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species: Bandtail Puffer (Sphoeroides spengleri)

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photo of Bandtail Puffer (Sphoeroides spengleri)

species: Bandtail Puffer (Sphoeroides spengleri)

Observer
sargassogirl
Date
1/15/2022
Quality grade
research
License
CC-BY-NC
Description
found this puffer washed up on the beach in windy weather. lots of sand stuck to it even after i poured seawater on it.
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Taxonomy

Species Interactions

The species with links are species that have observations.

Eats

  • Caridean Shrimps (Caridea)
  • Bivalves (Bivalvia)
  • (Pagurus)
  • Amphipods (Amphipoda)
  • Gastropods (Gastropoda)
  • Brittle Stars (Ophiuroidea)
  • True Crabs (Brachyura)
  • Polychaete Worms (Polychaeta)
  • Isopods (Isopoda)
  • Sea Urchins, Sand Dollars, And Heart Urchins (Echinoidea)
  • (Cladophora)
  • Bearded Fireworm (Hermodice carunculata)
  • Sea Lettuces (Ulva)
  • Crustaceans (Crustacea)
  • Echinoderms (Echinodermata)
  • Animals (Animalia)
  • Molluscs (Mollusca)
  • Plants (Plantae)
  • (Urochordata)
  • Hemichordates (Hemichordata)
  • (Benthic autotrophs)
  • (Echinoida)
  • Neoloricate Chitons (Neoloricata)
  • (no name)
  • (Detritus)
  • (Microfauna)
  • (Diodora dysoni)
  • Shell-boring Spionids (Polydora)
  • (Pilumnus diomedeae)
  • (Acartia spinata)
  • (Synalpheus pandionis)
  • (Laurencia obtusa)
  • (Periclimenes pedersoni)
  • (Micropanope nuttingi)
  • (Lensia subtiloides)
  • Pennsylvania Lucine (Lucina pensylvanica)
  • (Laeonereis culveri)
  • (Anadara notabilis)
  • (Mithrax)
  • (Paracalanus aculeatus)
  • (Lima lima)
  • (Pitho sexdentata)
  • Elkhorn Coral Crab (Domecia acanthophora)
  • (Oithona oculata)
  • (Alpheus formosus)
  • (Cassis madagascariensis)
  • (Acartia tonsa)
  • (Stypopodium zonale)
  • (Calliostoma javanicum)
  • Green Star Shell (Lithopoma tuber)
  • (Corycaeus subulatus)
  • (Centropages furcatus)
  • (Pagurus bonairensis)
  • (Paguristes grayi)
  • Blistered Saucer Leaf Alga (Turbinaria turbinata)
  • (Dendrodoris krebsii)
  • (Pitho aculeata)
  • (Ambidexter symmetricus)
  • Prickly Seaweed (Acanthophora spicifera)
  • (Halimeda goreauii)
  • (Undinula vulgaris)
  • (Enteromorpha)
  • (Pilumnus reticulatus)
  • Yellowline Arrow Crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis)
  • (Chama macerophylla)
  • (Lithophaga nigra)
  • (Eoacmaea pustulata)
  • (Dictyota divaricata)
  • (Synalpheus spinifrons)
  • (Pista cristata)
  • (Petrolisthes jugosus)
  • (Paracalanus crassirostris)
  • Orangeclaw Hermit Crab (Calcinus tibicen)
  • (Kinbergonuphis)
  • (Alpheus peasei)
  • (Paraliomera longimana)
  • (Krohnitta subtilis)
  • (Streblosoma hartmanae)
  • Mottled Shore Crab (Pachygrapsus transversus)
  • (Euchaeta marina)
  • (Corycaeus amazonicus)
  • Buttercup Lucine (Anodontia alba)
  • (Asterocytis ramosa)
  • (Synalpheus goodei)
  • (Pitar fulminatus)
  • (Stylocheilus longicauda)
  • West Indian Starsnail (Lithopoma tectum)
  • (Hexapanopeus caribbaeus)
  • (Synalpheus longicarpus)
  • (Bittium varium)
  • (Acar domingensis)
  • (Antillipecten antillarum)
  • (Coralliophila caribaea)
  • (Monoplex pilearis)
  • (Laurencia papillosa)
  • (Turbo cailletii)
  • (Diplodonta caelata)
  • (Cymatium vespaceum)
  • (Pitho lherminieri)
  • (Geitodoris pusae)

