Species Cards List

Acorn Barnacle

Acorn Barnacle

Balanus sp.

American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

Amphipods (scuds)

Gammarus sp.

Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab

Minuca pugnax

Atlantic Needlefish

Strongylura marina

Atlantic Silverside

Menidia menidia

Banded Killifish

Fundulus diaphanus

Bay Nettle

Chrysaora chesapeakei

Bay Anchovy

Anchoa mitchilli

Black Fingered Mud Crab

Panopeus herbstii

Bluefish

Pomatomus saltatrix

Blue Crab

Callinectes sapidus

Blue Mussel

Mytilus edulis

Clam Worm

Nereis sp.

Coffee Bean Snail (marsh snail)

Melampus bidentatus

Common Sea Star

Asterias forbesi

Common Slipper Shell

Crepidula fornicata

Northern Diamondback Terrapin

Malaclemys terrapin terrapin

Feather Blenny

Hypsoblennius hentz

Four-spined Stickleback

Apeltes quadracus

Grass Shrimp

Hippolyte sp.

Green Crab

Carcinus maenas

Horseshoe Crab

Limulus polyphemus

Inland Silverside

Menidia beryllina

Isopod (Slender)

Cyathura polita

Knobbed Whelk

Busycon carica

Jingle Shell

Anomia simplex

Leidy's Comb Jelly

Mnemiopsis leidyi

Lined Seahorse

Hippocampus erectus

Lion's Mane Jellyfish

Cyanea capillata

Lobed Moon Snail

Polinices duplicatus

Long Clawed Hermit Crab

Pagurus longicarpus

Many-ribbed Hydromedusa

Aequorea sp.

Mole Crab

Emerita talpoida

Mud Dog Whelk

Nassarius obsoletus

Mummichog

Fundulus heteroclitus

Naked Goby

Gobiosoma bosc

North American Oyster (common)

Crassostrea virginica

Northern King Fish

Menticirrhus saxatilis

Northern Pipefish

Syngnathus fuscus

Northern Pufferfish

Sphoeroides maculatus

Northern Sea Robin

Prionotus carolinus

Oyster Toadfish

Opsanus tau

Purple Sea Urchin

Arbacia punctulata

Quahog (hard clam)

Mercenaria mercenaria

Razor Clam

Ensis directus

Red Beard Sponge

Microciona prolifera

Ribbed Mussel

Modiolus demissus

Sand Shrimp

Crangon septemspinosa

Sheepshead Minnow

Cyprinodon variegatus

Shore Shrimp

Palaemonetes vulgaris

Smooth Dogfish

Mustelus canis

Spider Crab

Libinia emarginata

Striped Bass

Morone saxatilis

Striped Killifish

Fundulus majalis

Surf Clam

Spisula solidissima

White perch (silver)

Morone americana

Summer Flounder

Paralichthys dentatus

Tautog

Tautoga onitis

Bay Scallop

Argopecten irradians

Winter Flounder

Pseudopleuronectes americanus

American Black Duck

Anas rubripes

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

American Oystercatcher

Haematopus palliatus

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Black Skimmer

Rynchops niger

Boat-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus major

Brant

Branta bernicla

Brown-headed Cowbird

Molothrus ater

Brown Pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis

Bufflehead

Bucephala albeola

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Common Loon

Gavia immer

Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

Fish Crow

Corvus ossifragus

Rock Weed

Fucus sp.

Foster's Tern

Sterna forsteri

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Greater Black-backed Gull

Larus marinus

Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Laughing Gull

Larus atricilla

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Long-tailed Duck

Clangula hyemalis

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Mallard Duck

Anas platyrhynchos

Piping Plover

Charadrius melodus

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Red-breasted Merganser

Mergus serrator

Royal Tern

Sterna maxima

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Saltmarsh Sparrow

Ammodramus caudacutus

Sanderling

Calidris alba

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Calidris pusilla

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula