OSL-Marine Species Identification Guide for the St. Lawrence

Invertebrates • Species

Alphabetical Order: English - Latin

Alphabetical order: English

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English name		Latin name
Arctic argid		Argis dentata
Arctic lyre crab		Hyas coarctatus
Atlantic deep sea scallop		Placopecten magellanicus
Boreomysid		Boreomysis sp.
Common periwinkle		Littorina littorea
Daisy brittle star		Ophiopholis aculeata
Eualid		Eualus gaimardii
Eualid		Eualus macilentus
Euphausid		Meganyctiphanes norvegica
Euphausid		Thysanoessa sp.
Eusirid		Rhachotropis aculeata
Friendly blade shrimp		Spirontocaris lilljeborgi
Galatheid crab		Munidopsis curvirostra
Gammarid		Gammarellus homari
Giant red mysid		Neognathophausia ingens
Giant scarlet prawn		Plesiopenaeus edwardsianus
Greenland lebbeid		Lebbeus groenlandicus
Grey sand shrimp		Crangon septemspinosa
Hermit crab		Pagurus sp.
Horse star		Hippasteria phrygiana
Hydromedusa		Ptychogena lactea
Hyperiid		Themisto libellula
Icelandic scallop		Chlamys islandica
Isopod		Syscenus infelix
Lesser bobtail squid		Semirossia tenera
Mysid		Mysid sp.
Northern Atlantic octopus		Bathypolypus arcticus
Northern basket star		Gorgonocephalus arcticus
Northern shortfin squid		Illex illecebrosus
Northern shrimp		Pandalus borealis
Norwegian shrimp		Pontophilus norvegicus
Oplophoridid		Acanthephyra sp.
Parrot shrimp		Spirontocaris spinus
Pink glass shrimp		Pasiphaea multidentata
Polar lebbeid		Lebbeus polaris
Polychelid		Polycheles sculptus
Pycnogonid (Sea spider)		Nymphon sp.
Rock crab		Cancer irroratus
Sars shrimp		Sabinea sarsii
Scarlet sergestid		Sergia robusta
Sculptured shrimp		Sclerocrangon boreas
Sea peach		Halocynthia pyriformis
Sea potato		Boltenia ovifera
Sevenlined shrimp		Sabinea septemcarinata
Skeleton shrimp		Caprella septentrionalis
Snow crab		Chionoecetes opilio
Spiny crab		Lithodes maja
Spiny sun star		Crossaster papposus
Striped shrimp		Pandalus montagui
Toad crab		Hyas araneus
Waved whelk		Buccinum undatum
x		Atlantopandalus propinqvus
x		Pasiphaea tarda

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Alphabetical order: Latin

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Latin name		English name
Acanthephyra sp.		Oplophoridid
Argis dentata		Arctic argid
Atlantopandalus propinqvus		x
Bathypolypus arcticus		Northern Atlantic octopus
Boltenia ovifera		Sea potato
Boreomysis sp.		Boreomysid
Buccinum undatum		Waved whelk
Cancer irroratus		Rock crab
Caprella septentrionalis		Skeleton shrimp
Chionoecetes opilio		Snow crab
Chlamys islandica		Icelandic scallop
Crangon septemspinosa		Grey sand shrimp
Crossaster papposus		Spiny sun star
Eualus gaimardii		Eualid
Eualus macilentus		Eualid
Gammarellus homari		Gammarid
Gorgonocephalus arcticus		Northern basket star
Halocynthia pyriformis		Sea peach
Hippasteria phrygiana		Horse star
Hyas araneus		Toad crab
Hyas coarctatus		Arctic lyre crab
Illex illecebrosus		Northern shortfin squid
Lebbeus groenlandicus		Greenland lebbeid
Lebbeus polaris		Polar lebbeid
Lithodes maja		Spiny crab
Littorina littorea		Common periwinkle
Meganyctiphanes norvegica		Euphausid
Munidopsis curvirostra		Galatheid crab
Mysid sp.		Mysid
Neognathophausia ingens		Giant red mysid
Nymphon sp.		Pycnogonid (Sea spider)
Ophiopholis aculeata		Daisy brittle star
Pagurus sp.		Hermit crab
Pandalus borealis		Northern shrimp
Pandalus montagui		Striped shrimp
Pasiphaea multidentata		Pink glass shrimp
Pasiphaea tarda		x
Placopecten magellanicus		Atlantic deep sea scallop
Plesiopenaeus edwardsianus		Giant scarlet prawn
Polycheles sculptus		Polychelid
Pontophilus norvegicus		Norwegian shrimp
Ptychogena lactea		Hydromedusa
Rhacotropis aculeata		Eusirid
Sabinea sarsii		Sars shrimp
Sabinea septemcarinata		Sevenlined shrimp
Sclerocrangon boreas		Sculptured shrimp
Semirossia tenera		Lesser bobtail squid
Sergia robusta		Scarlet sergestid
Spirontocaris lilljeborgi		Friendly blade shrimp
Spirontocaris spinus		Parrot shrimp
Syscenus infelix		Isopod
Themisto libellula		Hyperiid
Thysanoessa sp.		Euphausid

× : no English equivalent