Completed Species Reports List

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Code letters indicate Complete (C) or Partial (P) species accounts

Code   Scientific Name Common Name
C Abudefduf saxatilis   Sergeant Major
C Acanthophora spicifera   Spiny Seaweed
C Achirus lineatus Lined Sole
C Acipenser brevirostrum Shortnose Sturgeon
C Acrostichum aureum Golden Leather Fern
C Aetea sica (Bryozoan)
C Aetea truncata (Bryozoan)
C

Agasicles hygrophila  

Alligatorweed Flea Beetle  [Non-Native]
C

Ajaia ajaia  

Roseate Spoonbill
P Albizia julibrissen Mimosa Tree, Silktree
P Albula vulpes   Bonefish
C Alcyonidium sp. (Bryozoan)
P Alectis ciliaris   African Pompano
P Alosa sapidissima  American Shad
C Alpheus heterochaelis Bigclaw Snapping Shrimp
C Alternanthera philoxeroides Alligatorweed  [Non-Native]
C Amathia alternata (Bryozoan)
C Amathia distans (Bryozoan)
C Amathia vidovici (Bryozoan)
P Amphiodia pulchella (Brittle star)
P Amphioplus thrombodes (Brittlestar)
C Amygdalum papyrium Atlantic Papermussel
C

Anchoa hepsetus  

 Striped Anchovy
C Anchoa mitchilli   Bay Anchovy
C Anguinella palmata (Bryozoan)
C Anolis sagrei Brown Anole  [Non-Native]
C Antropora leucocypha (Bryozoan)
C Apis mellifera scutellata Africanized Honeybee  [Non-Native]
C Archosargus probatocephalus   Sheepshead
C Ardea alba   Great Egret
C Ardea herodias   Great Blue Heron
P Ardisia escallonoides  Marlberry
C Ardisia elliptica  Shoebutton Ardisia  [Non-Native]
C Argopecten gibbus Calico Scallop
C Argopecten irradians concentricus Bay Scallop
C Ariopsis felis   Hardhead (Sea) Catfish
P Aristrida stricta  Wiregrass, Bottlebrush Threeawn
C Asimina tetratmera Four-petal Pawpaw
C Astyris lunata Lunar Dovesnail
C Avicennia germinans   Black Mangrove
C Bagre marinus   Gafftopsail Catfish
P Bairdiella chrysoura   Silver Perch
C Balanus amphitrite Striped Barnacle  [Non-Native]
P Balistes capriscus Gray Triggerfish
C Baseodiscus delineatus (Nemertean)
P Batis maritima Saltwart
C Beania klugei (Bryozoan)
C Bittiolum varium Variable Bittium
C Bostrichia montagnei Sea Moss
C Botryllus schlosseri Star Tunicate  [Non-Native]
C Bowerbankia gracilis (Bryozoan)
C Bowerbankia imbricata (Bryozoan)
C Bowerbankia maxima (Bryozoan)
C Brachidontes exustus Scorched Mussel
P Brevoortia smithi  Yellowfin Menhaden
C Bugula neritina (Bryozoan)
C Bubulcus ibis Cattle Egret  [Non-Native]
C Bufo marinus Marine Toad  [Non-Native]
C Bugula stolonifera (Bryozoan)
C Bulla striata Common Atlantic Bubble
C Bursatella leachii Ragged Sea Hare
C Busycon carica Knobbed Whelk
C Busycon contrarium Lightning Whelk
C Cactoblastis cactorum Cactus Moth  [Non-Native]
P Caesalpinia bonduc Nickerbean
P Calamus arctifrons   Grass Porgy
P Calamus bajonado  Jolthead Porgy
P Callicarpa americana Beautyberry
C Callinectes ornatus Ornate Blue Crab
C Callinectes sapidus   Blue Crab
C Callinectes similis Lesser Blue Crab
C Capitella capitata (Polychaete)
P Canavalia rosea Bay Bean
C Caprella penantis (Amphipod)
P Caranx crysos   Blue Runner
P Caranx hippos   Crevalle Jack
P Caranx latus   Horse-eye Jack
P Carcharhinus limbata   Black Tip Shark
P Carcharhinus plumbeus   Sandbar Shark
C Cardisoma guanhumi   Blue Land Crab, White Land Crab
C Caretta caretta   Loggerhead turtle
C Carinoma tremaphoros (Nemertean)
C Casuarina equisetifolia Australian Pine  [Non-Native]
C Caulerpa brachypus (Clorophyte Macroalga)  [Non-Native]
P Centropomus ensiferus   Swordspine Snook
C Centropomus undecimalis Common Snook, Robalo, Thin Snook
P Centropomus parallelus   Fat Snook
P Centropomus pectinatus   Tarpon Snook
P Centropristis ocyurus   Bank Sea Bass
P Centropristis philadelphica   Rock Sea Bass
P Centropristis striata   Black Sea Bass
C Cerithidea scalariformis   Ladder Hornsnail
C Cerithium muscarum Flyspeck Cerith
P Chaetodipterus faber   Atlantic Spadefish
P Chamaecrista fasciculata Partridge Pea
C Charadrius melodus   Piping Plover
C Charybdis hellerii Indo-Pacific Swimming Crab
C Chelonia mydas   Green Turtle, Green
C Chilomycterus schoepfii Striped Burrfish
P Chiococca alba Snowberry
C Chione cancellata Cross-Barred Venus
P Chlamydodon spp. (Ciliate)
P Chloroscombrus chrysurus   Atlantic Bumper
C Citrus spp. Feral Citrus  [Non-Native]
C Clarias batrachus Walking Catfish  [Non-Native]
C Cliona spp. Boring Sponges
P Coccoloba uvifera Sea Grape
C Conopeum seurati (Bryozoan)
C Conopeum tenuissimum (Bryozoan)
C Conradina grandiflora Large-flowered Rosemary
P Coryphaena hippurus   Dolphin, Mahi Mahi
C Crassostrea virginica Eastern Oyster
C Crepidula aculeata Spiny Slippersnail
C Crepidula atrasolea Eastern White Slipper Shell
C Crepidula depressa Depressed Slippersnail
C Crepidula cf. plana   Eastern White Slipper Shell
C Crepidula ustulatulina Slipper Shell
C Crisia eburnea (Bryozoan)
C Crisia elongata (Bryozoan)
C Cryptosula pallasiana (Bryozoan)
C Cupaniopsis anacardioides Carrotwood  [Non-Native]
C Cymadusa compta (Amphipod)
P Cynoscion nebulosus   Spotted Seatrout
P Cynoscioin nothus   Silver Seatrout
P Cynoscion regalis  Weakfish
C Cyrtopleura costata   Angelwing Clam
P Dasyatis americana   Southern Stingray
C Dasyatis sabina Atlantic Stingray
C Dasypus novemcinctus   Nine-Banded Armadillo  [Non-Native]
P Diapterus plumieri   Striped Mojarra
C Dicerandra immaculata Lakela's Mint
P Diplectrum formosum   Sand Perch
P Diplodus holbrooki   Spottail Pinfish
C Diodora cayenensis Cayenne Keyhole Limpet
C Dioscorea bulbifera   Air Potato  [Non-Native]
C Drymarchon couperi Eastern Indigo Snake
C Dyspanopeus sayi Say's Mud Crab
P Dysteria spp. (Ciliate)
C Ecteinascidia turbinata Mangrove Tunicate
C Egretta caerulea   Little Blue Heron
C

