Rhizophora mangle )

Mannitol

Marl

Martesia cuneiformis

Melampus bidentatus

Mellita testudinata

Melongena corona

Membranipora pilosa

Menhaden ( Brevoortia tyrannus )

Menippe mercenaria

Merluccius bilinearis

Metridium dianthus

Miami oölite

Microporella ciliata

Minnows, salt-water

Mnemiopsis leidyi

Moira atropos

Mollusks

Monhegan Island

Moon, influence on tides; on vegetation

Moon jelly ( Amelia aurita )

Moon snail ( Polinices duplicatus or Lunatia heros )

Mount Desert Island

Murlin ( Alaria esculenta )

Mussel, common or blue ( Mytilus edulis ); enemies of; habitat and life cycle; and Sertularians

Mussel, date ( Lithophaga bisulcata )

Mussel, horse ( Volsella modiolus )

Mya arenaria

Myrtle Beach

Mytilus edulis ( see Mussel, common or blue)

Nautilus, paper ( Argonauta argo )

Needlefish ( Tylosura raphidoma )

Nemerteans

Nereid worms

Nereis virens

Nerite ( Nerita peloronta or Nerita versicolor )

Noetia ponderosa

Nomeus gronovii

Oarweeds

Octopus ( Octopus vulgaris )

Ocypode albicans

Old man’s beard ( Usnea barbata )

Onchidium floridanum

Oölitic limestone

Opercula

Ophiocoma echinata

Ophiopholis aculeata

Oreaster reticulatus

Ostracods

Ostrea frons

Oysters; larval; mangrove ( Ostrea frons ); pearl ( Pteria colymbus )

Palolo worm, Atlantic ( Eunice fucata )