Oasis effect

Over 50 species recorded to date.

This list comprises the marine plants and animals observed on Habitat Moorings in 2012 and 2013. It was compiled by Chris Roy, a graduate student at the University of Maine and Dr. Ian Bricknell, Professor of Aquaculture Biology, at The University of Maine.

Vertebrates

• Atlantic Cod
• Rock Bass
• Pollack
• American Eel
• Mackerel
• Flounder
• Atlantic Hake
• Sculpin
• Cunner
• Lumpfish
• 3 species unidentified fish

Invertebrates

Crustaceans

• Lobsters
• Crabs (7 species)
• Barnacles (4 species)

Echinoderms

• Sand Dollars
• Star Fish (3 species)
• Green Urchins
• Sea Cucumber

Encrusting Animals

• Orange Sponge
• Hydroids
• Byrozoans
• Serpulid Worms
• Coelenterates
• Plumrose Anemones
• Sea Anemones

Sea Squirts

• Colonial and Sessile

Bivales

• Mussels (2 species)
• Scallops
• Surf Clam
• Oyster

Gastropods

• Slipper Limpets
• True Limpets
• Periwinkle
• Sea Slug
• Whelk

Macro Algae

• Sweet Kelp
• Ulva (Sea Lettuce)
• Dulse
• Entromorpha Species
• Corraline algae