THE HUDSON RIVER

Animals of the Algae

The Hudson River is teeming with life. Known for its fish such as the migrating, anadromous striped bass which migrates from the Atlantic Ocean to the Hudson each spring to breed; and the catadromous eel, which, when mature, migrates from the Hudson to the Sargasso Sea to breed, fish are at the top of the food chain in the river. However there are countless organisms supporting the fish population: the invertebrates, which include the snails, jelly fish, comb jellies, crabs, shrimp, and zooplankton, the tiny, often microscopic organisms which live on the algae attached to docks, lines, pilings and rocks along the shores of the Hudson River.

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THE SHORE SHRIMP

 

THE CAPRELLID

 

 

OBELIA


LEIDYS COMB JELLY

 

EASTERN MUD WHELK

 

THE TUNICATE

 

 

LENTIL SEA SPIDER