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  • Somateria mollissima

    Common eider

    Common eider males (winter and nuptial plumage) have black bellies and white backs, a black cap and a green wash on the nape. The female resembles a large brownish duck.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Anseriformes
    Family
    Anatidae (geese and ducks)
  • Marmosets (Callithrix)

    Common marmoset

    The common marmoset is a small monkey whose head has two tufts of long white hair at ear level. It has a white blaze on its forehead and a black-and-white banded tail.

    Class
    Mammalia
    Order
    Primates
    Family
    Callichthyidae
  • Uria aalge

    Common murre

    This seabird has dark chocolate brown plumage on its back, neck and head, and white undersides. Its bill is slender and pointed. It stands erect, like a penguin, when on land.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Charadriiformes
    Family
    Alcidae
  • A common sand dollar living next to the endoskeleton of a dollar.

    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.

    Class
    Echinoidea
    Order
    Clypeasteroida
    Family
    Echinarachniidea
  • Asterias rubens

    Common sea star

    This well-known marine animal has five arms with rounded tips. Under each arm are four rows of suction-cup feet (podia) or ambulacral feet.

    Class
    Asteroidea
    Order
    Forcipulata
    Family
    Asteridae
  • Common tern (Sterna hirundo).

    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”.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Charadriiformes
    Family
    Laridae (gulls)
  • Tortoiseshell limpet on a substrate

    Common tortoiseshell limpet

    The common tortoiseshell limpet, (Tectura testudinalis) also known as the plant limpet, lives by the sea on rocky shorelines.

    Class
    Gasteropoda
    Order
    Patellogastropoda
    Family
    Lottiidae
  • Cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus)

    Cunner

    The cunner has an elongated body, a small mouth, and fleshy lips. Its dorsal fin displays 18 rigid bony rays followed by flexible rays toward the back.

    Class
    Osteichthyes (bony fish)
    Order
    Perciformes
    Family
    Labridae
  • Daisy brittle star on a rock.

    Daisy brittle star

    This marine animal has a central disk approximately 2 cm in diameter, from which five arms, about 9 cm long, extend.

    Class
    Ophiuroidea
    Order
    Ophiurida
    Family
    Ophiactidae
  • Sebastes mentella

    Deepwater redfish

    The deepwater redfish adult presents a number of unique and distinctive features. The body is bright red. The head and the mouth are is relatively big.

    Class
    Osteichthyes (bony fish)
    Order
    Scorpaeniformes
    Family
    Scorpaenidae

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