Seashore Life of Florida and the CaribbeanAuthoritative identification guide by a noted expert illustrates and defines common marine invertebrates and plants of the Atlantic region — from Bermuda and the Bahamas to the West Indies and the Gulf of Mexico. Invertebrates classified by phyla and subcategorized by class, order, family; detailed species description accompanies each entry. Includes color insert. |
Contents
I | 13 |
II | 17 |
III | 19 |
IV | 21 |
VI | 31 |
VIII | 55 |
IX | 56 |
X | 57 |
XIV | 72 |
XVI | 78 |
XVII | 124 |
XIX | 146 |
XX | 153 |
XXI | 154 |
XXIII | 155 |
XXV | 166 |
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Seashore Life of Florida and the Caribbean: A Guide to the Common Marine ... Gilbert L. Voss No preview available - 1980 |
Common terms and phrases
algae animal arms attains a length banded barnacle beach blue bluish body bottom branches branchlets brittle star brownish bushy calcareous calcified carapace Caribbean Caulerpa chelipeds claws colonies color common coral reefs coralline covered crab after Rathbun Ctenophores diameter disc Eunicea FAMILY flat flattened Florida formalin Forsskål goose barnacles grass beds gray grayish green greenish grows hairs hard objects hermit crab incrusting invertebrates jellyfish Lamarck Linnaeus lives Luidia mangrove marine mollusks numerous occurs Octopus orange pale Phylum Pitho plants plates polyps preceding species purple purplish ridges rocks sand sandy Sargassum Sea anemones sea cucumber sea grass sea hare shallow water shell slender smooth specimens spider crab spines Spiny sponge spots stalk starfish teeth tentacles throughout our range tips tropical tube tubercles Tubulanus tunicate turtle grass U.S. National Museum urchin usually walking legs West Indian West Indies whitish width worm yellow yellowish