Egretta thula  

 Snowy Egret
C

Egretta tricolor  

 Tricolored Heron
C Eichhornia crassipes Water Hyacinth  [Non-Native]
C Electra bellula (Bryozoan)
C Elops saurus  Ladyfish
C Elysia serca Seagrass Elysia
C Enteromorpha flexuosa   Hollow Green Weed
P Epinephelus itajarra   Goliath Grouper, Jewfish
C Epinephelus morio   Red Grouper
P Epinephelus nigritus   Warsaw Grouper
C

Epinephelus striatus  

 Nassau Grouper, Grouper, Rockfish, Hamlet
C Erichsonella attenuata Eelgrass Isopod
P Erythrina herbacea Eastern Coralbean, Red Cardinal
C Eucinostomus argenteus Spotfin Mojarra
C Eucinostomus gula Silver Jenny
C Eucinostomus lefroyi Mottled Mojarra
C Eudocimus albus White Ibis
C Eurypanopeus depressus Depressed Mud Crab
P Euthynnus alletteratus   Little Tunny
C Felis catus  Feral House Cat  [Non-Native]
P Gaillardia pulchella Firewheel
C Gambusia affinis Mosquitofish
C Gammarus mucronatus (Amphipod)
C Geukensia demissa Ribbed Mussel
C Gobiosoma robustum Code Goby
C Gopherus polyphemus Gopher Tortoise
C Gracilaria tikvahiae   Graceful Red Weed
P

Haemulon aurolineatum  

 Tomtate
C Haemulon plumierii  White Grunt
C Haliplanella lineata   Striped Sea Anemone  [Non-Native]
C Halodule beaudettei   Shoal Grass
C Halophila decipiens   Paddle Grass
C

