Table 2. Biota Common to Project Area 



Common Name 



Scientific Name 



Benthic Species 



Plant Benthos 





Sea lettuce 



Ulva lactuca 



Sea lettuce 



Enteromorpha intestinales 



Animal Benthos 





Sand dollar 



Mellita quinquesperforata 



Common starfish 



Asterias forbesi 



Sea cucumber 



Thyone briareus 



Sea urchin 



Arbacia punctata 



Clam worm 



Nereis limbrata 



"Flowered worm" 



Hydroides hexagonus 



Quahog 



Mercenaria mercenaria 



Razor clam 



Esis directus 



Blue crab 



Callinectes sapidus (female only) 



Jonah crab 



Cancer borealis 



Rock crab 



Cancer irroratus 



Spider crab 



Libinia emarginata 



Sea squirt 



Molgula manhattensis 



Summer flounder 



Paralichthys denatus 



Macrozooplankton 



and Invertebrate Nekton 



Planton 





Comb jelly 



Mnemiopsis leidyi 



Stinging nettle 



Chrysaora quinquecirrha 



Lion's mane jelly 



Cyanea capillata 



Skeleton shrimp 



Caprella acutifrons 



Nekton 





Arrow worm 



Sagitta elegans 



Ribbon worm 



Cerebratulus lacteus 



Prawn 



Palaemonetes vulgaris 



Squid 



Loliguncula brevis 



W 



aterfowl 



Black duck 



Anas rubripes 



Ruddy duck 



Oxyura jamaicemsis 



Surf scoter 



Melanitta perspicillata 



Black scoter 



Oidemia nigra 



Brant 



Branta bernicia 



Open Water, Sh 



ore, and Wading Birds 



Snowy egret 



Leucophoyx thula 



Trieolored heron 



Hydranassa tricolor 



Double-crested cormorant 



Phahcrocorax auritus 



Gannet 



Moris bassana 



Wilson's petrel 



Oceanites oceanicus 



Herring gull 



Larus argentatus 



Laughing guU 



Larus atricilla 



Forster's tern 



Sterna forsteri 



Common tern 



Sterna hirundo 



(U.S. Army Engineer District, Norfolk, 1973). 



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