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  • Northern Bottlenose Whale

    Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus
  • Common Whelk

    Common Whelk Buccinum undatum
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish

    Lion's Mane Jellyfish Cyanea capillata
  • Sperm Whale

    Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus
  • Aesop Shrimp

    Aesop Shrimp Pandalus montagui
  • Plumose Anemone

    Plumose Anemone Metridium senile
  • Rugose Squat Lobster

    Rugose Squat Lobster Munida rugosa
  • Long-finned Pilot Whale

    Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas
  • Orca

    Orca Orcinus orca
  • Harbour Porpoise

    Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena
  • Humpback Whale

    Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae
  • White-beaked Dolphin

    White-beaked Dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris
  • Iceland Scallop

    Iceland Scallop Chlamys islandica
  • Minke Whale

    Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
  • Ringed Seal

    Ringed Seal Pusa hispida
  • Norway Lobster

    Norway Lobster Nephrops norvegicus
  • Green Sea Urchin

    Green Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis
  • Blue Mussel

    Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis
  • Common Starfish

    Common Starfish Asterias rubens
  • Ocean Quahog

    Ocean Quahog Arctica islandica
  • Harbour Seal

    Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina
  • Fin Whale

    Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus
  • Atlantic White-sided Dolphin

    Atlantic White-sided Dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus
  • Short-beaked Common Dolphin

    Short-beaked Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
  • Lesser Spider Crab

    Lesser Spider Crab Hyas coarctatus
  • Downy Hermit Crab

    Downy Hermit Crab Pagurus pubescens
  • Beluga Whale

    Beluga Whale Delphinapterus leucas
  • Narwhal

    Narwhal Monodon monoceros
  • Sowerby's Beaked Whale

    Sowerby's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bidens
  • Horse Mussel

    Horse Mussel Modiolus modiolus
  • Northern Prawn

    Northern Prawn Pandalus borealis
  • Striped Dolphin

    Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
  • North Atlantic Copepod

    North Atlantic Copepod Calanus finmarchicus
  • European Edible Sea Urchin

    European Edible Sea Urchin Echinus esculentus
  • Orange-footed Sea Cucumber

    Orange-footed Sea Cucumber Cucumaria frondosa
  • Soft-shell Clam

    Soft-shell Clam Mya arenaria
  • Sei Whale

    Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis
  • Cuvier's Beaked Whale

    Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
  • Common Sunstar

    Common Sunstar Crossaster papposus
  • Blue Whale

    Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus
  • Common Bottlenose Dolphin

    Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
  • Great Spider Crab

    Great Spider Crab Hyas araneus
  • Moon Jellyfish

    Moon Jellyfish Aurelia aurita
  • Grey Seal

    Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus
  • Harp Seal

    Harp Seal Pagophilus groenlandicus

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