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Common sand dollar
As its name suggests, the common sand dollar resembles a large coin and doesn’t have the five arms that other echinoderms have.
ClassEchinoideaOrderClypeasteroidaFamilyEchinarachniidea -
Common sea star
The common sea star has five round-tipped arms.
ClassAsteroideaOrderForcipulataFamilyAsteridae -
Common tern
More slender than a gull, the common tern has long straight wings, a forked tail and a black crown and nape. That is why these terns are sometimes called “sea swallows”.
ClassBirdsOrderCharadriiformesFamilyLaridae (gulls) -
Common tortoiseshell limpet
The common tortoiseshell limpet, (Tectura testudinalis) also known as the plant limpet, lives by the sea on rocky shorelines.
ClassGasteropodaOrderPatellogastropodaFamilyLottiidae -
Cunner
The cunner has an elongated body, a small mouth and fleshy lips. There are 18 spines on its dorsal fin and 3 on its anal fin. These fish vary in colour.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderPerciformesFamilyLabridae -
Daisy brittle star
The daisy brittle star has a central body disk measuring about 2 cm in diameter, with 5 arms that are 9 cm long.
ClassOphiuroideaOrderOphiuridaFamilyOphiactidés -
Dark-eyed junco
The male junco is slate grey with a white bill and breast. The female is paler, but with similar colouring. These birds are easy to recognize, with their white outermost tail feathers.
ClassBirdsOrderPasseriformesFamilyPasserellidae -
Eastern bluebird
The male of the Eastern bluebird is blue above, with a reddish brown breast. The female is similar but duller in colouring. The young are also dull-coloured, with a streaked breast.
ClassBirdsOrderPasseriformesFamilyTurdidae -
Frilled Anemone
The tubular body of this sea anemone is topped with a ring of hundreds of tiny feathery tentacles, with a mouth in the centre. This is the most common and largest anemone in the Gulf of St.
ClassAnthozoaOrderActiniariaFamilyMetridiidae -
Great spider crab, Atlantic lyre crab
The great spider crab has long legs and a violin-shaped body.
ClassCrustaceaOrderDecapodaFamilyOregoniidae