Hunting Island State Park Beaufort County, SC

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 .