<pre><a href="http://www.skimmeroutdoors.com/underwater/"><font size="5" color="#FFFF00">Back to Main Menu</font></a></pre> http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/Horseshoe-crabs-mating/348765692_kkn6e-Ti.jpg http://skimmer.smugmug.com/gallery/3306964_QwLUK/ 2008-08-23T05:28:30Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com">skimmer</a><br />Mating horseshoe crabs ... The smaller males "hitch" a ride on the females by using their second pair of specialized pincer claws known as pedipalps. At the high tide line on shore, usuall ...</p><p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/3306964_QwLUK#348765692_kkn6e" title="Mating horseshoe crabs ... The smaller males "hitch" a ride on the females by using their second pair of specialized pincer claws known as pedipalps. At the high tide line on shore, usuall ..."><img src="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/Horseshoe-crabs-mating/348765692_kkn6e-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Mating horseshoe crabs ... The smaller males "hitch" a ride on the females by using their second pair of specialized pincer claws known as pedipalps. At the high tide line on shore, usuall ..." title="Mating horseshoe crabs ... The smaller males "hitch" a ride on the females by using their second pair of specialized pincer claws known as pedipalps. At the high tide line on shore, usuall ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-08-24T05:21:58Z skimmer http://skimmer.smugmug.com http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/Horseshoe-crabs-mating/348765692_kkn6e-Th.jpg 2001-12-07 20:44:56 <p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com">skimmer</a><br />Striped Bass Marone saxatilis The Moronidae Family of fish have a streamlined, silvery body with longitudinal stripes. Horizontal stripes are often found in schooling fish which serve ...</p><p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/3306964_QwLUK#348764726_ckxGg" title="Striped Bass Marone saxatilis The Moronidae Family of fish have a streamlined, silvery body with longitudinal stripes. Horizontal stripes are often found in schooling fish which serve ..."><img src="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/Striper-face/348764726_ckxGg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Striped Bass Marone saxatilis The Moronidae Family of fish have a streamlined, silvery body with longitudinal stripes. Horizontal stripes are often found in schooling fish which serve ..." title="Striped Bass Marone saxatilis The Moronidae Family of fish have a streamlined, silvery body with longitudinal stripes. Horizontal stripes are often found in schooling fish which serve ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-08-24T05:21:58Z skimmer http://skimmer.smugmug.com http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/Striper-face/348764726_ckxGg-Th.jpg 2001-12-06 20:02:08 <p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com">skimmer</a><br />Stripers, like salmon, are anadromous fish that migrate from fresh water where they were born, to salt water for growth, and back to fresh where they spawn the next generation.</p><p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/3306964_QwLUK#348764324_W4sXz" title="Stripers, like salmon, are anadromous fish that migrate from fresh water where they were born, to salt water for growth, and back to fresh where they spawn the next generation."><img src="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/Striper-3/348764324_W4sXz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Stripers, like salmon, are anadromous fish that migrate from fresh water where they were born, to salt water for growth, and back to fresh where they spawn the next generation." title="Stripers, like salmon, are anadromous fish that migrate from fresh water where they were born, to salt water for growth, and back to fresh where they spawn the next generation." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-08-24T05:21:58Z skimmer http://skimmer.smugmug.com http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/Striper-3/348764324_W4sXz-Th.jpg 2001-12-06 20:15:46 <p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com">skimmer</a><br />Although the largest recorded measured 6.5 feet and 125 pounds, the world record on pole weighed 78.5 pounds. On Sept. 21, 1982, Albert McReynolds reeled in a striped bass that was 53 inch ...</p><p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/3306964_QwLUK#348763977_FGpq9" title="Although the largest recorded measured 6.5 feet and 125 pounds, the world record on pole weighed 78.5 pounds. On Sept. 21, 1982, Albert McReynolds reeled in a striped bass that was 53 inch ..."><img src="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/striper/348763977_FGpq9-Th.jpg" width="141" height="150" alt="Although the largest recorded measured 6.5 feet and 125 pounds, the world record on pole weighed 78.5 pounds. On Sept. 21, 1982, Albert McReynolds reeled in a striped bass that was 53 inch ..." title="Although the largest recorded measured 6.5 feet and 125 pounds, the world record on pole weighed 78.5 pounds. On Sept. 21, 1982, Albert McReynolds reeled in a striped bass that was 53 inch ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-08-24T05:21:58Z skimmer http://skimmer.smugmug.com http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/striper/348763977_FGpq9-Th.jpg 2001-12-06 19:44:50 <p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com">skimmer</a><br />Fluke, Horseshoe crab and mating spider crabs. Typical day at the inlet in search of food.