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SEAGRASSES & SEAWEEDS Back to top
FLOWERING PLANTS
Highest Intertidal and Beyond
Low Intertidal–Shallow Subtidal
MARINE ALGAE
GREEN ALGAE
High Intertidal
Mid-Intertidal
Low Intertidal
Subtidal
YELLOW-GREEN ALGAE
BROWN ALGAE
High Intertidal
Mid-Intertidal
Low Intertidal
Subtidal
DIATOMS
RED ALGAE
High Intertidal
Mid-Intertidal
Low Intertidal
Subtidal
MISCELLANEOUS AND UNDETERMINED
MISCELLANEOUS MARINE ALGAE
UNDETERMINED SEAWEEDS
INVERTEBRATES Back to top
SPONGES
CALCAREOUS SPONGES
SILICEOUS SPONGES (Hexactinellid sponges, including glass sponges)
DEMOSPONGES
UNDETERMINED SPONGES—A SELECTION
SEA ANEMONES, CORALS, HYDROIDS, HYDROCORALS, JELLIES AND OTHERS—Phylum CNIDARIA (aka Coelenterata)
SEA ANEMONES
ZOANTHIDS
HARD CORALS
SOFT CORALS
SEA PENS
GORGONIANS
HYDROCORALS
HYDROIDS
Undetermined Hydroids
JELLIES
STALKED JELLIES
COMB JELLIES
WORMS
FLATWORMS
RIBBON WORMS
ARROW WORMS
PEANUT WORMS
SEGMENTED WORMS
LEECHES
POLYCHAETES
SIMPLE-BODIED POLYCHAETES
Bamboo-worms
Bighead sludgeworms
Horn-headed worms
Lugworms
Orbit-worms
Utility-worms
SENSORY-PALP POLYCHAETES
Angled-jaw worms
Big-eyed Pelagic Worms
Bloodworms
Marine earthworms
Hairy-hide worms
Maggot-worms
Bobbit worms
Necklace-worms
Paddleworms
Pelagic transparent-worms
Porcupine-worms
Princess-of-Troy worms
Quillworms and beachworms
Scaleworms
Sea mice
Goddess-worms
Sea-nymphs
FEEDING-PALP POLYCHAETES
Dumb-bell worms
Bristle-cage worms
Calcareous tubeworms
Curly filament-worms
Feather-duster worms
Ice-cream coneworms
Sandmason and honeycomb tubeworms
Spaghetti-worms
Three-section tubeworms
WORM TUBES AND OTHER VERMIFORMS
SPOON WORMS
PHORONIDS, MOSS ANIMALS, NODDING HEADS, LAMPSHELLS
PHORONIDS
MOSS ANIMALS (Bryozoans)
Undetermined branching bryozoans
Undetermined encrusting bryozoans
NODDING HEADS (Ectoprocts)
LAMPSHELLS (Brachiopods)
CHITONS, BIVALVES, UNIVALVES, BUBBLE SHELLS, NUDIBRANCHS, TUSKSHELLS, OCTOPUS, and SQUID—Phylum MOLLUSCA (Molluska)
CHITONS
BIVALVES
Mussels
Scallops
Oysters and Jingles
Clams
UNIVALVES
Limpets and limpet-shaped snails
Coiled snails
BUBBLE SHELLS, etc.
NUDIBRANCHS
TUSKSHELLS
OCTOPUSES and SQUIDS
SHRIMPS, CRABS, HERMITS, BARNACLES, SEA FLEAS, SEA SPIDERS AND OTHERS—Phylum ARTHROPODA
MITES
AMPHIPODS (including beach hoppers and sea fleas)
ISOPODS
OPOSSUM SHRIMPS (mysids)
CUMACEANS
COPEPODS (including sea lice)
EUPHAUSIDS (krill)
BRANCHIURA (fish lice)
SHRIMPS
MISCELLANEOUS
TRUE CRABS
PORCELAIN CRABS
GALATHEID CRABS
LITHODE CRABS
HERMITS (HERMIT CRABS)
BARNACLES
SEA SPIDERS
SEA STARS, BRITTLE STARS, FEATHER STARS, SEA URCHINS AND SEA CUCUMBERS—Phylum ECHINODERMATA
SEA STARS
BRITTLE STARS
FEATHER STARS
SEA URCHINS
SEA CUCUMBERS
TUNICATES (sea squirts), SALPS, ACORN WORMS
SOLITARY TUNICATES
SOCIAL TUNICATES
COMPOUND TUNICATES
Undetermined compound tunicates
SALPS
PYROSOMES
ACORN WORMS
SELECTED VERTEBRATES Back to top
VERTEBRATES
CARTILAGINOUS FISHES (sharks, skates, ratfishes)
FORAGE FISHES (herrings, sticklebacks, tubesnouts, pipefishes, sandlances)
CODFISHES and EELPOUTS
GOBIES
RONQUILS
BLENNYFISHES (pricklebacks, gunnels, quillfishes, wolf-fishes and prowfishes)
SURFPERCHES
ROCKFISHES
GREENLINGS
SCULPINS
TOADFISHES
CLINGFISHES
SNAILFISHES
POACHERS
FLATFISHES
MISCELLANEOUS FISHES
SNAKES and others