AQUATIC INVERTEBRATE SPECIES OF THE VCR-LTER

Compiled by David J. Yozzo and David E. Smith
November 10, 1993

Scientific Name		Common Name

Microciona prolifera		red beard sponge
Haliplanella luciae		striped anenome
Chrysaora quinquecirrha		sea nettle
Nereis succinea			clam worm
Littorina irrorata		marsh periwinkle
Nassarius obsoletus		mud dog whelk
Melampus bidentatus		coffee bean snail
Hydrobia minuta			swamp hydrobia
Busycon canaliculatum		channeled whelk
Polinices duplicatus		lobed moon shell
Guekensia demissa		ribbed mussel
Crassostrea virginica		American oyster
Ensis directus			common razor clam
Mercenaria mercenaria		hard-shelled clam
Mya arenaria			soft-shelled clam
Spisula solidissima		surf clam
Lolliguncula brevis		brief squid
Tabanus nigrovittatus		greenhead fly
Culicoides spp.			sand flies
Culex spp.			mosquito
Aedes spp.			mosquito
Anopheles spp.			mosquito
Probopyris pandalicola		parasitic isopod
Lironeca ovalis			parasitic isopod
Olencira praegustator		parasitic isopod
Orchestia spp.			beach flea
Gammarus spp.			scud
Limulus polyphemus		Atlantic horseshoe crab
Penaeus spp.			edible shrimp
Palaemonetes pugio		dagger-blade grass shrimp
Squilla empusa			mantis shrimp
Alpheus hetterochaelis		big-clawed snapping shrimp
Pagurus longicarpus		long-clawed hermit crab
Sesarma reticulatum		marsh crab
Uca pugilator			sand fiddler crab
Uca pugnax			mud fiddler crab
Panopeus herbstii		black-fingered mub crab
Libinia emarginata		common spider crab
Callinectes sapidus		blue crab
Ovalipes ocellatus		lady crab
Echinarachnius parma		sand dollar