</p><p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/3306964_QwLUK#348763445_3Kjue" title="Fluke, Horseshoe crab and mating spider crabs. Typical day at the inlet in search of food."><img src="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/Fluke-at-Inlet-2/348763445_3Kjue-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Fluke, Horseshoe crab and mating spider crabs. Typical day at the inlet in search of food." title="Fluke, Horseshoe crab and mating spider crabs. Typical day at the inlet in search of food." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-08-24T05:21:58Z skimmer http://skimmer.smugmug.com http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/Fluke-at-Inlet-2/348763445_3Kjue-Th.jpg 2001-12-07 20:47:08 <p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com">skimmer</a><br />Summer Flounder or "Fluke" Paralichthys dentatus Members of the Family Bothidae, the Left-Eyed Flatfish lie on the seafloor on their right side which is always white. During the early s ...</p><p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/3306964_QwLUK#348763155_n8Sra" title="Summer Flounder or "Fluke" Paralichthys dentatus Members of the Family Bothidae, the Left-Eyed Flatfish lie on the seafloor on their right side which is always white. During the early s ..."><img src="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/Fluke-at-Inlet/348763155_n8Sra-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Summer Flounder or "Fluke" Paralichthys dentatus Members of the Family Bothidae, the Left-Eyed Flatfish lie on the seafloor on their right side which is always white. During the early s ..." title="Summer Flounder or "Fluke" Paralichthys dentatus Members of the Family Bothidae, the Left-Eyed Flatfish lie on the seafloor on their right side which is always white. During the early s ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-08-24T05:21:58Z skimmer http://skimmer.smugmug.com http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/Fluke-at-Inlet/348763155_n8Sra-Th.jpg 2001-12-06 19:38:37 <p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com">skimmer</a><br />Flukes are masters in the art of camouflage. Different species can assume a wide array of tints, from nearly white on sand through various hues of gray, blue green,orange, pink, brown to bl ...</p><p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/3306964_QwLUK#348762844_L2ojv" title="Flukes are masters in the art of camouflage. Different species can assume a wide array of tints, from nearly white on sand through various hues of gray, blue green,orange, pink, brown to bl ..."><img src="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/Fluke-camouflaged-rising/348762844_L2ojv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Flukes are masters in the art of camouflage. Different species can assume a wide array of tints, from nearly white on sand through various hues of gray, blue green,orange, pink, brown to bl ..." title="Flukes are masters in the art of camouflage. Different species can assume a wide array of tints, from nearly white on sand through various hues of gray, blue green,orange, pink, brown to bl ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-08-24T05:21:58Z skimmer http://skimmer.smugmug.com http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/Fluke-camouflaged-rising/348762844_L2ojv-Th.jpg 2001-12-07 20:53:23 <p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com">skimmer</a><br />Adult Winter Flounder Pleuronectus americanus Flounders are "right-eyed" flatfish whose left eye migrated to the "right" side of the body. Although their left side remains white, chroma ...</p><p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/3306964_QwLUK#94972012_x9UoY" title="Adult Winter Flounder Pleuronectus americanus Flounders are "right-eyed" flatfish whose left eye migrated to the "right" side of the body. Although their left side remains white, chroma ..."><img src="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/fldr-6-2/94972012_x9UoY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Adult Winter Flounder Pleuronectus americanus Flounders are "right-eyed" flatfish whose left eye migrated to the "right" side of the body. Although their left side remains white, chroma ..." title="Adult Winter Flounder Pleuronectus americanus Flounders are "right-eyed" flatfish whose left eye migrated to the "right" side of the body. Although their left side remains white, chroma ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-17T06:12:58Z skimmer http://skimmer.smugmug.com http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/fldr-6-2/94972012_x9UoY-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com">skimmer</a><br />Unlike flukes which are true predators, flounders have a much smaller jaw and mainly eat shrimp, worms and mussels.</p><p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/3306964_QwLUK#94971972_XY6ru" title="Unlike flukes which are true predators, flounders have a much smaller jaw and mainly eat shrimp, worms and mussels."><img src="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/fldr-2-2/94971972_XY6ru-Th.jpg" width="150" height="124" alt="Unlike flukes which are true predators, flounders have a much smaller jaw and mainly eat shrimp, worms and mussels." title="Unlike flukes which are true predators, flounders have a much smaller jaw and mainly eat shrimp, worms and mussels." