April 26, 1998
FAUNA
Boring Sponge (sign)
Cliona celata
Sponge
* Homaxinella rudis
Lion’s Mane Jelly; Winter Jelly
Cyanea capillata
Sea Whip
Leptogorgia virgulata
Sea Pansy (soft coral)
Renilla reniformis
Warty Comb Jelly
Mnemiopsis mccradyi
Beroe’s Comb Jelly
Beroe ovata
Brown Rock Urchin (shell)
Arbacia punctulata
Rubbery Bryozoan
Alcyonidium hauffi
Bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
Humphrey’s Wentletrap
Epitoneum humphreysi
Flat Slipper Snail (shell)
Crepidula plana
Southern Moon Snail; Shark Eye
Polineces duplicatus
Baby’s Ear (shell)
Sinum perspectivum
Thick-lipped Oyster Drill
Eupleura caudata
Atlantic Oyster Drill (shell)
Urosalpinx cinerea
Eastern Mud Snail
Ilyanassa obsoleta
Eastern Nassa (shell)
* Nassarius vibex
Channeled Whelk (shell)
Busycon canaliculatum
Knobbed Whelk (shell)
Busycon carica
Lettered Olive (shell)
Oliva sayana
Ribbed Mussel
Geukensis demissa
Blood Ark (shell)
Anadara ovalis
Transverse Ark (shell)
Anadara transversa
Ponderous Ark
Noetia ponderosa
Stiff Pen Shell (shell)
Atrina rigida
Eastern Oyster
Crassostrea virginica
Cat’s Paw; Kitten’s Paw (shell)
Plicatula gibbosa
Jingle Shell
Anomia simplex
Giant Atlantic Cockle (shell)
Dinocardium robustum
Channeled Duck Clam (shell)
Raeta plicatella
Atlantic Surf Clam (shell)
Spisula solidissima
Green Razor Clam (shell)
* Solen viridis
Lined Tellin (shell) (shell)
Tellina alternata
Florida Coquina
Donax variabilis
Disk Shell (shell)
Dosinia discus
Northern Quahog Clam (shell)
Mercenaria mercenaria
Soda Straw Worm
Kinbergonuphis jenneri
Plumed Worm
Diopatra cuprea
Mason Worm
Sabellaria floridensis
Atlantic Horseshoe Crab
Limulus polyphemus
Marine Roly-Poly
Sphaeroma quadridentata
Fragile Barnacle
Chthamalus fragilis
Ivory Barnacle
Balanus eburneus
Beachhopper (Amphipod)
Talorchestia sp.
W.I. Ghost Shrimp (burrows)
Callianassa major
Green-striped Hermit Crab
Clibanarius vittatus
Common Mole Crab
Emerita talpoida
Speckled Crab
Arenaeus cribrarius
Blue Crab
Callinectes sp.
Ghost Crab
Ocypode quadrata
Sand Fiddler Crab
Uca pugilator
Salt Marsh Punkie; Biting Midge
Culicoides furens
Comet Darner
Anax longipes
Long-winged Skimmer
Pachydiplax longipennis
Carolina Saddlebags Dragonfly
Tramea carolina
Obscure Rove Beetle
Emplenota sp.
Soldier Beetle
Cantharis sp.
Palmetto Tortoise Beetle
Hemisphaerota cyanea
Palamedes Swallowtail
Papilio palamedes
Common Buckeye Butterfly
Junonia coenia
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus
Lunate Zale (moth)
Zale lunata
Catfish
Ictalurus sp.
Needlefish
* Tylosurus sp.
Flounder
* Platichthys sp.
American Alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
Anhinga; Snakebird
Anhinga anhinga
Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Cattle Egret
Bulbicus ibis
Great Egret
Casmerodius albus
Clapper Rail
Rallus longirostris
American Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Willet
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Laughing Gull
Larus atricilla
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Common Ground-Dove
Columbina passerina
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragus
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dendroica coronata
Pine Warbler
Dendroica pinus
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Boat-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus major
Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
White-tailed Deer (tracks)
Odocoileus virginianus
Hard-shelled Clam
Mercenaria campechiensis
* First Time Recorded by SCAN
Note: This flora/fauna list is produced by the South Carolina Association of Naturalists, and is subject to revision as needed. This list produced on .