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Common rock barnacle
The common rock barnacle is an arthropod. It appears in two forms: at the larval stage, it is mobile and swims in open water. At the adult stage, it is immobile and attached to a rock.
ClassCrustaceaOrderCirripediaFamilyArchaeobalanidae -
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.
ClassEchinoideaOrderClypeasteroidaFamilyEchinarachniidea -
Common sea star
The common sea star has five round-tipped arms.
ClassAsteroideaOrderForcipulataFamilyAsteridae -
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”.
ClassBirdsOrderCharadriiformesFamilyLaridae (gulls) -
Common tortoiseshell limpet
The common tortoiseshell limpet, (Tectura testudinalis) also known as the plant limpet, lives by the sea on rocky shorelines.
ClassGasteropodaOrderPatellogastropodaFamilyLottiidae -
Common yellowthroat
The common yellowthroat is very widespread, and easy to identify. The male's breeding plumage is olive green on top, with a yellow throat and a distinctive black mask.
ClassBirdsOrderPasseriformesFamilyEmberizidae -
Cunner
The cunner has an elongated body, a small mouth and fleshy lips. There are 18 spines on its dorsal fin and 3 on its anal fin. These fish vary in colour.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderPerciformesFamilyLabridae -
Daisy brittle star
The daisy brittle star has a central body disk measuring about 2 cm in diameter, with 5 arms that are 9 cm long.
ClassOphiuroideaOrderOphiuridaFamilyOphiactidés -
Dark-eyed junco
The male junco is slate grey with a white bill and breast. The female is paler, but with similar colouring. These birds are easy to recognize, with their white outermost tail feathers.
ClassBirdsOrderPasseriformesFamilyPasserellidae -
Dyeing poison dart frog
The dyeing poison dart frog is an attractive species in the poison dart frog family, dendrobatidae.
ClassAmphibia (Batracia)OrderAnuraFamilyDendrobatidae