Species Cards

MATES 2026-2027 species cards!!!

Acorn Barnacle

Balanus sp.

American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

Amphipods (scud)

Gammarus sp.

Atlantic marsh fiddler crab

Minuca pugnax

Atlantic Needlefish

Strongylura marina

Atlantic Ribbed Mussel

Modiolus demissus

Atlantic Silverside

Menidia menidia

Banded Killifish

Fundulus diaphanus

Bay anchovy

Anchoa mitchilli

Bay Nettle

Chrysaora chesapeakei

Bay scallop

Argopecten irradians

Black Fingered Mud Crab

Panopeus herbstii

Blue Crab

Callinectes sapidus

Blue Mussel

Mytilus edulis

Bluefish

Pomatomus saltatrix

Boring Sponge

Cliona celata

Clam Worm

Nereis sp.

Coffee Bean Snail (marsh snail)

Melampus bidentatus

Common (Forbes') Sea Star

Asterias forbesi

Common Slipper Shell

Crepidula fornicata

Feather Blenny

Hypsoblennius hentz

Four-spined Stickleback

Apeltes quadracus

Golden Star Tunicate

Botryllus schloseri

Grass Shrimp

Hippolyte sp.

Green Crab

Carcinus maenas

Horseshoe Crab

Limulus polyphemus

Isopod (Slender)

Cyathura polita

Jingle Shell

Anomia simplex

Knobbed Whelk

Busycon carica

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 Diamondback Terrapin

Malaclemys terrapin terrapin

Northern Kingfish

Menticirrhus saxatilis

Northern Pipefish

Syngathus 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

Sand Shrimp

Crangon septemspinosa

Sea Squirt

Molgula manhattensis

Sheepshead Minnow

Cyrprinodon variegatus

Smooth Dogfish

Mustelus canis

Spider Crab

Libinia emarginata

Spot

Leiostomus xanthurus

Striped Bass

Morone saxatilis

Striped Killifish

Fundulus majalis

Summer Flounder

Paralichthys dentatus

Surf Clam

Spisula solidissima

Tautog

Tautoga onitis

White perch (silver)

Morone americana

Winter Flounder

Pseudopleuronectes americanus

American black duck

Anas rubripes

American crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

American oystercatcher

Haematopus palliatus

Bald eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

Black crowned night heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Black skimmer

Rynchops niger

Boat-tailed grackle

Quiscalus major

Brant

Branta bernicla

Black scoter

Melanitta americana

Brown Pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis

Bufflehead

Bucephala albeola

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Common Loon

Gavia immer

Double-crested cormorant

Nannopterum auritum

Forster's tern

Sterna forsteri

Glossy ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

American white ibis

Eudocimus albus

Great blue heron

Ardea herodias

Great egret

Ardea alba

Greater black backed gull

Larus marinus

American herring gull

Larus smithsonianus

Laughing gull

Larus atricilla

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Long-tailed Duck

Clangula hyemalis

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Peregrine falcon

Falco peregrinus

Piping plover

Charadrius melodus

Mallard duck

Anas platyrhynchos

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Red-breasted Merganser

Mergus serrator

Red winged blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Royal tern

Thalasseus maximus

Ruddy turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Surf scoter

Melanitta perspicillata

Sanderling

Calidris alba

Snowy egret

Egretta thula