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-15T03:15:14Z skimmer http://skimmer.smugmug.com http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/fldr-2-2/94971972_XY6ru-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com">skimmer</a><br />Tautog, commonly known as Blackfish Tautoga onitis The larger males are strongly territorial and with lighter coloration. This coastal fish inhabits rocky areas, wrecks, and pilings whe ...</p><p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/3306964_QwLUK#348764926_op2Xh" title="Tautog, commonly known as Blackfish Tautoga onitis The larger males are strongly territorial and with lighter coloration. This coastal fish inhabits rocky areas, wrecks, and pilings whe ..."><img src="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/Tautog-at-inlet/348764926_op2Xh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="94" alt="Tautog, commonly known as Blackfish Tautoga onitis The larger males are strongly territorial and with lighter coloration. This coastal fish inhabits rocky areas, wrecks, and pilings whe ..." title="Tautog, commonly known as Blackfish Tautoga onitis The larger males are strongly territorial and with lighter coloration. This coastal fish inhabits rocky areas, wrecks, and pilings whe ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-08-24T05:21:58Z skimmer http://skimmer.smugmug.com http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/Tautog-at-inlet/348764926_op2Xh-Th.jpg 2001-12-07 20:45:52 <p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com">skimmer</a><br />Long-Clawed Hermit Crab Pagurus longicarpus Using a mudsnail shell for protection. Approx. 1.5in.</p><p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/3306964_QwLUK#94972102_oxZB3" title="Long-Clawed Hermit Crab Pagurus longicarpus Using a mudsnail shell for protection. Approx. 1.5in."><img src="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/hermit/94972102_oxZB3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="91" alt="Long-Clawed Hermit Crab Pagurus longicarpus Using a mudsnail shell for protection. Approx. 1.5in." title="Long-Clawed Hermit Crab Pagurus longicarpus Using a mudsnail shell for protection. Approx. 1.5in." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-17T06:08:54Z skimmer http://skimmer.smugmug.com http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/hermit/94972102_oxZB3-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com">skimmer</a><br />Acadian Hermit crab Pagurus acadianus This shell, first occupied by a moon snail, is now a home for two other animals. It protects the soft, reduced abdomen of the hermit crab and provi ...</p><p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/3306964_QwLUK#188041268_LzviJ" title="Acadian Hermit crab Pagurus acadianus This shell, first occupied by a moon snail, is now a home for two other animals. It protects the soft, reduced abdomen of the hermit crab and provi ..."><img src="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/hermit-demo-1/188041268_LzviJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Acadian Hermit crab Pagurus acadianus This shell, first occupied by a moon snail, is now a home for two other animals. It protects the soft, reduced abdomen of the hermit crab and provi ..." title="Acadian Hermit crab Pagurus acadianus This shell, first occupied by a moon snail, is now a home for two other animals. It protects the soft, reduced abdomen of the hermit crab and provi ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-09T22:06:48Z skimmer http://skimmer.smugmug.com http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/hermit-demo-1/188041268_LzviJ-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com">skimmer</a><br />Tubularian Hydroids Tubularia sp. Related to jellyfish, sea anemones and coral. Captures microscopic food with whorls of tentacles. Each tentacle contains hundreds of stinging cells calle ...</p><p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/3306964_QwLUK#94972178_KypMU" title="Tubularian Hydroids Tubularia sp. Related to jellyfish, sea anemones and coral. Captures microscopic food with whorls of tentacles. Each tentacle contains hundreds of stinging cells calle ..."><img src="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/hydroid-2-4/94972178_KypMU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Tubularian Hydroids Tubularia sp. Related to jellyfish, sea anemones and coral. Captures microscopic food with whorls of tentacles. Each tentacle contains hundreds of stinging cells calle ..." title="Tubularian Hydroids Tubularia sp. Related to jellyfish, sea anemones and coral. Captures microscopic food with whorls of tentacles. Each tentacle contains hundreds of stinging cells calle ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-17T06:11:02Z skimmer http://skimmer.smugmug.com http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/hydroid-2-4/94972178_KypMU-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com">skimmer</a><br />Northern Star Coral Astrangia poculata Colony of animals called polyps. Tentacles equipped with nematocysts to sting, capture and bring food to its central mouth. Secretes shell-like s ...</p><p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/3306964_QwLUK#188041857_5axNJ" title="Northern Star Coral Astrangia poculata Colony of animals called polyps. Tentacles equipped with nematocysts to sting, capture and bring food to its central mouth. Secretes shell-like s ..."