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Nova Scotian Intertidal Species Guide

A guide to common intertidal species found around the Nova Scotian coasts.

Maera danae 1
Cystoclonium purpureum 1
Tide-pool Scud 2
Gammarus oceanicus
Common Coralline 3
Corallina officinalis
Jaera marina 1
Sea Cauliflower 4
Leathesia marina
Rock gunnel 5
Pholis gunnellus
Bread-crumb Sponge 6
Halichondria panicea
Dog Whelk 7
Nucella lapillus
tortoise shell limpet 8
Testudinalia testudinalis
Blue Mussel 9
Mytilus edulis
Soft-shelled Clam 1
Mya arenaria
Knotted Wrack 10
Ascophyllum nodosum
Polysiphonia lanosa 1
Rough Periwinkle 1
Littorina saxatilis
Common Periwinkle 11
Littorina littorea
Mastocarpus stellatus 1
Irish Moss 12
Chondrus crispus
common seastar 13
Asterias rubens
Sea Belt 14
Saccharina latissima
Green Sea Urchin 15
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Acorn Barnacle 16
Semibalanus balanoides
kelp lace bryozoan 17
Membranipora membranacea
Green Shore Crab 18
Carcinus maenas
Bladder Wrack 1
Fucus vesiculosus
Sand Shrimp 19
Crangon septemspinosa
Rockweed 20
Fucus distichus
rusty rock 21
Hildenbrandia rubra
Reddish Variable Sandworm 1
Lineus ruber

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