invertebrates

phylum Echinodermata

• purple sea urchin (Arbacia punctulata)

• Forbes' sea star (Asterias forbesi)

phylum Arthropoda

• Atlantic rock crab (Cancer irroratus) - exoskeleton*

• Atlantic mole crab (Emerita talpoida)*

• Asian shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus)

• portly spider crab (Libinia emarginata) - carapace*

• northern acorn barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides)

phylum Mollusca

• common Atlantic slipper snail (Crepidula fornicata)

• common periwinkle (Littorina littorea)

• shark eye moon snail (Neverita duplicata) - shell*

• quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria) - shell*

• blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)

phylum Chordata, subphylum Tunicata

• chain tunicate (Botrylloides violaceus)*

• star tunicate (Botryllus schlosseri)*

fish

• winter skate (Leucoraja ocellata) - egg case*

birds

• piping plover (Charadrius melodus)*

* = first identified species encounter

found 10 Forbes' sea stars today and five purple sea urchins! and this time without someone having to dive down to get them for me :D