Annelida

Enter the segmented world of the bristleworms, found from the ocean’s depths to the high tide line. Sedentary terrebellids live under rocks in tubes, with a spectacular floral array of tentacles coming from their heads, while errant nereids meander about the mud. There are scyllid polychaetes so small, they may only be seen by teasing apart the tissues of sponges.

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F-2561 SEA CATFISH,

They are a sleek saltwater catfish that cleans up the bottom. Adult males carry and hatch the eggs in their mouths. Size 10-30 cm.

$22.50

AS-24 ECHINODERM ASSORTMENTS

Since there are no fresh water echinoderms, this is one of the most popular phylogenetic assortments, with collections of writhing brittlestars lashing their snaky arms, bristling sea urchins and burrowing sand dollars. Sea cucumbers, shaped as their name implies, tunnel through the sediments like earthworms taking up nutrients and starfish creep up the aquarium glass, wrapping their arms around tunicates, or chopped clams. Sand stars emerge from sand and “speed” along the bottom, on raised tubed feet when a bit of food is dropped in the tank. These assortments usually include two or three of every listing, and sometimes there are surprises such as sea biscuits and other echinoderms.

$135.00 – $270.00

AS-23 ARTHROPOD ASSORTMENTS

Included are amphipods, isopods, barnacles, crabs, shrimp, hermit crabs, and horseshoe crabs.

$135.00 – $270.00

AS-18 COELENTERATE ASSORTMENTS

Includes colorful anemones from our tanks, hydroid, corals, gorgonians, sea pansies and if scyphozoan jellyfish are pulsating in our bay, they are included along with shimmering examples of the phylum Ctenophora.

$135.00 – $270.00

AS-17 SPONGE ASSORTMENTS

Includes an array of brightly colored sponges that can range from different shades of green, blue, pink or yellow. Species may include red beard, yellow ball, devil’s finger and crumb of bread sponge.

$135.00 – $270.00

AS-22 MOLLUSK ASSORTMENTS:

  • Included are chitons, clams, mussels, whelks, snails, and nudibranchs. When abundant, scaphopods and/or frilled sea hares may be included.

$135.00 – $270.00

AS-26 MARINE ALGAE ASSORTMENT:

Create your own botanical gardens with our collection of semi-tropical macroscopic benthic marine algae. Phyla represented include Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta, Phaeophyta, and Cyanophyta.

$99.00 – $129.50

AS-260 FISH ASSORTMENT

The greatest diversity of fish form and function is found among marine species. Here the flat fishes, flounders, hog chokers, tonguefish, represent the epitomy of depression, and eels are the most elongate. Blowfish inflate themselves, and pipefish, looking like blades of grass, are perfect in camouflage. While these examples are likely to turn up in our fish assortment, there is no predicting the diversity and variety that will be provided. It is always a pleasant surprise.

$135.00 – $216.50

AS-25 CHORDATE ASSORTMENT:

Includes non-vertebrate chordates: solitary, colonial, and encrusting tunicates and amphioxus

$135.00 – $191.00

AS-18 CNIDARIAN ASSORTMENTS:

Colorful anemones from our tanks, hydroid, corals, gorgonians, sea pansies and if scyphozoan jellyfish are pulsating in our bay, they are included along with shimmering examples of the phylum Ctenophora.

$135.00 – $270.00

F-2561 SEA CATFISH,

Arius felis

They are a sleek saltwater catfish that cleans up the bottom. Adult males carry and hatch the eggs in their mouths. Size 10-30 cm.

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$22.50

Hardhead sea catfish (Arius felis)

F-2560 SOUTHERN PUFFER,

Spheroides nephelus

A drab smooth-skinned fish that will inflate itself into a tight, buoyant, impregnable ball when handled. Size: 10-14 cm.

$25.50

Southern puffer (Spheroides nephelus)

F-2550 COWFISH,

Lactophrys tricornis

It has a fused armor giving it a hard-shelled, triangular un-fishlike body. Colorful blue, green and yellow fish with two prominent horns over its eyes.

$25.50

A cowfish (Lactophrys tricornis)

F-2545 GREY TRIGGERFISH,

Balistes capriscus

Known mostly for their sharp “triggered” dorsal spine, these territorial grey triggerfish are a sight to see both locally in the Gulf of Mexico and ranging throughout the western Atlantic Ocean.

$80.50

Grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) at Gulf Specimen Marine Lab and Aquarium.

F-2540 PLANEHEAD FILEFISH,

Monacanthus hispidus

Their names come from their sandpapery skin, fishermen once used their hides to strike matches. Their dorsal spine has a trigger-like mechanism that makes it spring erect when they are threatened. Size: 4-8 cm.

$13.00 – $17.00

F-2530 CLINGFISH/ SKILLET FISH,

Gobiesox strumosus

Small fish shaped like a skillet; with a broad head and narrow body. The pelvic fins are actually a large, broad suction disc. Clingfish are usually found hiding in or on the shells around oyster bars and seagrass beds. Size: 4-6 cm.

$24.50

Clingfish or skilletfish (Gobiesox strumosus)

F-2510 BLACK-CHEEKED TONGUEFISH,

Symphurus plagiusa

Small, flat, left-eyed fishes that taper to a point — “tongue-shaped” — hence the name. They are bottom-dwelling fish, common in the muddy bottoms of bays and estuaries feeding on small crustaceans and polychaete worms. Size 6-12 cm.

$20.00

F-2500 HOG CHOKER,

Trinectes maculatus

This flatfish stays buried and looks like a baby flounder but seldom grows larger than six inches. Probably named from the days when hogs roamed the beaches and gobbled up fish as fast as seine fishermen dragged their catches up on the beaches. The scales, which make the fish stick to the deck, also could lodge in a hog’s throat. Very hardy and vigorous. Size: 6-12 cm.

