Bioe 159 Sitka Sound Alaska February 2018
Species List
Fishes (Phylum Chordata) Family Scorpaenidae (Rockfishes) • Black Rockfish (Sebastes melanops) • Quillback Rockfish (Sebastes maliger) • Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus) Family Hexagrammidae (Greenlings) • Kelp greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus) • Rock greenling (Hexagrammos superciliosus) • Lingcod (Ophidon elgongatus) • Painted greenling (Oxylebius pictus) Family Cottidae (Sculpins) • Sailfin Sculpin (Nautichthys oculofasciatus) • Irish Lord (Red) (Hemilepidotus hemilpidotus) • Pacific Staghorn Sculpin (Leptocottus armatus) Family Embiotocidae • Shiner Perch (Cymatogaster aggregata) Family Embiotocidae • Crescent Gunnel (Pholis laeta)
Cnidarians • Stalked Jellyfish (Haliclystus stejnegeri) • Giant Green Anemone (Anthopluera xanthogrammica) • Christmas Anemone (Urticina crassicornis) • White Spotted Rose Anemone (Urticina lofotensis) • Plumose Anemone (Metridium senile, Metridium giganteum) • Tube Sea Anemone (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus)
Mollusks (Phylum Mollusca) Bioe 159 Sitka Sound Alaska February 2018
Class Polyplacophora • Lined Chiton (Tonicella lineata) • Katy Chiton (Katharina tunicata) • Giant Pacific Chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri)
Class Gastropoda • Pinto abalone (Haliotis kamtchatkana) • Ribbed top-snail (Calliostoma ligatum) • Plate Limpet (Tectura scutum) • Sitka Periwinkle (Littorina sitkana) • Lewis’ Moonsnail (Euspira lewisii) • Oregon Triton (Fusitriton oregonensis) • Leafy Hornmouth (Ceratostoma foliatum) • File Dogwinkle (Nucella lima) • Dogwinkle (Nucella ostrina)
• Monterey Sea-Lemon (Archidoris montereyensis) • Lion Nudibranch (Melibe leonina)
Class Bivalvia
• California Mussel (Mytilus californianus) • Pacific Blue Mussel (Mytilus trossulus) • Giant Rock Scallop (Crassadoma gigantean) • Pink Scallop (Chlamys rubida) • Butter Clam (Saxidomus gigantean)
Class Cephalopoda • Giant Pacific Octopus (Octopus dofleini)
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Phylum Echinodermata
• Vermillion Star (Mediaster aequalis) • Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata) • Northern Sun Star (Solaster endeca) • Blood Star (Henricia leviuscula) • Mottled Star (Evasterias troschelii) • Six-armed Sea Star (Leptasterias spps.) • Ochre Star (Pisaster ochraceus) • Sunflower Star (Pychnopodia helianthoides)
• Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) • Red Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) • Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)
• California Sea Cucumber (Parastichopus californicus)
Phylum Bryozoa
• Kelp Lace (Membranipora membranacea)
Phylum Annelida
• Armored Scaleworm (Halosydna breisetosa) • Calcareous Tubeworm (Serpula vermicularis)
Phylum Arthropoda
• Gooseneck Barnacle (Pollicipes polymerus) • Little Brown Barnacle (Chthamalus dalli) • Acorn Barnacle (Balanus glandula) • Thatched Barnacle (Semibalanus cariosus) • Rockweed Isopod (Idotea spp.) • Umbrella Crab (Cryptolithodes sitchensis) • Graceful Decorator Crab (Oregonia gracilis) • Graceful Kelp Crab (Pugettia gracilis) • Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus) • Purple Shore Crab (Hemigrapsus nudus) • Green Shore Crab (Hemigrapsus oregonensis)
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Phylum Urochordata
• Sea Peach (Halocynthia aurentium) • INVASIVE: Sea Snot (Didemnum vexillum)
Plants • Eelgrass (Zostera marina) • Scouler’s Surfgrass (Phyllospadix scouleri) • Serrulated Surfgrass (Phyllospadix serrulatus)
Seaweeds
Cholorophyta • Smooth Spongy Cushion/Crust (Codium setchellii)
Ochrophyta (Class Phaeophyceae)
• Ribbon Kelp (Alaria marginata) • Sieve Kelp (Agarum clathratum) • Sugar Kelp (Saccharina latissima) • Split Kelp (Saccharina groenlandica) • Fucus spps. • Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) • Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) • Fringed Sieve Kelp (Agarum fimbriatum) • Sieve Kelp (Agarum clathratum)
Rhodophyta • Cup and Saucer (Constantinea rosa-marina) • Sea Moss (Endocladia muricata) • Dead Man’s Fingers (Halosaccion glandiforme) • Corallina algae • Sea Laurel (Osmundea spectabilis) • Spaghetti seaweed (Nemalion helminthoides) • Sea Brush (Odonthalia spp.) • Black Pine (Neorhodomela spp.)