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GREEN CRAB [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
  • Environment
Universal entry(ies)
Styela clava
Latin
CONT

Scientists are investigating tunicate a non-native marine species that is threatening the Island shellfish industry. Like green crab the clubbed tunicate has made its way up the East Coast of North America and is now found in the Brudenell, Montague and Murray rivers, where it is invading mussel spat beds.

Key term(s)
  • leathery sea-squirt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
  • Environnement
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Styela clava
Latin
CONT

Identification : ascidie solitaire d'environ 12 cm de haut caractérisée par la présence d'un pédoncule étroit qui occupe près du tiers de la hauteur totale. Les deux siphons qui sont situés au sommet présentent des marques radiaires (parfois difficiles à voir) de couleur pourpre. La tunique très coriace présente une surface de couleur brunâtre irrégulièrement plissée et mamelonnée. Elle est souvent couverte d'organismes divers (algues, bryozoaires etc.).

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sponges, Hydrozoans and Jellyfish
DEF

Any member of the invertebrate order Actiniaria. ... primarily sedentary marine animals resembling flowers.

CONT

The cylindrical body may be thick and short or long and slender. The oral disk, or mouth, at the upper end of the body is surrounded by petallike, usually colourful tentacles. They may be few or numerous and are often present in multiples of six. Sea anemones are commonly yellow, green, or blue; they are attached by the pedal disk, or base, to a hard surface such as a rock, wharf timber, a seashell, or the back of a crab.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éponges, hydres et méduses
CONT

[...] les Anémones de mer [...] possèdent un nombre très élevé de tentacules. [Elles] sont privées de squelette, mais adhèrent au rocher, et, d'une façon générale au sol, par une sorte de disque adhésif qui se trouve à la base du corps. Leur aspect est fort beau et rappelle celui d'une fleur en raison de leurs longs tentacules qui ressemblent à des pétales [...]

Key term(s)
  • anémone

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esponjas, hidrozoarios y medusas
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