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  • Uria aalge

    Common murre

    This seabird has dark chocolate brown plumage on its back, neck and head, and white undersides. Its bill is slender and pointed. It stands erect, like a penguin, when on land.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Charadriiformes
    Family
    Alcidae
  • A common sand dollar living next to the endoskeleton of a dollar.

    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.

    Class
    Echinoidea
    Order
    Clypeasteroida
    Family
    Echinarachniidea
  • Asterias rubens

    Common sea star

    This well-known marine animal has five arms with rounded tips. Under each arm are four rows of suction-cup feet (podia) or ambulacral feet.

    Class
    Asteroidea
    Order
    Forcipulata
    Family
    Asteridae
  • Common tern (Sterna hirundo).

    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”.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Charadriiformes
    Family
    Laridae (gulls)
  • Tortoiseshell limpet on a substrate

    Common tortoiseshell limpet

    The common tortoiseshell limpet, (Tectura testudinalis) also known as the plant limpet, lives by the sea on rocky shorelines.

    Class
    Gasteropoda
    Order
    Patellogastropoda
    Family
    Lottiidae
  • Tautogolabrus adspersus

    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.

    Class
    Osteichthyes (bony fish)
    Order
    Perciformes
    Family
    Labridae
  • Ophiopholis aculeata

    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.

    Class
    Ophiuroidea
    Order
    Ophiurida
    Family
    Ophiactidés
  • Dendrobates tinctorius (var. azureus)

    Dyeing poison dart frog

    The dyeing poison dart frog is an attractive species in the poison dart frog family, dendrobatidae.

    Class
    Amphibia (Batracia)
    Order
    Anura
    Family
    Dendrobatidae
  • Anaxyrus americanus

    Eastern American toad

    The Eastern American toad is a medium-sized anuran. Its skin is covered with small wart-like bumps. It has a poison-secreting gland behind each eye.

    Class
    Amphibia (Batracia)
    Order
    Anura
    Family
    Bufonidae
  • Sialia sialis

    Eastern bluebird

    The male of the Eastern bluebird is blue above, with a reddish brown breast. The female is similar but duller in colouring. The young are also dull-coloured, with a streaked breast.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Passeriformes
    Family
    Turdidae

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