Halophila engelmannii

Star Grass
C Halophila johnsonnii   Johnson's Seagrass
C Harengula jaguana Scaled Sardine
C Hargeria rapax (Tanaid)
P Helianthus debilis Beach Sunflower
C Hippocampus zosterae Dwarf Seahorse
C Hippoporina verrilli (Bryozoan)
C Hoplosternum littorale Brown Hoplo  [Non-Native]
C Hydrilla verticillata Hydrilla  [Non-Native]
C Hydroides elegans (Serpulid Worm)  [Non-Native]
P Hymenocallis latifolia Spiderlily
C Hypnea cervicornis   Hooked Red Weed
C Iguana iguana   Green Iguana  [Non-Native]
C Imperata cylindrica   Cogon Gras  [Non-Native]
C Ipomoea pes-caprae Railroad Vine
C Isognomon alatus Flat Tree Oyster
P Istichopus badionotus Four-sided Sea Cucumber 
P Istiophorus platypterus   Sailfish
P Lachnolaimus maximus   Hogfish
C Lagodon rhomboides Pinfish
C Laguncularia racemosa White Mangrove
P Lantana camara Lantana
C Leiostomus xanthurus  Spot
P Leptogorgia hebes   False Sea Fan
P Leptogorgia virgulata Sea Whip
C Limulus polyphemus   Horseshoe Crab
C Ligia exotica   Wharf Roach  [Non-Native]
C Lithophaga bisulcata Mahogany Date Mussel
P

Lobotes surinamensis 

Tripletail
C Lontra canadensis River Otter
C Luidia clathrata Gray Sea Star
C Luidia senegalensis Nine-Armed Sea Star
C Lutjanus analis  Mutton Snapper
P Lutjanus apodus   Schoolmaster
P Lutjanus cyanopterus   Cubera Snapper
C

Lutjanus griseus  

 Mangrove Snapper, Gray Snapper
P Lutjanus jocu   Dog Snapper
P Lutjanus mahogani  Mahogany Snapper
C Lutjanus synagris   Lane Snapper
C Lygodium microphyllum Old World Climbing Fern  [Non-Native]
P Lyonia ferruginea Rusty Lyonia, Rusty Staggerbush
P Lyonia lucida Fetterbush
C Maritigrella crozierae   Tiger Flatworm
C

Megabalanus coccopoma  

 Titan Acorn Barnacle  [Non-Native]
P

Megalops atlanticus  

 Tarpon
C Melaleuca quinquenervia Melaleuca  [Non-Native]
C Melongena corona Crown Conch
C Membranipora savartii (Bryozoan)
C Menippe mercenaria Florida Stone Crab
P Menticirrhus amerciana   Southern Kingfish
P Menticirrhus littoralis   Gulf Kingfish
C Mercenaria mercenaria   Northern Quahog, Hard Clam, Cherrystone, Littleneck
P Micropogonias undulatus   Atlantic Croaker
C Modulus modulus Buttonsnail
C Mugil cephalus   Striped Mullet
C Mugil curema White Mullet
P Mugil gyrans   Fantail Mullet
C Mulinia lateralis Dwarf Surf Clam
C Mycteroperca bonaci  Black Grouper
C Mycteroperca microlepis   Gag Grouper
P Mycteroperca phenax   Scamp
P Myrica cerifera Wax Myrtle
C Mytella charruana Charru Mussel  [Non-Native]
C Neanthes succinea Clam Worm
C Nemertopsis bivittata (Nemertean)
C Nerodia clarkii   Salt Marsh Snake
C Nolella stipata (Bryozoan)
C

Oculina diffusa  

 Ivory Bush Coral
C Oculina varicosa   Ivory Tree Coral
C Ocyurus chrysurus Yellowtail Snapper
P Oligoplites saurus   Leatherjacket
C Ophiophragmus filograneus (Brittlestar)
C Ophiothrix angulata Angular Brittlestar
P Opisthonema oglinum   Atlantic Thread Herring
P Opuntia stricta Prickly Pear
C Oreaster reticulatus Cushion Star
C