><img src="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/nikon-coral-2-2/188041857_5axNJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="134" alt="Northern Star Coral Astrangia poculata Colony of animals called polyps. Tentacles equipped with nematocysts to sting, capture and bring food to its central mouth. Secretes shell-like s ..." title="Northern Star Coral Astrangia poculata Colony of animals called polyps. Tentacles equipped with nematocysts to sting, capture and bring food to its central mouth. Secretes shell-like s ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-24T13:30:45Z skimmer http://skimmer.smugmug.com http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/nikon-coral-2-2/188041857_5axNJ-Th.jpg 2007-07-30 10:06:10 <p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com">skimmer</a><br />Forbes' Sea Star feeding on a mussel bed Asterias forbesi As members of the Echinoderm Phylum, these spiny skinned animals have radial symmetry as adults and use a water-vascular system ...</p><p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/3306964_QwLUK#348765284_UAuBf" title="Forbes' Sea Star feeding on a mussel bed Asterias forbesi As members of the Echinoderm Phylum, these spiny skinned animals have radial symmetry as adults and use a water-vascular system ..."><img src="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/Many-seastars-at-inlet/348765284_UAuBf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Forbes' Sea Star feeding on a mussel bed Asterias forbesi As members of the Echinoderm Phylum, these spiny skinned animals have radial symmetry as adults and use a water-vascular system ..." title="Forbes' Sea Star feeding on a mussel bed Asterias forbesi As members of the Echinoderm Phylum, these spiny skinned animals have radial symmetry as adults and use a water-vascular system ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-08-24T05:26:39Z skimmer http://skimmer.smugmug.com http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/Many-seastars-at-inlet/348765284_UAuBf-Th.jpg 2001-12-07 21:25:04 <p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com">skimmer</a><br />Sea urchins are omnivores, feeding on seaweeds and sedentary invertebrates,and scavengers, feeding on dead animals of any kind.</p><p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/3306964_QwLUK#188041020_EX5C7" title="Sea urchins are omnivores, feeding on seaweeds and sedentary invertebrates,and scavengers, feeding on dead animals of any kind."><img src="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/urchin-2/188041020_EX5C7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Sea urchins are omnivores, feeding on seaweeds and sedentary invertebrates,and scavengers, feeding on dead animals of any kind." title="Sea urchins are omnivores, feeding on seaweeds and sedentary invertebrates,and scavengers, feeding on dead animals of any kind." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-24T13:32:01Z skimmer http://skimmer.smugmug.com http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/urchin-2/188041020_EX5C7-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com">skimmer</a><br />Purple Sea Urchin Arbacia punctulata Sea urchins are members of the Echinoderm Phylum, or Spiny-Skinned Animals, which also includes the sea stars, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers.</p><p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/3306964_QwLUK#188041077_Yvfnr" title="Purple Sea Urchin Arbacia punctulata Sea urchins are members of the Echinoderm Phylum, or Spiny-Skinned Animals, which also includes the sea stars, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers."><img src="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/urchin-2-2/188041077_Yvfnr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Purple Sea Urchin Arbacia punctulata Sea urchins are members of the Echinoderm Phylum, or Spiny-Skinned Animals, which also includes the sea stars, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers." title="Purple Sea Urchin Arbacia punctulata Sea urchins are members of the Echinoderm Phylum, or Spiny-Skinned Animals, which also includes the sea stars, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-09T22:09:11Z skimmer http://skimmer.smugmug.com http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/urchin-2-2/188041077_Yvfnr-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com">skimmer</a><br />Spider crabs burrow into the sand when not feeding. These slow moving scavengers prefer to defend themselves through camouflage rather than aggression.</p><p><a href="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/3306964_QwLUK#188040863_VVmJg" title="Spider crabs burrow into the sand when not feeding. These slow moving scavengers prefer to defend themselves through camouflage rather than aggression."><img src="http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/spider-mussels-demo/188040863_VVmJg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Spider crabs burrow into the sand when not feeding. These slow moving scavengers prefer to defend themselves through camouflage rather than aggression." title="Spider crabs burrow into the sand when not feeding. These slow moving scavengers prefer to defend themselves through camouflage rather than aggression." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-09T22:09:03Z skimmer http://skimmer.smugmug.com http://skimmer.smugmug.com/Underwater/Inlets-and-Jettys/spider-mussels-demo/188040863_VVmJg-Th.jpg