List of animals of Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound is a large marine estuary in the Northeastern United States. It forms the border between New York's Long Island, and Connecticut. It is diverse and serves as a breeding ground. Many species live there.

Tunicates

• Didemnum sp. = Compound Sea Squirt
• Molgula manhattensis = Sea Grape
• Styela clava = Asian stalked Tunicate
• Botrylloides violaceus = Compound Tunicate
• Botryllus schlosseri = Golden Star Tunicate

Sponges

• Clathria prolifera = Red Beard Sponge
• Halichondria panicea = Breadcrumb Sponge
• Halichondria bowerbanki = Common Breadcrumb Sponge
• Haliclona loosanoffi = Erect Sponge
• Haliclona oculata = Dead Man's Fingers, Mermaid's Glove
• Isodictya palmata = Finger Sponge
• Polymastia robusta

Corals

• Alcyonium digitatum = Dead Man's Fingers Coral
• Astrangia poculata = Northern Star Coral

Sea Anemones

• Ceriantheopsis americana = American Striped Burrowing Anemone (invasive species; native to the Pacific Ocean)
• Cerianthus borealis = Northern Burrowing Anemone
• Diadumene leucolena = Ghost Anemone
• Diadumene lineata = Orange-Striped Green Anemone
• Fagesia lineata = Lined Anemone
• Metridium senile = Frilled Anemone
• Urticina felina = Northern Red Anemone

"Jellies"

• Aurelia aurita = Moon Jelly
• Chrysaora quinquecirrha = Sea Nettle
• Cyanea capillata = Lion's Mane Jellyfish
• Physalia physalis = Portuguese Man of War
• Pleurobrachia pileus= Sea Gooseberry

Echinoderms

• Sand dollar
• Arbacia punctulata = Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin
• Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis = Common Green Sea Urchin
• Crossaster papposus= Spiny Sunstar
• Solaster endeca= Purple Sunstar
• Hippasteria phrygiana= Horse Star
• Leptasterias tenera= Slender Seastar
• Asterias vulgaris= Northern Seastar
• Asterias forbesi= Common Seastar
• Pteraster militaris= Winged Sea Star
• Henricia sanguinolenta= Blood Star
• Gorgonocephalus arcticus= Northern Basketstar
• Ophioderma Brevispinum= Shortspined Brittlestar
• Ophiopholis Aculeata= Daisy Brittlestar
• Amphioplus abditus = Burrowing Brittlestar
• Axiognathus squamata = Little Brittlestar
• Sclerodactyla briareus = Hairy Sea Cucumber

Gastropods

• Buccinum undatum = Waved Whelk
• Busycon carica = Knobbed Whelk
• Busycotypus canaliculatus = Channeled Whelk
• Cerithiopsis greenii = Green's Cerith
• Crepidula fornicata = Common Slipper Shell Snail
• Crepidula plana = Eastern White Slipper Shell
• Eupleura caudata = Thick-lip Drill
• Euspira heros = Northern Moonsnail
• Euspira triseriata = Spotted Moonsnail
• Ilyanassa obsoleta = Eastern Mudsnail
• Ilyanassa trivittata = Threeline Mudsnail
• Kurtziella cerina = Wax-Colored Mangelia
• Littorina littorea = Common Periwinkle (invasive species; native to the European coast)
• Littorina saxatilis = Rough Periwinkle
• Mitrella lunata = Lunar Dovesnail
• Nucella lapillus = Atlantic Dogwinkle
• Phrontis vibex = Bruised Nassa
• Retilaskeya emersonii = Awl Cerith
• Seila adamsii = Adam's Cerith
• Urosalpinx cinerea = Atlantic Oyster Drill

Cephalopods

• Illex illecebrosus= Northern Shortfin Squid
• Loligo pealei = Longfin Inshore Squid

Bivalves

• Anadara transversa = Transverse Ark
• Anadara ovalis = Blood Ark
• Arctica islandica = Ocean Quahog
• Argopecten irradians= Bay Scallop
• Astarte undata = Wavy Astarte
• Astarte castanea = Smooth Astarte
• Ensis directus = Atlantic Jackknife / Razor Clam
• Geukensia demissa = Ribbed Mussel
• Mercenaria mercenaria = Northern Quahog / Hardshell Clam
• Modiolus modiolus = Northern Horsemussel
• Mulinia lateralis = Dwarf Surf Clam
• Mya arenaria = Softshell Clam
• Mytilus edulis = Blue Mussel
• Ostrea edulis = European Flat Oyster^[1]
• Placopecten magellanicus = Sea Scallop
• Petricola pholadiformis = False Angelwing
• Pitar morrhuanus = False Quahog
• Spisula solidissima = Atlantic Surf Clam

Crustaceans

• Callinectes sapidus = Atlantic Blue Crab
• Cancer borealis = Jonah Crab
• Cancer irroratus = Atlantic Rock Crab
• Carcinus maenas = European Green Crab (invasive species)
• Hemigrapsus sanguineus = Asian Shore Crab (invasive species)
• Libinia emarginata = Common Spider Crab
• Pagurus longicarpus = Long-Wrist Hermit Crab
• Pagurus pollicaris = Flatclaw Hermit Crab
• Sesarma reticulatum = Marsh Crab
• Uca pugnax = Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab
• Uca pugilator = Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab
• Pelia Mutica = Cryptic Teardrop Crab
• Libinia dubia = Longnose Spider Crab
• Ovalipes ocellatus = Lady Crab

• Homarus americanus = American Lobster

• Squilla empusa = Atlantic Mantis Shrimp
• Crangon septemspinosa = Seven-Spined Sand Shrimp
• Gilvossius setimanus = Ghost Shrimp
• Palaemonetes pugio = Daggerblade Grass Shrimp
• Upogebia affinis = Coastal Mud Shrimp

Sharks

Skates & Rays

• Dasyatis centroura = Roughtail Stingray
• Raja eglanteria = Clearnose Skate
• Raja erinacea = Little Skate
• Raja laevis = Barndoor Skate
• Raja ocellata = Winter Skate

Bony Fish (Osteichthyes)

WORKS CITED

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