List of animals of Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound is a large marine estuary in the Northeastern United States. It forms the border between New York's Long Island and Connecticut. It is diverse and serves as a breeding ground. Many species live there.

Sponges (Porifera)

Comb Jellies (Ctenophora)

Jellyfish (Cnidaria: Medusozoa)

Corals (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea and Scleractinia)

Sea Anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria)

Crustaceans (Arthropoda: Crustacea)

True Crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura)

Other decapods

Mantis Shrimp (Stomatopoda)

Horseshoe Crabs (Arthropoda: Xiphosura)

Cephalopods (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)

Gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

Littorinimorpha

This group includes filter feeders, omnivores, and predatory sea snails.

Neogastropoda

Most neogastropods are predatory sea snails.

Ptenoglossa

Bivalves (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

Pteriomorphia

These filter feeders are either mobile or permanently attached to a substrate.

Heterodonta

These filter feeders are mostly burrowers.

Echinoderms (Echinodermata)

Sea Urchins (Echinoidea)

Sea Cucumbers (Holothuroidea)

Starfish (Asteroidea)

Brittle Stars (Ophiuroidea)

Sea Squirts (Chordata: Ascidian Tunicates)

Cartilaginous Fish (Chordata: Chondrichthyes)

Resident Sharks

Visitor Sharks

Skates and Rays (Batoidea)

Bony Fish (Chordata: Osteichthyes)

Eels (Anguilliformes)

Gadiformes

Seahorses and Pipefishes (Syngnathiformes)

Jacks (Carangiformes: Carangidae)

Flatfish (Pleuronectiformes)

Scorpaeniformes

Wrasses (Labriformes: Labridae)

Drums (Sciaenidae)

Other Perciformes

Anglerfish (Lophiiformes)

Tetraodontiformes

All of the animals in this category are summer visitors, who migrate northwards from warmer waters in the south.

Miscellaneous Percomorpha

References

  1. "Connecticut Sea Grant | UConn". seagrant.uconn.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2016-12-13.

Further reading

  • Weiss, Howard (1995). Marine Animals of Southern New England and New York. Connecticut: Bulletin. pp. All. ISBN 0-942081-06-4.
  • "NOAA Fish Watch". NOAA Fish Watch.
  • "Fish". ARKIVE. Archived from the original on 2016-02-05.
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