Crumb of Bread Sponge: Halichondria panicea.
This web page is a continuation of Seashore Creatures From Beaches of the New York Bight.
Crumb of Bread Sponge: Halichondria panicea.
Northern Stony Coral: Astrangia danas.
Calcareous worm shell. (The larger example is from Virginia; the
smaller specimen from Sandy Hook
contains worm tubes attached to an oyster shell.)
Little Skate egg cases.
Seahorse. (This creature is actually a fish!)
Crusher plates from shell-eating drum fish. (Often found as
fossils in the NY Bight area.)
Chitinous operculum of a moon snail. This feature serves as
trapdoor protecting
the body of the snail in the closed shell (shell in lower
center).
Oyster shell chewed up by boring sponges.
Clam-bored wood.
Many other species of invertebrates have been reported in the
literature about the New York Bight region. We will add them as
we find them!
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Phil Stoffer and Paula
Messina
CUNY, Earth & Environmental Science, Ph.D. Program
Hunter College, Department of Geography
Brooklyn College, Department of Geology
In cooperation with
Gateway National Recreational Area
U.S. National Park Service
Copyright May, 1996
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