Scientific Name | Common Name | Notes |
Class Malacostraca, Order Decapoda – Shrimps Krill Crayfish Lobster and Crabs | | |
Family Penaeidae - Shrimp | | |
Penaeus aztecus | Brown Shrimp | |
Parapenaeus politus | Rose Shrimp | |
Family Palaemonidae – Grass Shrimp | | |
Palaemonetes intermedius | Brackish Grass Shrimp | |
Palaemonetes pugio | Daggerblade Grass Shrimp | |
Palaemonetes vulgaris | Marsh Grass Shrimp | |
Leander tenuicornis | | on Sargassum weed in Menemsha Bight in 1906 – first New England record |
Family Hippolytidae – Anemone Shrimp | | |
Eualus pusiolus | | |
Hippolyte zostericola | | Vineyard Sound is the type locality |
Latreutes fucorum | | found on Sargassum weed in Vineyard sound 1875 1905 1906 |
Lebbeus groenlandicus | | primarily a northern species |
Lebbeus polaris | | primarily a northern species |
Spirontocaris liljeborgii | | |
Spirontocaris phippsii | | |
Spriontocaris spinus | | at its southernmost known point here |
Tozeuma carolinensis | | at its northernmost known point here |
Tozeuma serratum | | at its northernmost known point here |
Family Pandalidae - Shrimp | | |
Dichelopandalus leptocerus | | in deeper water |
Pandalus borealis | Northern Shrimp | at its southernmost known point here |
Pandalus kessleri | Grass Shrimp | |
Pandalus montagui | | |
Family Crangonidae - Shrimp | | |
Crangon septemspinosa | Seven-spine Bay Shrimp | common |
Pontophilus brevirostris | | the type specimen is from Vineyard Sound |
Pontophilus norvegicus | | |
Family Nephropidae - American Lobster | | |
Homarus americanus | | common |
Family Scyllaridae – Spanish Lobster | | |
Scyllarus depressus | | very rare; at its northernmost known point here |
Family Callianassidae - Shrimp | | |
Callianassa atlantica | | |
Family Axiidae - Shrimp | | |
Axius serratus | | |
Calocaris templemani | | |
Family Laomediidae – Mud Shrimp | | |
Naushonia crangonoides | | at its northernmost known point here (cf. Naushon Island) |
Upogebia affinis | | |
Family Paguridae – Hermit Crabs | | |
Pagurus acadianus | | |
Pagurus annulipes | | common; very near its northernmost known point here |
Pagurus arcuatus | | common |
Pagurus politus | | |
Pagurus pollicaris | | common |
Pagurus pubescens | | found off Noman’s Land |
Family Lithodidae – Spider Crab | | |
Lithodes maja | | |
Family Galatheidae - Crabs | | |
Munida iris iris | | at its northernmost point here |
Munida valida | | at its northernmost point here |
Family Porcellanidae - Crabs | | |
Polyonyx gibbesi | | Woods Hole is its northernmost known point |
Porcellana sigsbeiana | | at its northernmost point here |
Family Hippidae – Mole Crab | | |
Emerita talpoida | Atlantic Mole Crab | Harwich is its northernmost known point |
Family Homolidae - Crab | | |
Homola barbata | | very near its northernmost known point here |
Family Latreillidae - Crab | | |
Latreillia manningi | | Nantucket Shoals is its northernmost known point |
Family Dorippidae - Crab | | |
Ethusa microphthalma | | at its northernmost known point here |
Family Calappidae – Box Crabs | | |
Acanthocarpus alexandri | | |
Calappa flammea | Bashful Crab | Woods Hole is its northernmost known point |
Family Majidae - Crabs | | |
Collodes robustus | | near its northernmost known point here |
Euprognatha rastellifwera | | |
Hyas araneus | Toad Crab | Rhode Island is its southernmost known point |
Hyas coarctatus | Toad Crab | |
Libinia dubia | | Cape Cod is its northernmost known point |
Libinia emarginata | Spider Crab | common |
Pelia mutica | | common; near its northernmost point |
Rochinia crassa | | Nantucket Shoals is its northernmost known point |
