Custom Species Lists
The following list of species was created by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and includes marine animals commonly found by the agency during subtidal surveys in Puget Sound.
Subtidal surveys in Puget Sound
Displaying 1 - 100 of 109 matching species:
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Basket Star
(Gorgonocephalus eucnemis) -
Bat Star
(Patiria miniata) -
Bay Pipefish
(Syngnathus leptorhynchus) -
Black Rockfish
(Sebastes melanops) -
Blood Star
(Henricia leviuscula) -
Brown Rockfish
(Sebastes auriculatus) -
Burrowing Anemone
(Pachycerianthus fimbriatus) -
Butter Sole
(Isopsetta isolepis) -
C-O Sole
(Pleuronichthys coenosus) -
Cabezon
(Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) -
California Armina
(Armina californica) -
California Mussel
(Mytilus californianus) -
Cherry Salmon
(Oncorhynchus masou) -
Chinook Salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) -
Chum Salmon
(Oncorhynchus keta) -
Coho Salmon
(Oncorhynchus kisutch) -
Copper Rockfish
(Sebastes caurinus) -
Crimson Anemone
(Cribrinopsis fernaldi) -
Cutthroat Trout
(Oncorhynchus clarkii) -
Decorator Crab
(Pugettia spp.) -
Dirona
(Dirona albolineata) -
Dungeness Crab
(Cancer magister) -
English Sole
(Parophrys vetulus) -
False Geoduck
(Panomya spp.) -
False Ochre Star
(Evasterias troschelli) -
Fish-eating Star
(Stylasterias forreri) -
Giant Barnacle
(Balanus nubilis) -
Giant Green Anemone
(Anthopleura xanthogrammica) -
Giant Rock-scallop
(Crassadoma gigantea) -
Giant Spined Star
(Pisaster giganteus) -
Graceful Crab
(Metacarcinus gracilis) -
Graceful Decorator Crab
(Oregonia gracilis) -
Gray Whale
(Eschrichtius robustus) -
Green Urchin
(Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) -
Gumboot Chiton
(Cryptochiton stelleri) -
Gurney's Sea Pen
(Ptilosarcus gurneyi) -
Hardshell Clams
(Veneridae spp.) -
Helmet Crab
(Telmessus cheiragonus) -
Hermissenda
(Hermissenda crassicornis) -
Horse Mussel
(Modiolus rectus) -
Jackknife Clam
(Solen sicarius) -
Jingleshell Oyster
(Pododesmus macrochisma) -
Kennerley Venus
(Humilaria kennerleyi) -
Keyhole Limpet
(Diodora aspera) -
Killer Whale
(Orcinus orca) -
Leather Star
(Dermasterias imbricata) -
Lewis' Moon Snail
(Polinices lewisii) -
Lingcod
(Ophiodon elongatus) -
Milky Pacific Venus
(Compsomyax subdiaphana) -
Mud Cucumber
(Pentamera spp.) -
Nassa Snails
(Nassarius spp.) -
North Pacific Spiny Dogfish
(Squalus suckleyi) -
Ochre Star
(Pisaster ochraceus) -
Octopus
(Enteroctopus spp.) -
Olive Snail
(Olivella biplicata) -
Orange Cucumber
(Cucumaria miniata) -
Oregon Cancer Crab
(Cancer oregonensis) -
Oregon Triton
(Fusitriton oregonensis) -
Pacific Cod
(Gadus macrocephalus) -
Pacific Geoduck
(Panopea generosa) -
Pacific Herring
(Clupea pallasii) -
Pacific Sand Lance
(Ammodytes hexapterus) -
Pink Salmon
(Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) -
Pink Scallop
(Chlamys rubida) -
Pinto Abalone
(Haliotis kamtschatkana) -
Plumose Sea Anemones
(Metridium spp.) -
Purple Urchin
(Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) -
Quillback Rockfish
(Sebastes maliger) -
Rainbow Star
(Orthasterias koehleri) -
Rainbow Trout or Steelhead
(Oncorhynchus mykiss) -
Red Rock Crab
(Cancer productus) -
Red Urchin
(Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) -
Rock Sole
(Lepidopsetta bilineata) -
Rose Semele
(Semele rubropicta) -
Rose Star
(Crossaster papposus) -
Rosy Tritonia
(Tritonia diomedea) -
Sabellid Tube Worm
(Sabellid spp.) -
Sand Dollar
(Dendraster excentricus) -
Sand Sole
(Psettichthys melanostictus) -
Sand Star
(Luidia foliolata) -
Sanddab
(Citharichthys spp.) -
Sea Cucumber
(Parastichopus californicus) -
Sea Whip
(Stylatula elongata) -
Sharpnose Crab
(Scyra acutifrons) -
Short-spined Star
(Pisaster brevispinus) -
Six-rayed Sea Star
(Leptasterias hexactis) -
Slender Sea Pen
(Virgularia mirabilis) -
Slime Star
(Pteraster tesselatus) -
Sockeye Salmon
(Oncorhynchus nerka) -
Spiny Scallop
(Chlamys hastata) -
Spiny Star
(Hippasteria spinosa) -
Spiny Star
(Poraniopsis inflata) -
Spotted Ratfish
(Hydrolagus colliei) -
Squat Lobster
(Munida quadrispina) -
Starry Flounder
(Platichthys stellatus) -
Striped Anemone
(Urticina spp.) -
Stubby Squid
(Rossia pacifica) -
Sun Star
(Solaster spp.)
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- Abarenicola pacifica - (Pacific lugworm)
- Abarenicola sp.
- Abies amabilis - (Pacific Silver Fir)
- Abies concolor - (White Fir)
- Abies grandis - (Grand Fir)
- Abies lasiocarpa - (Subalpine Fir)
- Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa - (Subalpine Fir)
- Abies procera - (Noble Fir)
- Abietinaria sp
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External links
- BirdWeb
- Burke Museum
- Native plant list (King County)
- Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program
- USGS: Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in Puget Sound
- Washington Herp Atlas
- Washington Invasive Species Council
- Washington Natural Heritage Program
- Washington Natural Heritage Program species lists
- World Register of Marine Species