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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.
ClassPolyplacophoraOrderChitonidaFamilyIschnochitonidae -
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”.
ClassAnthozoaOrderActiniariaFamilyActiniidae -
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.
ClassHolothuroideaOrderDendrochirotidaFamilyCucumaridae -
Northern shrimp
The northern shrimp moves around quite gracefully using only 6 of its 10 walking legs (pereiopods).
ClassCrustaceaOrderDecapodaFamilyPandalidés -
Ocean pout
The ocean pout has a large mouth, with fleshy lips, and an eel-like elongated body.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderPerciformesFamilyZoarcidae -
Polar sea star
The polar sea star has six arms.
ClassAsteroideaOrderForcipulataFamilyPlantaginaceae -
Pollock
The fish has three dorsal fins. Its lateral line is straight and white, unlike the curved line on cod. Its head is rather small compared with cod. The barbel under the chin is small or lacking.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderGadiformesFamilyGadidae -
Razorbill
The razorbill has white underparts and a black back. Its bill is broader than that of the common murre. The male and female are identical in appearance.
ClassBirdsOrderCharadriiformesFamilyAlcidae -
Rock gunnel
The rock gunnel looks like a small eel due to its flattened, elongated body. Its colouring varies but is usually brownish with yellowish markings.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderPerciformesFamilyPholidae -
Ruddy turnstone
Both sexes of this bird are identical.
ClassBirdsOrderCharadriiformesFamilyScolopacidae