Rachel Carson - The Edge of the Sea

Panulirus argus

Parchment worm ( Chaetopterus variopedatus )

Pearl fish ( Fierasfer bermudaensis )

Pen shell ( Atrina rigida or Atrina serrata )

Periwinkle, beaded ( Tectarius muricatus ); common ( Littorina littorea ); European rock ( Littorina neritoides ); mangrove ( Littorina angulifera ); rough or rock ( Littorina saxatilis ); smooth ( Littorina obtusata )

Petaloconchus

Phaeophyceae

Pholis gunnellus

Physalia pelagica

Piddock, wood ( Martesia cuneiformis )

Pinnixa chaetopterana

Pipefish ( Syngnathus sp.)

Platyhelminths

Pleurobrachia pileus

Pleuroploca gigantea

Pliny

Plumed worm ( Diopatra cupraea )

Polinices duplicatus

Polysiphonia lanosa

Ponderous ark ( Noetia ponderosa )

Porphyra umbilicalis

Portuguese man-of-war ( Physalia pelagica )

Pourtalès Plateau

Protophytes

Protozoans

Purple sail ( Veletta mutica )

Purpurin

Radula, dog whelk; limpet; periwinkle

Ralfsia verrucosa

Ramshorn shell ( Spirula spirula )

Red tides

Redi

Renilla reniformis

Rhizophora mangle

Rhodymenia palmata

Ribbon worms

Rock tripe ( Umbilicaria sp.)

Rocks as records of history

Rockweed ( see Wrack)

Rocky shores, life of

Sand, fauna of; types of

Sand anemone ( Cerianthus americanus )

Sand dollar ( Mellita testudinata )

Sand hopper ( see Beach flea)

Sangamon interglacial period

Sanibel Island

Scale worm ( Lepidonotus squamatus )

Scaphanders

Screwshell snail (Terebra)

Scyphozoans

Sea anemone, arctic; plumose ( Metridium dianthus )

Sea birds, ( see also Gulls)

Sea biscuit ( Clypeaster subdepressus )

Sea bottle ( Valonia macrophysa )

Sea colander ( Agarum turneri )

Sea cucumber; northern ( Cucumaria frondosa ); West Indian ( Actinopyga agassizi )

Sea fan ( Gorgonia flabellum )

Sea finger ( Alcyonium digitatum )

Sea grape ( Molgula manhattensis )

Sea grasses; inhabitants of

Sea hare ( Aplysia dactylomela )

Sea horse ( Hippocampus hudsonius )

Sea lace ( Membranipora pilosa ); ( Microporella ciliata )

Sea mat ( Flustrella hispida )

Sea moss ( see Irish moss)

Sea mouse ( Aphrodite aculeata )

Sea pansy ( Renilla reniformis )

Sea pens

Sea pork ( Amaroucium sp.)

Sea potato ( Leathesia difformis )

Sea roach ( Ligia exotica )

Sea spider

Sea squirts

Sea star ( Oreaster reticulatus )

Sea tangle ( Laminaria saccharina )

Sea turtles, green ( Chelonia my das ); hawksbill ( Erectmochelys imbricata ); loggerhead ( Caretta caretta )

Sea urchins; green ( Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis ); heart ( Moira atropos ); keyhole ( Mellita testudinata ); long-spined ( Diadema antillarum ); rock-boring ( Echinometra lucunter ); slate-pencil ( Eucidaris tri-buloides )

Sea vase ( Ciona intestinalis )

Sea whip ( see Gorgonians)

Seaweeds, exposed coast; sheltered coast, ( see also Irish moss and Wrack)

Seed plants

Sertularia pumila

Shackleford Shoals

Shipworm ( Teredo navalis )

Shoals, fauna of

Shrimp; ghost ( Callianassa stimpsoni ); mantis ( Squilla empusa ); snapping ( Synalpheus brooksi )

Siphonophores

Skates

Slipper shell ( Crepidula fornicata )

Snail, banded tulip shell ( Fasciolaria hunteria ); flamingo-tongue ( Cyphoma gibbosum ); moon or sand collar ( Polinices duplicatus or Lunatia heros ); nerite ( Nerita peloranta or Nerita versicolor ); screwshell ( Terebra ); vermetid ( Petaloconchus ); violet ( Janthina janthina ), ( see also Periwinkle and Whelk)

Snellius

Soft coral ( Alcyonium digitatum )

Sphaerella

Spheciospongia vesparia

Spirorbis borealis

Spirula spirula

Sponge; crumb-of-bread ( Halichondria panicea ); Leucosolenia botryoides; loggerhead ( Spheciospongia vesparia ); sulphur ( Cliona celata )

Squids

Squilla empusa

Starfish; blood-red ( Henricia sanguinolenta ); common ( Asterias forbesi ); giant ( Oreaster reticulatus ); Linkia guildingii; Luidea clathrata; northern ( Asterias vulgaris )

Stenorynchus seticornis

Sting ray

Strombus alatus

Strombus gigas

Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Surf zone; dwellers in

Synalpheus brooksi

Syngnathus sp.

Talorchestia longicornis

Tectarius muricatus

Tellin, rose ( Tellina lineata )

Temperature, and climatic change; and effects on sea life; influence of ocean currents on

Ten Thousand Islands

Terebra

Teredo navalis

Thais lapillus

Thalassia testudinum

Thallophytes

Thelochistes parietinus

Tidal zones of life

Tide-pool insect ( Anurida maritima )

Tide pools

Tides and biological rhythm; effects on reproduction; neap; range on Atlantic coast; semi-diurnal rhythm of; spring

Toadfish

Tonna galea

Transverse ark ( Anadara transversa )

Trepang

Trumpet worm ( Cistenides gouldi )

Tube-building worms

Tubularia crocea

Tulip shell, banded ( Fasciolaria hunteria )

Tunicate, golden-star ( Botryllus schlosseri )

Turkey wing ( Area zebra )

Turtle grass ( Thalassia testudinum )

Turtles, green, hawksbill, loggerhead

Tylosura raphidoma

Tyrian purple

Uca pugilator and Uca pugnax

Umbilicaria sp.

Usnea barbata

Valonia macrophysa

Velella mutica

Vermetid snails ( Petaloconchus and Vermicularia )

Violet snail ( Janthina janthina )

Volsella modiolus

Whelk; channeled ( Busycon canaliculatum ); common ( Buccinum undatum ); dog ( Thais lapillus ); knobbed ( Busycon carica )

“White water”

Whiting ( Merluccius bilinearis )

Wood piddock ( Martesia cuneiformis )

“Worm rock”

Wrack; bladder ( Fucus vesiculosis ); channeled ( Pelvetia canaliculata ); forked ( Fucus edentatus ); knotted ( Ascophyllum nodosum ); spiral ( Fucus spiralis )

Zoanthus sociatus

Zones of life, tidal

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Introduction copyright © 1998 by Sue Hubble

Text copyright © 1955 by Rachel L. Carson

Text copyright © renewed 1983 by Roger Christie

Illustrations copyright © 1955 by Robert W. Hines

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