$22.50

Hogchoker (Trinectes maculatus)

F-2491 FOUR SPOT FLOUNDER,

Paralichthys oblongus

Unlike the common gulf flounders, these flatfishes have four large, dark and round spots on their bodies.

$22.50

Four-spotted flounder (Paralichthys oblongus)

F-2490 GULF/ SOUTHERN FLOUNDER,

Paralichthys albigutta

Flounders belong to the group of fishes known as “flat fishes.” Their most unique feature is the placement of their eyes. As the young larvae develop, one eye migrates across the head toward the other. Depending on the species, flounders and other flatfishes are “right-eyed” or “left-eyed.” Lying flat on the sea bottom, flounders are masters of camouflage, changing their coloration to blend in with the substrate; hiding from predators or aggressively ambushing small fishes and crustaceans with their mighty tooth-studded jaws.

$21.50 – $34.50

F-2480 STRIPED MULLET,

Mugil cephalus.

Often seen jumping out of the water, mullet are the cows of the fish world, and are the main food fish of the northern Gulf Coast. They browse along the bottom, feeding on algae and tiny creatures that live in mud.

$22.50

F-2470 BELTED SANDFISH,

Serranus subligarius

The smallest of the Sea Basses they are 5 inches long at maximum, but mature at 2 inches. Common in warm Atlantic and Caribbean waters to depths of 60 feet. Found around rocky jetties and over sand flats. Their common name comes from the large white patch on their belly. Size: 3-6 cm.

$31.50

Belted sandfish (Serranus subligarius)

F-2460 FLORIDA BLENNIE,

Chasmodes saburrae and other species

A large group of small, fish (2-4 inches), common along the shells of oyster bars. Also found on shallow flats and seagrass beds. Females lay hundreds of tiny golden colored eggs in empty shells, which the males aggressively guard. Size: 3-8 cm.

$17.00

Feather blennie (Hypsoblennius henzi)

F-2450 GREEN WRASSE,

Halichoeres bivittatus

Has beautiful green coloration. Will bury itself in the sand substrate to hide. Size 6-10cm.

$17.50

Green wrasse (Halichoeres bivittatus) at Gulf Specimen Marine Lab in Panacea, FL.

F-2430 SEA ROBIN,

Prionotus scitulus, P. tribulus

Swims along the sand bottoms with its wing-like pectoral fins expanded. The modified ventral fins act like fingers, feeling the bottom for prey. Size: 6-12 cm.

$25.50

Bighead searobin (Prionotus tribulus)

F-2420 SCORPION FISH,

Scorpaena brasiliensis

Red, orange, and brown, they blend into the sea bottom, and ambush passing shrimp. Although bristling with poisonous spines, they are a popular aquarium specimen.

$29.00

A scorpionfish (Scorpaena brasiliensis)

F-2410 ATLANTIC SPADEFISH,

Chaetodipterus faber

Common to Florida and Caribbean water, schools of spadefish are frequently seen nibbling on jellyfish, hydroids, and feeding on small crabs and shrimp when the fish matures.

$45.00 – $56.50

Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber)

F-2405 SPOT TAIL PINFISH,

Diplodus holbrookii

Less common than the regular pinfish but still very common. Found in coastal grass beds. Size 6 to 12 cm

$14.00

F-2400 PINFISH,

Lagodon rhomboides

3 inches to 6 inches, a very common aggressive fish available throughout the year. Hardy species that does well in aquariums.

$14.00

Lagodon rhomboides

AN-400 PARCHMENT WORMS,

Lives in a U-shaped tube, which can be replaced by glass to observe the elaborate specialization of segments. The worm is brilliantly luminescent. A small commensal crab is usually found in the tube. Sporadically available. Size: 15-30 cm. tube length.

$53.50

AN-410 PLUMED WORM,

A bizarre, plumed polychaete that decorates its tube with bits of shell, seaweed, hydroid, and tunicates. The worm itself is brilliantly irridescent in the sunlight and has well developed mouth parts. Size: 4-8 cm.

$28.50

AN-415 SEA URCHIN WORMS,

This species is found living around the mouths of our short spined sea urchins. Size: 5-1cm

$17.50

AN-450 CLAM WORM,

The representative polychaete with large jaws and well developed parapods. They are excellent for demonstration under the disecting scope. As active errant polychaetes they leave their muddy “false tubes” and prey upon other polychaetes. Their irridescent colors will delight students. Size: 4-8 cm.

$56.50 – $133.50

AN-480 FEATHER DUSTER WORM,

An aquarium favorite, this handsome little polychaete lives in a brown tube drilled through dead shell and limestone rock. (See purple worms in photo, click to enlarge.) They quickly contract their maroon, light-sensitive and intricately branched tentacles at the approach of a shadow. If attacked by a fish, Sabella will autotomize its feather crown of tentacles and regenerate another. Size:4-6 cm.

$14.00

AN-490 CALCAREOUS TUBED WORM,

A small serpulid worm that secretes a twisted, white lime tube on pieces of shell, rock or seaweed. Two feathery lobes of respiratory tentacles expand from the end of the tube. Serpulids have been used traditionally to demonstrate regeneration. Size: 2-4 cm.

$24.00

AN-491 ENCRUSTING SAND TUBED WORM,

It sends its thick course grained tubes all over the shells of dead oysters, clams, etc. Inside is a fat pink worm with greatly recessed cephalic tentacles. Size: 4 cm.

$10.50

AS-20 POLYCHAETE ASSORTMENT

To include unnamed terrebellid, nereid, and cirratulid, tube building, free living and encrusting polychaetes that live in sponges, corals, and tunicates. A veritable grab bag of worms.

$93.50

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