Rochinia tanneri | | at its northernmost known point here |
Family Parthenopidae - Crabs | | |
Parthenope pourtalessi | | at its northernmost point here |
Heterocrypta granulata | Smooth Elbow Crab | at its northernmost known point here |
Family Cancridae – Crabs | | |
Cancer borealis | Jonah Crab | common |
Cancer irroratus | Rock Crab | common |
Family Portunidae - Crabs | | |
Carcinus maenas | Green Crab | invader from Europe; see Yamada (2001) |
Ovalipes ocellatus | Lady Crab | common |
Arenaeus cribrarius | | first New England records in 1905 and 1906; at its northernmost known locality here |
Callinectes sapidus | Blue Crab | common |
Portunus gibbesii | | very rare; found in 1905; at its northernmost known point here |
Portunus sayi | | found occasionally on floating Sargassum weed |
Family Xanthidae – Mud Crabs | | |
Rhithropanopeus harrisii | | brackish water |
Eurypanopeus depressus | Flat Mud Crab | uncommon |
Neopanope sayi | | |
Panopeus herbstii | Black-fingered Mud Crab | common |
Hexapanopeus angustifrons | | uncommon; near its northernmost known point here |
Family Pinnotheridae - Crabs | | |
Pinnotheres maculatus | Mussel Crab | uncommon; at its northernmost point here |
Pinnotheres ostreum | Oyster Crab | uncommon; Salem is its northernmost known point |
Pinnixa chaetopterana | | uncommon; Wellfleet is its northernmost known point |
Pinnixa cylindrica | | North Falmouth is its northernmost known point |
Family Grapsidae - Crabs | | |
Hemigrapsus sanguineus | Asian Shore Crab | invading species; uncommon but becoming more numerous and widespread; first found on Martha’s Vineyard in 1996 |
Planes minutus | | found occasionally on floating Sargassum weed |
Sesarma reticulatum | | Woods Hole is its northernmost known point |
Family Ocypodidae – Fiddler Crabs | | |
Ocypode quadrata | Atlantic Ghost Crab | |
Uca minax | Red-jointed Fiddler Crab | |
Uca pugilator | Sand Fiddler Crab | |
Uca pugnax | Mud Fiddler Crab | common |
Class Malacostraca, Order Euphausiacea | | |
Family Euphausiidae | | |
Thysanoessa inermis | | |
Class Malacostraca, Order Amphipoda – Amphipods, Scuds, and Tube-builders | | |
Family Caprellidae – Skeleton Shrimp | | |
Aeginella longicornis | | common |
Caprella geometrica | | common |
Caprella linearis | | found on driftwood and Sargassum weed |
Family Ampeliscidae | | |
Ampelisca agassizi | | rare |
Ampelisca macrocephala | | common |
Ampelisca spinipes | | common |
Byblis serrata | | |
Family Aoridae | | |
Microdeutopus [danmonensis?] | | |
Microdeutopus gryllotalpa | | |
Family Bateidae | | |
[Batea secunda?] | | |
Family Calliopidae | | |
Apherusa [gracilis?] | | found off Gay Head |
Calliopus laeviusculus | | |
[Pontogenia inermis?] | | |
Family Corophiidae | | |
Cerapus tubularis | | |
Corophium cylindricum | | common |
Ericthonius [minax?] | | |
Ericthonius rubricornis | | |
Uniciola irrorate | | common |
Family Gammarellidae | | |
Gammarellus angulosus | | |
Family Gammaridae | | |
Elasmopus laevis | | |
Gammarus annulatus | | |
Gammarus locusta | | |
Gammarus marinus | | |
Gammarus mucronatus | Spine-backed Scud | |
Gammarus palustris | Beach Flea | |
Gammarus tigrinus | | common to abundant |
Family Haustoriidae | | |
Haustorius arenarius | | |
Family Hyalellidae | | |
Hyalella azteca | | |
Family Isaeidae | | |
Podoceropsis nitida | | |
Family Ischyroceridae | | |
Ischyrocerus anguipes | | |
Jassa marmorata | | |
Family Lafystiidae - Parasitic | | |
Lafystius [sturonis?] | | |
Family Lysianassidae | | |
Anonyx nugax | | |
[Haplonyx (= Tretonyx?) cicada?] | | |
Lysianopsis alba | | |
Leptocheirus pinguis | | |
Family Photidae | | |
Autonoe [smithi?] | | |