Preys on

  • Bacteria (Bacteria)
  • Bearded Fireworm (Hermodice carunculata)
  • (Cladophora)
  • Isopods (Isopoda)
  • Brittle Stars (Ophiuroidea)
  • Bivalves (Bivalvia)
  • Sea Urchins, Sand Dollars, And Heart Urchins (Echinoidea)
  • Amphipods (Amphipoda)
  • Gastropods (Gastropoda)
  • Caridean Shrimps (Caridea)
  • True Crabs (Brachyura)
  • (Pagurus)
  • Polychaete Worms (Polychaeta)
  • (Krohnitta subtilis)
  • (Aspella paupercula)
  • (Petrolisthes jugosus)
  • (Triphora intermedia)
  • (Eunice mutilata)
  • (Alpheus armillatus)
  • (Atagema browni)
  • Speckled Tellin (Tellinella listeri)
  • (Parvilucina costata)
  • (Laurencia papillosa)
  • (Glossocephalus milneedwardsi)
  • (Oncaea venusta)
  • (Luria cinerea)
  • (Calliostoma javanicum)
  • (Cyclozodion angustum)
  • Ornate Scallop (Caribachlamys ornata)
  • (Ctenoides scabra)
  • (Epialtus kingsleyi)
  • (Collisella)
  • (Amphiroa)
  • (Abylopsis eschscholtzi)
  • Cross-barred Venus (Chione cancellata)
  • Gaudy Sanguin (Asaphis deflorata)
  • (Acartia spinata)
  • (Mithrax)
  • Amber Pen Shell (Pinna carnea)
  • (Lobatus gallus)
  • (Microsetella rosea)
  • (Cassis madagascariensis)
  • (Spyridia filamentosa)
  • (Gracilaria)
  • (Ambidexter symmetricus)
  • (Oikopleura dioica)
  • (Turbo castanea)
  • (Monoplex pilearis)
  • (Penaeus duorarum)
  • (Synalpheus brevicarpus)
  • Red Reef Hermit (Paguristes cadenati)
  • (Diodora dysoni)
  • (Garthiope barbadensis)
  • Red Snapping Shrimp (Alpheus armatus)
  • (Hexapanopeus caribbaeus)
  • (Modulus modulus)
  • (Euterpina acutifrons)
  • Tulip Mussel (Modiolus americanus)
  • (Hippolyte pleuracanthus)
  • (Aplysia parvula)
  • Elkhorn Coral Crab (Domecia acanthophora)
  • (Pachycheles riisei)
  • Caribbean Spiny Lobster (Panulirus argus)
  • (Leiosolenus appendiculatus)
  • (Kinbergonuphis)
  • Neoloricate Chitons (Neoloricata)
  • (Urochordata)
  • Hemichordates (Hemichordata)
  • (Microfauna)
  • Atlantic Long-spined Sea Urchin (Diadema antillarum)

Eaten by

  • Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
  • Dusky Smooth-hound (Mustelus canis)
  • Caribbean Reef Shark (Carcharhinus perezii)
  • Caribbean Sharpnose Shark (Rhizoprionodon porosus)
  • Bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo)
  • Shortnose Batfish (Ogcocephalus nasutus)
  • Lemon Shark (Negaprion brevirostris)
  • Blacknose Shark (Carcharhinus acronotus)
  • Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari)
  • Mutton Snapper (Lutjanus analis)
  • Coney (Cephalopholis fulva)
  • Barbfish (Scorpaena brasiliensis)
  • Grey Snapper (Lutjanus griseus)
  • Common Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)

Preyed upon by

  • Mutton Snapper (Lutjanus analis)
  • Coney (Cephalopholis fulva)
  • Barbfish (Scorpaena brasiliensis)
  • Caribbean Sharpnose Shark (Rhizoprionodon porosus)
  • Blacknose Shark (Carcharhinus acronotus)
  • Bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo)
  • Shortnose Batfish (Ogcocephalus nasutus)
  • Dusky Smooth-hound (Mustelus canis)
  • Caribbean Reef Shark (Carcharhinus perezii)
  • Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
  • Lemon Shark (Negaprion brevirostris)
  • Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari)
  • Common Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)

Species interaction data comes from GloBI.

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