BSL Glossary - Marine species curriculum terms

MUFFIN Project: 2023-2026. Supported by Erasmus+

A to Z

Subject categories

Pelagic

Basking shark Common bottlenose dolphin Common dolphin Common eagle ray European anchovy Fried egg jellyfish Loggerhead turtle Mauve stinger Moon jellyfish North Atlantic fin whale Phytoplankton Plankton Portuguese man o’war Remora Sardine Shortfin Mako shark (IUCN endangered) Sperm whale Sunfish Whale shark Zooplankton

Pelagic - Oceanic

Atlantic salmon Blue shark Bluefin tuna Cetacean Leatherback turtle Marlin Pacific salmon Sailfish Swordfish

Pelagic - Tropical

Manta ray

Subtidal

Cephalopods Common eelgrass Common starfish Cuttlefish Gilt-head bream Hermit crab Purple sea urchin Whelk

Subtidal seabed

Barnacles Brittle star Butterfish/rock gunnel Common (blue) mussel Common blenny Common prawn Cotton spinner (sea cucumber) Cushion star Edible crab European lobster Gobies Greater pipefish Kelp Kelp forest Mediterranean moray Nursehound Oyster Piked dogfish Shore crab Sole Spiny starfish Variegated scallop Velvet swimming crab Worm pipefish
Subtidal seabed sandy
Clam Fan mussel Ray Razor shell
Subtidal seabed mixed habitats
Brown meagre Common octopus
Subtidal seabed tropical
Sting ray

Subtidal (circalittoral)

Red gorgonian

Subtidal (deep)

Cold-water coral

Subtidal demersal

Piked dogfish

Subtidal seagrass

Short snouted seahorse

Eelgrass

Common eelgrass Dwarf eelgrass (Z.notlii) Internode Rhizome Sheath Zostera marina

Intertidal

Barnacles Clam Common prawn Hermit crab Kelp Limpet Oyster Periwinkle Seagrass (Neptune grass) Shore crab

Intertidal rocky

Common (blue) mussel

Seagrass

Flower (seagrass) Seagrass (Neptune grass)
Barracuda
Common seal Grey seal Walrus
Common seal Grey seal Walrus
Common bottlenose dolphin Sciaenidae family
Purple sea urchin
 

A to Z of Marine Species Signs

Anchovy, European Atlantic salmon
Barnacles Barracuda Basking shark Bluefin tuna Blue shark Brittle star Brown meagre Butterfish/rock gunnel
Cephalopods Cetacean Clam Cold-water coral Common blenny Common (blue) mussel Common bottlenose dolphin Common dolphin Common eagle ray Common eelgrass Common octopus Common prawn Common seal Common starfish Cotton spinner (sea cucumber) Cushion star Cuttlefish
Dwarf eelgrass (Zostera noltii)
Edible crab European anchovy European lobster European Sardine
Fan mussel Flower (seagrass) Fried egg jellyfish
Gilt-head bream Gobies Greater pipefish Grey seal
Hermit crab
Internode
J (empty)
Kelp Kelp forest
Leatherback turtle Limpet Lobster, European Loggerhead turtle
Manta ray Marlin Mauve stinger Mediterranean moray Moon jellyfish
North Atlantic fin whale Nursehound
Oyster
Pacific salmon Periwinkle Phytoplankton Piked dogfish Plankton Portuguese man o’war Purple sea urchin
Ray Razor shell Red gorgonian Remora Rhizome
Sailfish Sardine, European Sciaenidae family Seagrass (Neptune grass) Sheath Shore crab Shortfin Mako shark (IUCN endangered) Short snouted seahorse Sole Sperm whale Spiny starfish Sting ray Sunfish Swordfish
Variegated scallop Velvet swimming crab
Walrus Whale shark Whelk Worm pipefish
Zooplankton Zostera marina Zostera noltii (Dwarf eelgrass)