Oreochromis mossambicus  

 Mosambique Tilapia  [Non-Native]
P

Orthopristis chrysoptera  

 Pigfish
C

Osteopilus septentrionalis  

 Cuban Treefrog  [Non-Native]
C Ostreola equestris Crested Oyster
C Pagurus longicarpus Long-Armed Hermit Crab
P Palafoxia feayi Feay's Palafox
C Palaemonetes pugio Daggerblade Grass Shrimp
C Panicum repens Torpedograss  [Non-Native]
C Panopeus lacustris Knotfingered Mud Crab
C Panulirus argus Spiny Lobster
C Paralichthys albigutta   Gulf Flounder
C Paralichthys dentatus Summer Flounder
C Paralichthys lethostigma Southern Flounder
C Pectinaria gouldii Ice Cream Cone Worm
C Penaeus aztecus Brown Shrimp
C Penaeus duorarum Pink Shrimp
C Penaeus setiferus White Shrimp
C Perna viridis Asian Green Mussel  [Non-Native]
C Petrolisthes armatus Green Porcelain Crab  [Non-Native]
P Phelbodium aureum Cabbage Palm Fern
P Phyllangia americana Hidden Cup Coral
C Phyllorhiza punctata Australian Spotted Jellyfish  [Non-Native]
C Pinnotheres maculatus Squatter Pea Crab
C Pinus elliottii Slash Pine
P Pityopsis graminifolia Narrowleaf Silkgrass
C Pogonias cromis Black Drum
C Polydora ligni Polydora Mudworm
C Polygala smallii Tiny Polygala
C Pomatomus saltatrix   Bluefish
C Pristis pectinata   Smalltooth Sawfish
C Pseudoceros bicolor   Two Coloured Flatworm
P Psychotria nervosa Wild Coffee
C Pterois volitans Red Lionfish  [Non-Native]
C Quercus virginiana  Live Oak
C Rhinoptera bonasus Cownose Ray
C Rhizophora mangle   Red Mangrove, Mangrove
C Rivulus marmoratus   Mangrove Rivulus
C Ruppia maritima   Widgeon Grass
C Sabal palmetto Cabbage Palm
P Sagittaria lancifolia Bulltongue Arrowhead
P Sardinella aurita   Spanish Sardine
C Sarotherodon melanotheron Blackchin Tilapia  [Non-Native]
C Savignyella lafonti Bryozoan
C Schinus terebinthifolius Brazilian Pepper  [Non-Native]
C Schizoporella cornuta Bryozoan
C Schizoporella floridana Bryozoan
C Sciaenops ocellatus   Red Drum
C Scomberomorus cavalla   King Mackerel
C Scomberomorus maculatus  Spanish Mackerel
C Scomberomorus regalis   Cero Mackerel
C Scrupocellaria regularis Bryozoan
C Scylla serrata Serrated Swimming Crab  [Non-Native]
P Selar crumenophthalmus   Bigeye Scad
P

Selene vomer  

 Lookdown
C Serenoa repens Saw Palmetto
C Sicyonia brevirostris Brown Rock Shrimp
P Siderastrea radians   Starlet Coral
C Siphonaria pectinata   Striped Falselimpet  [Non-Native]
C Solenopsis invicta   Red Imported Fire Ant  [Non-Native]
P Sophora tomentosa Necklace Pod
C Sphaeroma terebrans Mangrove Isopod  [Non-Native]
C Sphoeroides nephelus Southern Puffer
P Sphyrna lewini   Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
P Sphyrna tiburo  Bonnethead Shark
C Sphyraena barracuda Great Barracuda
C Spirorbis spp. (Polychaete)
C Spurilla neapolitana Neopolitan Spurilla
C Streblospio benedicti (Polychaete)
C Strombus gigas Queen Conch
C Strongylura marina Atlantic Needlefish
C Sturnus vulgaris European Starling  [Non-Native]
C Styela plicata Pleated Sea Squirt  [Non-Native]
C Stylochus sp.   Oyster Leech
C Sundanella sibogae (Bryozoan)
C Sus scrofa Feral Pig  [Non-Native]
C Synaptula hydriformis (Sea Cucumber)
C

Syngnathus scovelli  

 Gulf Pipefish
C Synnotum aegyptiacum (Bryozoan)
C Syringodium filiforme Manatee Grass
C Teredo_navalis Naval Shipworm  [Non-Native]
C Thalamoporella floridana (Bryozoan)
C Thecacera pennigera Winged Thecacera  [Non-Native]
C Thalassia testudinum Turtle Grass
P Thyonella gemmata (Sea Cucumber)
C Trachinotus carolinas   Florida Pompano
P Trachinotus falcatus  Permit
C Trichechus manatus latirostris Florida Manatee
C Tubulanus rhabdotus (Nemertean)
C Tursiops truncatus   Bottlenose Dolphin
C Uniola paniculata Sea Oats
C Urochloa mutica Para Grass  [Non-Native]
C Urosalpinx cinerea Atlantic Oyster Drill
C Vallentinia gabriellae Hitch-hiking Jellyfish
C Victorella pavida (Bryozoan)
C Vittaticella contei (Bryozoan)
P Yucca aloifolia Spanish Bayonet
C Warea carteri Carter's Mustard
C Watersipora subovoidea (Bryozoan)
C Xanthomonas axonopodis citri Citrus Canker  [Non-Native]
C Zoobotryon verticillatum (Bryozoan)
C Zoothamnium niveum (Protist)