Custom Species Lists
The following list of species was created by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and includes marine animals commonly found by the agency during subtidal surveys in Puget Sound.
Subtidal surveys in Puget Sound
- Dendronotus spp.
- Tresus
- Gorgonocephalus eucnemis - (Basket Star)
- Patiria miniata - (Bat Star)
- Syngnathus leptorhynchus - (Bay Pipefish)
- Sebastes melanops - (Black Rockfish)
- Henricia leviuscula - (Blood Star)
- Sebastes auriculatus - (Brown Rockfish)
- Pachycerianthus fimbriatus - (Burrowing Anemone)
- Isopsetta isolepis - (Butter Sole)
- Pleuronichthys coenosus - (C-O Sole)
- Scorpaenichthys marmoratus - (Cabezon)
- Armina californica - (California Armina)
- Mytilus californianus - (California Mussel)
- Oncorhynchus masou - (Cherry Salmon)
- Oncorhynchus tshawytscha - (Chinook Salmon)
- Oncorhynchus keta - (Chum Salmon)
- Oncorhynchus kisutch - (Coho Salmon)
- Sebastes caurinus - (Copper Rockfish)
- Cribrinopsis fernaldi - (Crimson Anemone)
- Oncorhynchus clarkii - (Cutthroat Trout)
- Pugettia spp. - (Decorator Crab)
- Dirona albolineata - (Dirona)
- Cancer magister - (Dungeness Crab)
- Parophrys vetulus - (English Sole)
- Panomya spp. - (False Geoduck)
- Evasterias troschelli - (False Ochre Star)
- Stylasterias forreri - (Fish-eating Star)
- Balanus nubilis - (Giant Barnacle)
- Anthopleura xanthogrammica - (Giant Green Anemone)
- Crassadoma gigantea - (Giant Rock-scallop)
- Pisaster giganteus - (Giant Spined Star)
- Metacarcinus gracilis - (Graceful Crab)
- Metacarcinus gracilis - (Graceful Crab)
- Oregonia gracilis - (Graceful Decorator Crab)
- Eschrichtius robustus - (Gray Whale)
- Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis - (Green Urchin)
- Cryptochiton stelleri - (Gumboot Chiton)
- Ptilosarcus gurneyi - (Gurney's Sea Pen)
- Veneridae spp. - (Hardshell Clams)
- Telmessus cheiragonus - (Helmet Crab)
- Hermissenda crassicornis - (Hermissenda)
- Modiolus rectus - (Horse Mussel)
- Solen sicarius - (Jackknife Clam)
- Pododesmus macrochisma - (Jingleshell Oyster)
- Humilaria kennerleyi - (Kennerley Venus)
- Diodora aspera - (Keyhole Limpet)
- Orcinus orca - (Killer Whale)
- Dermasterias imbricata - (Leather Star)
- Polinices lewisii - (Lewis' Moon Snail)
- Ophiodon elongatus - (Lingcod)
- Compsomyax subdiaphana - (Milky Pacific Venus)
- Pentamera spp. - (Mud Cucumber)
- Nassarius spp. - (Nassa Snails)
- Squalus suckleyi - (North Pacific Spiny Dogfish)
- Pisaster ochraceus - (Ochre Star)
- Enteroctopus spp. - (Octopus)
- Olivella biplicata - (Olive Snail)
- Cucumaria miniata - (Orange Cucumber)
- Cancer oregonensis - (Oregon Cancer Crab)
- Fusitriton oregonensis - (Oregon Triton)
- Gadus macrocephalus - (Pacific Cod)
- Panopea generosa - (Pacific Geoduck)
- Clupea pallasii - (Pacific Herring)
- Ammodytes hexapterus - (Pacific Sand Lance)
- Oncorhynchus gorbuscha - (Pink Salmon)
- Chlamys rubida - (Pink Scallop)
- Haliotis kamtschatkana - (Pinto Abalone)
- Metridium spp. - (Plumose Sea Anemones)
- Strongylocentrotus purpuratus - (Purple Urchin)
- Sebastes maliger - (Quillback Rockfish)
- Orthasterias koehleri - (Rainbow Star)
- Oncorhynchus mykiss - (Rainbow Trout or Steelhead)
- Cancer productus - (Red Rock Crab)
- Strongylocentrotus franciscanus - (Red Urchin)
- Lepidopsetta bilineata - (Rock Sole)
- Semele rubropicta - (Rose Semele)
- Crossaster papposus - (Rose Star)
- Tritonia diomedea - (Rosy Tritonia)
- Sabellid spp. - (Sabellid Tube Worm)
- Dendraster excentricus - (Sand Dollar)
- Psettichthys melanostictus - (Sand Sole)
- Luidia foliolata - (Sand Star)
- Citharichthys spp. - (Sanddab)
- Parastichopus californicus - (Sea Cucumber)
- Stylatula elongata - (Sea Whip)
- Scyra acutifrons - (Sharpnose Crab)
- Pisaster brevispinus - (Short-spined Star)
- Leptasterias hexactis - (Six-rayed Sea Star)
- Virgularia mirabilis - (Slender Sea Pen)
- Pteraster tesselatus - (Slime Star)
- Oncorhynchus nerka - (Sockeye Salmon)
- Chlamys hastata - (Spiny Scallop)
- Hippasteria spinosa - (Spiny Star)
- Poraniopsis inflata - (Spiny Star)
- Hydrolagus colliei - (Spotted Ratfish)
- Munida quadrispina - (Squat Lobster)
- Platichthys stellatus - (Starry Flounder)
- Urticina spp. - (Striped Anemone)
- Rossia pacifica - (Stubby Squid)