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  • Tonicella marmorea,

    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.

    Class
    Polyplacophora
    Order
    Chitonida
    Family
    Ischnochitonidae
  • Lontra canadensis

    North american river otter

    A river otter has thick, glossy dark brown fur, lighter on the belly. Its toes are webbed. It has a long, tapered tail that is broader at the base.

    Class
    Mammalia
    Order
    Carnivora
    Family
    Mustelidae
  • Cardinalis cardinalis

    Northern cardinal

    The northern cardinal is the same size as a starling. The two sexes are quite different.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Passeriformes
    Family
    Cardinalidae
  • Procyon lotor

    Northern raccoon

    The stocky body of the northern racoon varies in colour from one region to another, ranging from grey to reddish-brown. It has short legs.

    Class
    Mammalia
    Order
    Carnivora
    Family
    Procyonidae
  • Urticina felina

    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”.

    Class
    Anthozoa
    Order
    Actiniaria
    Family
    Actiniidae
  • Cucumaria frondosa

    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.

    Class
    Holothuroidea
    Order
    Dendrochirotida
    Family
    Cucumaridae
  • Pandalus borealis

    Northern shrimp

    The northern shrimp moves around quite gracefully using only 6 of its 10 walking legs (pereiopods).

    Class
    Crustacea
    Order
    Decapoda
    Family
    Pandalidés
  • Zoarces americanus

    Ocean pout

    The ocean pout has a large mouth, with fleshy lips, and an eel-like elongated body.

    Class
    Osteichthyes (bony fish)
    Order
    Perciformes
    Family
    Zoarcidae
  • Tangara velia (male)

    Opal-rumped tanager

     

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Passeriformes
    Family
    Thraupidae
  • An ornate tetra

    Ornate tetra

    The body of this fish is covered with silvery-pink scales.

    Class
    Osteichthyes (bony fish)
    Order
    Characiformes
    Family
    Characidae