Species Colpomenia peregrina was found by Guccicrabs on 2018-10-25

Colpomenia peregrina

FOUND by Guccicrabs [1]
2018-10-25
Cape Elizabeth

ID Confirmed

Quality checked by Gucci Crabs

Peer reviewed by Gucci Oyster

Field Notes

We are happy because we found many sea potatoes. Some still had saltwater in them so we could squish them. We had no problem finding the sea potatoes, there were sea potatoes every few feet on the beach, but on the rocks there were none. While we searched we could smell the salty ocean, we could hear other students yelling, and we could see the boats on the ocean. We were surprised because we expected the sea potatoes to be much bigger. The ones that we found were all relatively small.

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Supporting Evidence

[3]

We knew it was a sea potato because it was fairly small. Sea cauliflower looks similar to a sea potato. We knew it was a sea potato, not a sea cauliflower because it had thin walls that we could see through. But sea cauliflower has thicker walls and look more like a brain.

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We knew this is a sea potato because it was yellowish brown.

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We knew this is a sea potato because sometimes they were attached to seaweed or shells. Sea potatoes can be found attached to other objects from the beach from time to time.

Species Observation: Species Looked For

Did you find it?:

I think I found it

Scientific name:

Colpomenia peregrina

Common name:

Sea potato

Sampling method:

Just looking around

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Place Studied

Map this species: http://vitalsigns.gmri.org/explore/map/118 [7]

Latitude:

N 43.561144 °

Longitude:

W -70.217528 °

Observation Site Information

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Habitat:

Coastal - Beach or dune

Trip Information

Name:

Kettle Cove

Trip date:

Thu, 2018-10-25 08:45

Town or city:

Cape Elizabeth

Type of investigation:

Species Survey

Ecosystem:

Coastal

Watershed:

Presumpscot

Time of low tide:

Species Observation Sea potato

Sea potato