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Swimming anemone, Spotted anemone
This anemone has a soft, tubular body with smooth, marbled skin. Its colouring varies widely. Tentacles surround its mouth, which is located on the top of its body.
ClassAnthozoaOrderActiniariaFamilyActinostolidae -
Thorny skate
The tail of the thorny skate has two small dorsal fins. The ventral side is white and the dorsal side brown with dark spots.
ClassChondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish)OrderRajiformesFamilyRajidae -
Waved whelk
The soft body of the waved whelk is white, spotted with black. It is covered with a whorled cream-coloured shell. The head of this marine snail bears two antennae.
ClassGasteropodaOrderCaenogastropodaFamilyBuccinidae -
Whimbrel
These large shorebirds are recognized by their slender, down-curved bill. Their brownish plumage, often mottled gray-brown, and the stripes on their head help to identify them.
ClassBirdsOrderCharadriiformesFamilyScolopacidae -
Winter flounder
The winter flounder is an oblong laterally compressed flatfish. Its two eyes are set on the right side of its head, or the top side of its body.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderPleuronectiformesFamilyPleuronectidae -
Winter skate
Like other rays, the winter skate has a flattened body, and its mouth and gills are located underneath its body. It can grow over a meter in length, making it one of the largest rays in Canada.
ClassChondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish)OrderRajiformesFamilyRajidae