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Green sea urchin
Green sea urchins are round and covered with short spines less than 1 cm long. Between the spines are tube feet, for locomotion.
ClassEchinoideaOrderEchinoidaFamilyStrongylocentrotidae -
Harlequin duck
The adult male is metallic leaden blue with chestnut flanks. It can be identified by the white patch between the bill and eyes and the narrow white collar around the neck.
ClassBirdsOrderAnseriformesFamilyAnatidae (geese and ducks) -
Hermit crab
The hermit crab is similar in shape to a lobster. The long, soft abdomen is not protected by an exoskeleton, as is the upper part of the animal's body.
ClassCrustaceaOrderDecapodaFamilyPaguridae -
Little skate
This skate has a flat body and a pointed snout. The top of its body is covered in spines. Its eyes are also on its dorsal side, as are its spiracles, the little holes behind each eye.
ClassChondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish)OrderRajiformesFamilyRajidae -
Long-tailed duck
From late spring to the beginning of summer, the male has a brown head, neck and back with grey cheeks.
ClassBirdsOrderAnseriformesFamilyAnatidae (geese and ducks) -
Longhorn sculpin
The longhorn sculpin is an elongated, spiny fish. Unlike most fish, its skin is not covered in scales.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderPerciformesFamilyCottidae -
Lumpfish
Lumpfish have short, robust bodies, covered with growths called tubercles. They have small mouths and humped backs.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderPerciformesFamilyCyclopteridae -
Moon jelly
The moon jelly, also known as the moon jellyfish, looks like a gelatinous saucer surrounded by very short tentacles (about 1,200).
ClassScyphozoaOrderSemaeostomeaeFamilyUlmaridae -
Mottled red chiton
Chitons are true “living fossils” since they have not changed in 300 million years. It has preserved vestiges of the segmented body of its ancestors.
ClassPolyplacophoraOrderChitonidaFamilyIschnochitonidae -
Northern red anemone, Dahlia anemone
The northern red anemone resembles a flowering plant; nevertheless, it is part of the animal kingdom. A dead giveaway is the fact that it possesses a “stomach”.
ClassAnthozoaOrderActiniariaFamilyActiniidae