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Species list
Common (English) name Scientific name
Mammals
Bearded seal Erignathus barbatus
Beluga, white whale Delphinapterus leucas
Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncates
Bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus
Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Grey seal Halichoerus grypus
Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena
Harbour seal Phoca vitulina
Harp seal Pagophilus groenlandicus
Hooded seal Cystophora cristata
Long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas
Minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Narwhal Monodon monoceros
Northern right whale Eubalaena glacialis
Polar bear Ursus maritimus
Ringed seal Phoca hispida
Walrus Odobenus rosmarus
Birds
Arctic skua Stercorarius parasiticus
Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea
Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica
Balearic shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
Black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Common scoter Melanitta nigra
Common tern Sterna hirundo
Cory’s shearwater Calonectris diomedea
Glaucous gull Larus hyperboreus
Guillemot, common murre Uria aalge
Herring gull Larus argentatus
Ivory gull Pagophilia eburnea
Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus fuscus
Little shearwater Puffinus assimilis baroli
Little tern Sterna albifrons
Northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
Roseate tern Sterna dougallii
Sandwich tern Sterna sandvicensis
Steller’s eider Polysticta stelleri
Thick-billed murre Uria lomvia
Reptiles
Leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea
Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta
Fish
Albacore, long-finned tuna Thunnus alalunga
Allis shad Alosa alosa
Anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus
Angel shark Squatina squatina
Anglerfish Lophius piscatorius
Basking shark Cetorhinus maximus
Bass Dicentrarchus labrax
Blackscabbard fish Aphanopus carbo
Blue shark Prionace glauca
Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou
Bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus
Capelin Mallotus villosus
Cod Gadus morhua
Common skate Dipturus batis (synonym: Raja batis)1
Dab Limanda limanda
European anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus
European eel Anguilla anguilla
European sturgeon Acipenser sturio
Flounder Platichthys flesus
Gulper shark Centrophorus granulosus
Greater forkbeard Phycis blennoides
Greater silver smelt Argentina silus
Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Hake Merluccius merluccius
Herring Clupea harengus
Houting Coregonus lavaretus oxyrinchus
Leafscale gulper shark Centrophorus squamosus
Lesser Sandeel Ammodytes marinus
Ling Molva molva
Long-snouted seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus (formerly ramulosus)
Mackerel Scomber scombrus
Marlin Istiophoridae
Norway pout Trisopterus esmarkii
Orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus
Plaice Pleuronectes platessa
Porbeagle Lamna nasus
Portuguese dogfish Centroscymnus coelolepis
Red mullet Mullus surmelletus
Redfish Sebastes spp.
(Golden) redfish Sebastes marinus
(Beaked) redfish Sebastes mentella
Saithe Pollachius virens
Salmon Salmo salar
Sandeel Ammodytes tobianus
Sardine Sardina pilchardus
Sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax
Sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus
Sea trout Salmo trutta
Short-snouted seahorse Hippocampus hippocampus
Silvery John dory Zenopsis conchifer
Sole Solea solea
Spotted ray Raja montagui (synonym: Dipturus montagui)
Spurdog Squalus acanthias
Sturgeon Acipenser sturio
Swordfish Xiphias gladius
Thornback ray Raja clavata
Tusk Brosme brosme ascanius
White skate Rostroraja alba
Whiting Merlangius merlangus
Lower animals
Acorn barnacle Austrominius (=Elminius) modestus
Asian shore crab, brush-clawed shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus
Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus takanoi
Australasian barnacle Elminius modestus
Azorean barnacle Megabalanus azoricus
Azorean limpet Patella aspera
Blue mussel Mytilus edulis
Chinese mitten crab, mitten crab, Chinese freshwater edible crab Eriocheir sinensis
Chironomid Telmatogeton japonicus
Cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa
Comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi
Copepod Calanus helgolandicus
Copepod Calanus finmarchichus
Deep water shrimp Pandalus borealis
Dogwhelk Nucella lapillus
Flat oyster Ostrea edulis
Horse mussel Modiolus modiolus
Jackknife clam, razor clam Ensis americanus (=directus)
Japanese clam, Manila clam Venerupis philippinarum
Kuruma shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus
Leathery sea squirt, Asian sea squirt Styela clava
Nephrops, Norway lobster, langoustine Nephrops norvegicus
Ocean quahog Arctica islandica
Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas
Portuguese oyster Crassostrea angulata
Rapa whelk, veined whelk Rapana venosa
Red gilled mud worm Marenzelleria spp. (complex)
Red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus
Ross worm Sabellaria spinulosa
Sea-pen Pennatulacea sp.
Sea squirt Didemnum vexillum
Ship worm Teredo navalis
Skeleton shrimp Caprella mutica
Slipper limpet Crepidula fornicata
Soft-shelled clam, soft clam, long-necked clam Mya arenaria
Squat lobsters Galatheidae
Tubeworm Ficopomatus enigmaticus
Other organisms
Bacteria Escherichia coli
Bryozoan Bugula stolonifera
Bryozoan Tricellaria inopinata
Parasitic protozoan Bonamia ostrea
Plants
Asian red algae Gracilaria vermiculophylla
Centric diatom Coscinodiscus wailesii
Common cord-grass, Townsend's grass or rice grass Spartina anglica
Eelgrass Zostera marina
Eelgrass Zostera noltii
Green sea fingers Codium fragile ssp. fragile
Lesser neptune grass Cymodocea nodosa
Micro alga Noctiluca sp.
Pacific diatom Neodenticula seminae
Red alga Bonnemaisonia hamifera
Sea lettuce Ulva spp.
Sugar kelp Saccharina latissima
Wakame, Japanese kelp Undaria pinnatifida
Wire weed, jap weed, strangle weed Sargassum muticum

1 Recent research suggests this is a species complex