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Animals

Kingdom Animalia

 

PHYLUM PORIFERA

• Halichondria panicea(crumb-of-bread sponge)

PHYLUM CNIDARIA

Class Anthozoa

• Haliplanella luciae (green-striped anemone)

• Metridium senile (frilled anemone)

• Tealia felina (northern red Anemone, Dahlia anemone)

Class Hydrozoa

• Hydractinia echinata (snail fur)

• Tubularia spp. (tubularian hydroid)

  
  

PHYLUM NEMERTEA (ribbon worms)

• Cerebratulus lacteus (milky ribbon worm)

  
  

PHYLUM BRYOZOA

• Electra pilosa (sea lace)

• Membranipora spp. (lacy crust)

PHYLUM SIPUNCULA (peanut worms)

• Phascolopsis gouldii (Gould’s peanut worm)

PHYLUM ANNELIDA

 

Class Polychaeta

Family Terebellidae (terebellid worms)

• Amphitriti johnstoni (spaghetti worm)

Family Glyceridae

• Glycera dibranchiata (bloodworm, beak thrower)

Family Nephtyidae

• Nephtys spp. (red-lined worm, catworm, shimmyworm)

Family Nereidae

• Nereis virens (sandworm, clamworm, ragworm)

Family Polynoidea (scaleworms)

• Harmothoe imbricata (fifteen-scaled worm)

• Lepidonotus squamatus (twelve-scaled worm)

  
  

PHYLUM MOLLUSCA

Class Polyplacophora (chitons)

• Ischnochiton rubra (= ruber) (northern red chiton)

Class Gastropoda (Snails)

Subclass Prosobranchia

• Crepidula fornicata (Common Atlantic slipper shell)

• Crepidula plana (flat slipper shell, eastern white slipper shell)

• Littorina littorea (common periwinkle)

• Littorina obtusata (smooth periwinkle)

• Littorina saxatilis (rough periwinkle)

• Lunatia (=Euspira) heros (northern moon snail)

• Ilyanassa (=Nassarius) obsoleta(mud dogwhelk)

• Nucella lapillus (dogwhelk, Atlantic dogwinkle)

• Tectura testudinalis (tortoiseshell limpet)

 

Subclass Opisthobranchia

Order Nudibranchia (Sea slugs)

• Aeolidia papillosa (maned nudibranch, shag-rug aeolis)

• Dendronotus frondosus (frond aeolis, bushy-back sea slug)

• Flabellina (=Coryphella) spp. (red-gilled nudibranch)

Subclass Pulmonata

• Melampus bidentatus (salt-marsh pulmonate snail, eastern melampus)

Class Bivalvia (clams, mussels)

• Anomia simplex (common jingle shell, mermaid’s toenail)

• Geukensia demissa (ribbed mussel)

• Modiolus modiolus (horse mussel)

• Mytilus edulis (blue mussel)

• Ostrea edulis (edible European oyster)

• Ensis directus (common razor clam, Atlantic jackknife)

• Hiatella arctica (Arctic rock borer, red-nose clam)

• Mercenaria mercenaria (quahog, cherrystone, littleneck, hard-shelled clam)

• Mya arenaria (soft-shelled clam, steamer, longneck clam)

• Pitar morrhuanus (false quahog)

• Placopecten magellanicus (ocean scallop)

  
  

PHYLUM ARTHROPODA

 

Subphylum Chelicerata

Class Merostomata

• Limulus polyphemus (horseshoe crab)

Subphylum Crustacea

Class Maxillipoda

Subclass Copepoda

 

Subclass Thecostraca (barnacles and their kin)

• Semibalanus balanoides (northern rock barnacle)

Class Malacostraca

Order Amphipoda

• Amphiporeia virginiana (haustoriidid amphipod, sandy beach amphipod)

• Gammarus spp. (scud)

Order Decapoda

• Cancer borealis (Jonah Crab)

• Cancer irroratus (Rock crab)

• Carcinus maenas (green crab)

• Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Asian shore crab)

• Homarus americanus (American lobster)

• Pagurus longicarpus (longclawed hermit crab)

  
  

PHYLUM ECHINODERMATA

Class Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers)

• Cucumaria frondosa(orange-footed sea cucumber)          

Class Echinoidea (sea urchins, sand dollars)

• Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (green sea urchin)

• Echinarachnius parma (sand dollar)

Class Asteroidea (seastars)

• Asterias forbesi (common sea star)

• Asterias vulgaris (=rubens)  (northern sea star)

• Crosaster papposus (rough sun star)

• Henricia sanguinolaria (blood star)

Class Ophiuroidea (brittle stars)

• Ophiopholis aculeata (daisy brittle star)

  
  

PHYLUM CHORDATA

Subphylum Urochordata = Tunicata

Class Ascidiacea

• Botrylloides spp. (orange sheath tunicate)

• Botryllus schlosseri (golden-star tunicate)

• Ciona intestinalis (sea vase)

• Didemnum albidum

• Molgula spp. (sea grape)

  

Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)

Class Chondrichthyes (sharks, rays, other cartilaginous fishes)

 

       Class Osteichthyes “bony fish”

• Fundulus heteroclitis (mummichug, killifish)

• Pleuronectes americanus (winter flounder) 

 

Protista Species List

Plant Species List

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