{"id":453,"date":"2011-04-20T22:22:43","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T05:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/?page_id=453"},"modified":"2021-04-03T22:02:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T05:02:01","slug":"seashells-of-new-bedford-harbor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/?page_id=453","title":{"rendered":"Seashells &#038; invertebrates of New Bedford harbor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This list is no longer maintained, and should not be considered reliable.<\/p>\n<p>Seashells and other marine invertebrates found in the New Bedford harbor estuary, from Fort Phoenix State Park to Interstate 195. By no means a comprehensive list; merely what I found during unsystematic observation 2005-2009.<\/p>\n<p>* Indicates that I&#8217;ve seen a living specimen in the harbor, as opposed to just a shell.<br \/>\n? Indicates identification probable but not certain.<br \/>\n(outer) Indicates outer harbor, outside hurricane barrier, only.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Molluscs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Gastropods<\/em><br \/>\nCommon European Periwinkle (Littorina littorea) *<br \/>\nCommon Atlantic Slipper Snail (Crepidula fornicata) *<br \/>\nKnobbed Whelk (Busycon carica) (outer)<br \/>\nChanneled Whelk (Busycotypus canaliculatus) (outer)<\/p>\n<p><em>Bivalves<\/em><br \/>\nBlood Ark (Anadara ovalis) (outer)<br \/>\nEdible Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis)<br \/>\nAtlantic Ribbed Mussel (Geukensia demissa) *<br \/>\nAtlantic Deepsea Scallop (Placopecten magelicanus) <em>Shells most likely from scallop boats, not from actual residents of the harbor.<\/em><br \/>\nAtlantic Bay Scallops (Argopecten irradians)<br \/>\nAtlantic Jingle (Anomia simplex)<br \/>\nEastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) *<br \/>\nNorthern Quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria)<br \/>\nAtlantic Jackknife Clam (Ensis directus) (outer)<br \/>\nAtlantic Surf Clam (Spisula solidissima) (outer)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Echinoderms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Northern Sea Star (Asterias vulgaris) ? *<br \/>\nCommon Sand Dollar (Echinarachnius parma)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arthropods<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Chelicerate arthropods<\/em><br \/>\nAtlantic Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) *<\/p>\n<p><em>Crustaceans<\/em><br \/>\nGreen Crab (Carcinus maenas) *<br \/>\nUnidentified barnacles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cnidarians<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unidentified jellyfish (Moon Jellyfish?)<\/p>\n<p><center>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best access points for finding seashells:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beach at Fort Phoenix State Park, Fairhaven<br \/>\nBeach near New Bedford end of hurricane barrier<br \/>\nWetlands and shoreline near Riverside Cemetery, Fairhaven<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scq.ubc.ca\/sciencescouts\/index.html#30\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/27invertebrate.jpg\" alt=\"invertebrate science scout badge\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This list is no longer maintained, and should not be considered reliable. Seashells and other marine invertebrates found in the New Bedford harbor estuary, from Fort Phoenix State Park to Interstate 195. By no means a comprehensive list; merely what I found during unsystematic observation 2005-2009. * Indicates that I&#8217;ve seen a living specimen in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":456,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-453","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8328,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/453\/revisions\/8328"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}