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Northern sea cucumber, Orange-footed sea cucumber
The northern sea cucumber has five rows of sucker tube feet or ambulacra. Ten tentacles surround its mouth. It can make its tentacles disappear by retracting them into its mouth.
ClassHolothuroideaOrderDendrochirotidaFamilyCucumaridae -
Northern shrimp
The northern shrimp moves around quite gracefully using only 6 of its 10 walking legs (pereiopods).
ClassCrustaceaOrderDecapodaFamilyPandalidés -
Ocean pout
The ocean pout has a large mouth, with fleshy lips, and an eel-like elongated body.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderPerciformesFamilyZoarcidae -
Polar sea star
The polar sea star has six arms.
ClassAsteroideaOrderForcipulataFamilyPlantaginaceae -
Pollock
The fish has three dorsal fins. Its lateral line is straight and white, unlike the curved line on cod. Its head is rather small compared with cod. The barbel under the chin is small or lacking.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderGadiformesFamilyGadidae -
Purple sun star
This large sun star has 7 to 14 arms. It varies in colour from orangish-yellow to purple.
ClassAsteroideaOrderSpinulosidaFamilySolasteridae -
Rainbow smelt
The smelt is a small fish, slender and elongated, with a laterally compressed body. The back is olive green and the belly silvery.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderOsmeriformesFamilyOsmeridés -
Razorbill
The razorbill has white underparts and a black back. Its bill is broader than that of the common murre. The male and female are identical in appearance.
ClassBirdsOrderCharadriiformesFamilyAlcidae -
Ruddy turnstone
Both sexes of this bird are identical.
ClassBirdsOrderCharadriiformesFamilyScolopacidae -
Rugose anemone
This marine animal is generally a pale beige colour. Its tubular body is covered with hemispherical tubercules (bumps). Tentacles surround its mouth, which is located on the top of its body.
ClassAnthozoaOrderActiniariaFamilyHormathiidae