4-H State Marine Ecology Event ADVANCED LEVEL ANSWER SHEET 2017

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1 SECTION I. PLANT ID YOUTH # SCORE There are 20 plants to identify. The plant list is arranged alphabetically. Look at the plant on the table. Find its name on the list and write the corresponding capital letter in the blank. *Denotes new Advanced Level Species. Algae: Seagrasses: Marsh plants: Dead man s fingers Beach plants: Bay bean/beach pea Disc algae * Beach croton * Green feather algae Beach morning glory * Green grape algae Beach pennywort * Mermaid s fan Cabbage palm * Mermaids wine glass Dune panic grass Petticoat algae Red algae Dune sunflower Firewheel or Indian blanket Sand moss * Gumbo Limbo Sargassum weed Sea lettuce Shaving brush algae Manatee grass Marsh elder Prickly pear cactus Railroad vine Sand bur or sandspur Saw palmetto Sea grape Shoal grass Sea oats * Star grass Sea purslane Turtle grass * Sea rocket Widgeon grass Black mangrove Buttonwood Needle rush Seaside goldenrod Introduced coastal plants: Australian pine Red mangrove * Beach vitex Salt meadow cord grass Saltwort Sawgrass Sea lavender Sea oxeye or Sea daisy Smooth cord grass Southern glasswort Spike grass White mangrove Brazilian pepper Paper bark tree

2 SECTION II. INVERTEBRATE ID YOUTH # SCORE There are 25 invertebrates to identify. The vertebrate list is arranged alphabetically. Look at the specimen on the table. Find its name Cnidarians: Echinoderms: Brain coral Brown sea anemone Cannonball jellyfish Common (moon) jellyfish Elkhorn coral Fire coral Giant (pink-tipped) sea anemone Large star coral Portuguese Man-o-War Arthropods: Acorn barnacle Atlantic mole crab Banded coral shrimp Beach flea (amphipod) Blue crab Calico crab Decorator crab * Depressed or flat-backed mud crab Fiddler crab * Rose coral Flame-streaked box crab or Sea fan Shamed-faced crab * Sea plume * Flat-clawed hermit crab Sea whip Staghorn coral Upside down jellyfish Atlantic purple sea urchin Brittle star Common sea star Cushion star Keyhole sand dollar Ghost crab * Giant red hermit crab Glass shrimp Gooseneck barnacle Grass or Arrow shrimp Green striped hermit crab Gulf (or false) arrow Crab Horseshoe crab * Mangrove tree crab Mantis shrimp * Lined sea star/striped Luidia * Pistol or snapping shrimp * Margined sea star * Porcelain crab Nine arm sea star Pencil urchin Annelid worms: Sea cucumber Variegated urchin Christmas tree worm Fire or Bristle worm Mud crab Spider crab Spiny lobster Stone crab White shrimp Yellow-line arrow crab

3 SECTION II. INVERTEBRATE ID (Cont.) YOUTH # (Put score on front) There are 25 invertebrates to identify. The vertebrate list is arranged alphabetically. Look at the specimen on the table. Find its name Molluscs: Lightning whelk Atlantic deer cowry Atlantic moon snail or Shark s eye Atlantic ribbed mussel Limpet * Lion s paw Marsh periwinkle * Auger shell Netted olive Banded tulip Bay scallop Chiton Common octopus Common sundial * Paper fig shell Pear whelk Pen shell Pink or Queen conch * Prickly cockle * Cone shell Quahog Coquina clam Eastern oyster Florida crown conch Florida horse conch Florida rock shell Giant Atlantic cockle * Ragged seahare Slipper shell * Spotted seahare Squid Sunray venus * Tun shell * Jingle shell * Turkey wing * Kitten s paw Tusk shell * Knobby whelk West Indian fighting conch Porifera: Tunicates: Basket sponge Leathery sea squirt Loggerhead sponge Sheepswool sponge Tube sponge Ctenophores: Comb jelly

4 SECTION III. VERTEBRATE ID YOUTH # SCORE There are 25 vertebrates to identify. The vertebrate list is arranged alphabetically. Look at the specimen on the table. Find its name Fishes: Atlantic croaker Hogchoker * Band-tail puffer Jack crevalle Batfish King mackerel Black drum * Lady fish * Black grouper * Lane snapper Black seabass Lined seahorse Blacktip shark Lizardfish Blue angelfish Lookdown Blue marlin Menhaden * Blue runner Mullet Bluefish * Mutton snapper * Bonefish Nassau grouper Bonnethead shark Nurse shark Checkered puffer Permit * Cobia * Pigfish Doctorfish/surgeonfish Pinfish Dolphin fish (Mahi mahi) Pipefish * Four-eye butterflyfish Planehead filefish * French angelfish Pompano * French grunt * Porcupinefish or Balloonfish Gafftopsail catfish (sailcat) * Porgy Gag grouper * Porkfish Goliath grouper Queen angelfish * Gray angelfish Red drum or Redfish Great barracuda Red grouper Greater amberjack Red snapper Grey snapper Sailfish Gulf flounder * Sand perch Gulf killifish * Sargassumfish Hardhead catfish Scalloped hammerhead

5 SECTION III. VERTEBRATE ID (Cont.) YOUTH # (Put score on first page.) There are 25 vertebrates to identify. The vertebrate list is arranged alphabetically. Look at the specimen on the table. Find its name Fishes: (Continued) Sheepshead porgy * Silk snapper * Silver perch (Drum) Silver seatrout Smooth butterfly ray Snook Southern flounder * Southern puffer Southern stingray Spadefish Spanish mackerel * Spotfin butterflyfish Spotted eagle ray Spotted seatrout Striped burrfish Tarpon Toadfish * Tonguefish Triggerfish * Tripletail * Vermillion snapper Wahoo White grunt Whiting or Kingfish Yellowfin tuna Yellowtail snapper

6 SECTION III. VERTEBRATE ID (Cont.) YOUTH # (Put score on first page.) There are 25 vertebrates to identify. The vertebrate list is arranged alphabetically. Look at the specimen on the table. Find its name. Birds: American coot American oystercatcher Anhinga Bald eagle Belted kingfisher Black crowned night heron Black skimmer Boat-tailed grackle Brown pelican Double crested cormorant Frigate bird Great blue heron Great egret Laughing gull Least tern Limpkin Mallard duck Osprey Purple gallinule * Reddish egret Redwing blackbird Ring-billed gull Roseate spoonbill * Royal tern Ruddy turnstone * Sanderling Snowy egret * Tri-colored heron White ibis Willet * Wilson s plover Wood stork Yellow-crowned night heron Reptiles: American alligator American crocodile Green turtle Hawksbill turtle Leatherback turtle Loggerhead turtle Mammals: Bottlenose dolphin Humpback whale Manatee