| East Point Tide Pool Checklist | |||
| © 2003 Ted Maney | |||
| Northeastern University | |||
| Marine Science Center Nahant | |||
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COMMON NAME
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SCIENTIFIC NAME
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GOSNER PLATE # |
NOTES
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GREEN ALGAE
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CHLOROPHYTA
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| Sea lettuce | Ulva lactuca |
1
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| Hollow green weeds (4 species) | Enteromorpha |
1
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| Filamentous green algae (3 sp.) | Chaetomorpha |
1
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| Bushy green algae | Spongomorpha |
1
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| Fuzzy Green Rockweed | Ulothrix flacca |
-
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BROWN ALGAE
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PHAEOPHYTA
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| Rockweed (4 species) | Fucus |
2
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| Knotted Wrack | Ascophyllum nodosum |
2
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| Edible kelp | Alaria |
3
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| Horsetail Kelp | Laminaria digitata |
3
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| Common Kelp | Laminaria saccharina |
3
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| Epiphytic Bushy Weed | Pilayella littoralis |
-
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| Smooth Cord Weed | Chorda filum |
4
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| Sour Weed (2 species) | Desmarestia |
4
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| Brown Crust (3 species) | Ralfsia |
-
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| Sausage Weed | Scitosophon lomentaria |
5
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RED ALGAE
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RHODOPHYTA
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| Irish Moss | Chondrus crispus |
7
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| Laver | Porphyra |
7
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| Dulse | Rhodymenia palmata |
7
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| Tufted Red Weed | Gigartina stellata |
7
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| Coral weed | Corallina officinalis |
7
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| Graceful red Weed | Gracilaria foliifera |
8
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| Red Fren | Ptilota serrata |
9
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| Banded Weed ( 2 species) | Ceramium |
9
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| Tubed Weed (4 species) | Polysiphonia |
9
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| Shiny Red Crust | Hildenbrandia rubra |
-
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| Nobby Red Crust | Lithothamnion glaciale |
-
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| Smooth Red Crust | Phymatolithon | ||
| Dumont's Red weed | Dumontia incrassata |
6
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PLANTS
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ANGIOSPERMS
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| Eelgrass | Zostera marina |
-
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POLYPS AND MEDUSAE
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COLENTERATA (CNIDARIA)
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| Sea Anemone | Metridium senile |
12
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| Tubularian hydroids | Tubularia |
13
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| Bougainvillia hydroids | Bougainvillia superciliaris |
13
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| Obelia hydroids | Obelia geniculata | ||
| Stick Hydroid | Eudendrium |
13
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BRYOZOANS
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BRYOZOA
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| Red Crust | Schizomavella auriculata |
16
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| Lacy Crust | Membranipora tenuis |
16
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| Bushy Bugula | Bugula turrita |
15
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| Brown Leafy Bryozoan | Dendrobeania murrayana |
15
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| Jointed Tube Bryozoan | Crisia eburnea |
15
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FLATWORMS
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PLATYHELMINTHES
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| Speckled Flatworm | Notoplana atomata |
36
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NEMERTEAN WORMS
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RHYNCHOCOELA
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| Lined nemertean (2 species) | Lineus rubera |
37
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| Micruran nemertean | Micrura leidyi |
37
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| Many eyed nemertean (2 spec.) | Amphiporus angulatus |
36
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| Four-eyed nemertean (3 species) | Tetrastemma vermiculus |
36
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MOLLUSKS
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MOLLUSCA
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CHITONS
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Class Polyplacophora
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| Red Chiton | Ischnochiton ruber |
19
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| White Chiton | Ischnochiton albus |
19
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| GASTROPODS | Class Gastropoda | ||
| Tortoiseshell limpet | Acmaea testudinalis |
19
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| Chink Shell | Lacuna vincta |
20
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| Common Periwinkle | Littorina littorea |
20
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| Rough Periwinkle | Littorina saxatilis |
20
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| Smooth Periwinkle | Littorina obtusata |
20
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| Common Slipper Shell | Crepidula fornicata |
19
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| Dogwinkle | Nucella lapillus |
20
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| Rough mantled nudibranch | Onchidoris |
44
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| Red gilled nudibranch | Coryphella |
45
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| Maned nudibranch | Aeolidia papillosa |
45
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| BIVALVES | Class Bivalva | ||
| Blue Mussel | Mytilus edulis |
24
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| Jingle shell | Anomia simplex |
24
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SEGMENTED WORMS
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ANNELIDA
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| BRISTLE WORMS | Class Polychaeta | ||
| Clam Worms | Nereis |
38
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| Blood Worms | Glycera |
40
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| 15 scaled worm | Harmothoe imbricata |
43
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| 12 scaled worm | Lepidonotus squamatus |
43
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| Hard Tube Worm | Spirorbis |
42
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JOINTED-LEG ANIMALS
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ARTHROPODA
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| CRUSTACEANS | Class Crustacea | ||
| Green Crab | Carcinus maenas |
61
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Introduced |
| Rock Crab | Cancer irroratus |
61
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| Jonah Crab | Cancer borealis |
61
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| Decorator Crab | Hyas coarctatus |
60
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| Northern Lobster | Homarus americanus |
56
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| Japanese Shore Crab | Hemigrapsus sanguineus | Introduced | |
| Hermit crab | Pagurus |
57
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| Northern rock barnacle | Semibalanus balanoides |
18
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| Idotea Isopod | Idotea baltica |
50
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| Little Shore isopod | Jaera marina |
50
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| Amphipods |
52-52
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| Skeleton Shrimp | Caprella |
53
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| Shore Shrimp | Palaemonetes |
55
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| Sand Shrimp | Crangon septemspinosa |
54
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INSECTS
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INSECTA
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| Rockcreeper | Anurida maritima |
-
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SPINY SKINNED ANIMALS
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ECHINODERMATA
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| SEA URCHINS & SAND DOLLARS | Class Echinoidea | ||
| Green Sea Urchin | Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis |
62
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| Sand Dollar | Echinarachnius parma |
62
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| SEA STARS & BRITTLE STARS | Class Stellroidea | ||
| Forbes' Asterias | Asterias forbesii |
63
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| Boreal Asterias | Asterias vulgaris |
63
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| Blood Star | Henricia sanguinolenta |
63
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| Daisy Brittle Star | Ophiopholis aculeata |
64
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TUNICATES
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CHORDATA
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| ASCIDIANS | Class Ascidiacea | ||
| White Crust | Didemnum albidum |
10
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| Golden Star Tunicate | Botryllus schlosseri |
10
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| Blood drop sea squirt | Dendrodoa carnea |
17
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| Oragne or Red Sheath Tunicate | Botrylloides violaceus | Introduced | |
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FISH
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PISCES
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| Rock Gunnel | Pholis gunnellus |
BS 492
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| Mummichog | Fundulus heteroclitus |
BS 162
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| Stickleback | Gasterosteus sp |
BS 308
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| Pipefish | Syngnathus fuscus |
BS 312
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| Shanny | Ulvaria subbifurcata |
BS 498
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| Lumpfish | Cyclopterus lumpus |
BS 459
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| Little Skate | Raja erinacea |
BS 58
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| Cunner | Tautogolabrous adspersus |
BS 390
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Field Guide References
Gosner, K. 1979. A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore
Bigelow and Schroeder. 1953. Fishes of the Gulf of Maine