1. 2G’s Guide to Long Island Sound Creatures
May 2016

2. Scallop Lives in shallow water in grass beds on a soft sea floor.
Looks like a fan with a wing on the bottom.
It eats plankton.
Interesting facts: they can be orange, purple, yellow, white.
By: Brady

3. Heron Lives all over the world A bird with a long neck
Feathers are white, brown, black or grey
They eat fish
There are about 60 species
They can live to be 15 to 20 years old
By Carrick

4. Moon Jelly Floats near surface of Long Island Sound Clear jelly
Short tentacles
Eats fish eggs, small plankton
Grows up to 16 inches
Predators sea turtles, sunfish
By Catherine

5. Hermit Crab Live in sandy and other bottom habitats
Looks like a little crab in a shell
Eats detritus and algae
When they grow out of their shell they find another one to live in
They can be one inch long
By Caroline

6. Horseshoe crab Live in estuaries and bottom of sea
Eyes and mouth at bottom of body, pointed tail
Brown shell
Eat bottom dwelling creatures like worms
5 parts of legs
Uses tail to change direction
By Chloe

7. Gull Lives along the coast
It has black on edge of wings and black face
It eats fish, shellfish, insects, worms, mice, birds, eggs, dead animals, and garbage
They migrate meaning they spend different seasons in different places
By Connor

8. flounder Tropical coastal waters Lives in salt water Scales, spotted
Eats small fish
Type of flatfish
Lives up to ten years
Uses camouflage for defense
By Devin

9. Bluefish Lives in harbors and off of sandy beaches
Eats squid, crabs, butterfish, menhaden, shad, hake, herring
More green than blue
Hunted by sharks, tuna, striped bass, and humans
By Holt

10. Lobster lives on sandy, rocky or muddy bottoms
eats fish, mollusks and other things near the bottoms.
It look like a crab with longer body and bigger front claws.
It can grow up to 100 years old!
By Imani

11. Osprey Lives near water Bird- brown and white feathers and black beak
Eats fish
Can go underwater for a second
By Jack

12. SMOOTH DOGFISH SHARK It lives in shallow and off shore waters
White on the bottom gray on the top
It eats a wide variety of fish and invertebrates
It is a long, slender shark
By Jeb

13. Spider Crab Lives on/in water and on shore Eats sea stars
It hides by covering itself with sea weed
Brown to dull yellow with white claws
By Reese

14. Sea Star It lives in shallow to deeper coastal waters
It looks like a star
It eats oysters, clams, worms
Can live to 3-27 years
By Sam

15. Harbor seal Off seashore rocks and sandbars Brown, tan, light grey
Fish, crabs, lobster, and squid
Found throughout northern Atlantic, along both coasts
Between 5 and 6 feet long
Weight is pounds
Males are sometimes larger
By Teagan
Harbor seal

16. Lion’s Mane Jelly Fish It floats near surface in offshore water.
It looks translucent with an interior body.
It eats zooplankton, fish eggs, small shrimp.
The way you say Lion’s Mane Jelly Fish in Latin is Cyanea capillata.
By Wesley
Lion’s Mane Jelly Fish