[Ptilocheirus pinguis?] | | common |
Family Phoxocephalidae | | |
Eobrolgus spinosus | | |
Phoxocephalus holbolli | | |
Family Podoceridae | | |
Amphithoe rubricata | | common |
Amphithoe longimana | | |
[Grubia compta?] | | |
Sunamphithoe pelagica | | |
Family Talitridae | | |
Orchestia agilis | Beach Flea | common |
Talorchestia longicornis | Sand Hopper | common |
Talorchestia megalophthalma | Sand Hopper | common |
Family Hyperiidae | | |
Euthemisto bispinosa | | |
Hyperia medusarum | | |
Hyperia galba | | |
Class Malacostrata, Order Cumacea | | |
Family Diastylidae | | |
Diastylis polita | | |
Diastylis quadrispinosa | | |
Diastylis sculpta | | |
Family Leuconidae | | |
Cyclaspis varianus | | |
Eudorella truncatula | | found off Vineyard Sound Lightship |
Eudorellopsis deformis | | found off Vineyard Sound Lightship |
Class Malacostrata, Order Isopoda – Isopods, Sow Bugs, and Pill Bugs | | |
Family Janiridae | | |
Jaera marina | | |
Family Anthuridae | | |
Cyanthura carinata | | |
[Calathura branchiata?] | | |
Family Bopyridae | | |
Stegophryxus hyptius | | |
Family Cirolanidae | | |
Cirolana concharum | | |
Family Cymothoidae | | |
Nerocila munda | | |
Family Eurycopidae | | |
Eurycope [truncata?] | | type specimen taken in Vineyard Sound (Richardson 1908) |
Family Limnoriidae | | |
Limnoria lignorum | | |
[Sphaeroma quadridentata?] | | |
Family Halophilosciidae | | |
Littorophiloscia vittata | | |
Family Chaetiliidae | | |
Chiridotea caeca | | |
Family Idoteidae | | |
Edotia triloba | | |
[Edotia montana?] | | |
Erichsonella filiformis | | |
Idotea balthica | | |
Idotea metallica | | |
Idotea phosphorea | | |
Family Mysidae – Mantis Shrimp | | |
Heteromysis formosa | | |
Mysis stenolepis | | |
Neomysis americana | | |
Family Leptocheliidae | | |
Leptochelia dubia | | |
Class Malacostrata, Subclass Hoplocarida, Order Stomatopoda | | |
Family Lysiosquillidae | | |
Heterosquilla armata | | rare; found once in 1882 |
Lysiosquilla scabricauda | | |
Squilla empusa | | found in coastal ponds |
Class Maxillopoda, Subclass Branchiura | | |
Family Argulidae – Parasitic Fish Lice | | |
Argulus funduli | | found on Striped Killifish |
Argulus latus | | |
Argulus laticauda | | found on eels and several fish species |
Argulus megalops | | found on a wide variety of fish |
Class Maxillipoda, Subclass Copepoda – Copepods or Fish Lice | | |
Family Calanidae – Free-living | | |
Calanus finmarchius | | common |
Calanus minor | | found south of the island; pelagic |
Neocalanus gracilis | | a tropical species occasionally brought here by the Gulf Stream |
Mecynocera clausi | | in ocean south of the island |
Family Aetideidae – Free-living | | |
Gaidius brevispinus | | in ocean south of the island |
Euchaeta marina | | common in Vineyard Sound |
Paraeuchaeta norvegica | | in Vineyard Sound |
Paraeuchaeta barbata | | rare; in ocean south of the island |
Family Phaennidae – Free-living | | |
Xanthocalanus borealis | | in ocean south of the island |
Family Scolecithricidae – Free-living | | |
Scolecithrix danae | | off Gay Head |
Family Centropagidae – Free-living | | |
Centropages bradyi | | in ocean south of island |
Centropages hamatus | | in Menemsha Bight |
Centropages typicus | | in Menemsha Bight |
Family Draptomidae – Free-living | | |
Pseudodiaptomus coronatus | | in salt and brackish water |
Family Sapphirinidae – Free-living | | |
Sapphirina [gemma?] | | |
Family Temoridae – Free-living | | |
Eurytemora americana | | in Menemsha Bight |
Eurytemora hirundoides | | salt & brackish water; Farm Poucha and Edgartown Great Ponds |
Eurytemora affinis | | salt and brackish water; Poucha Pond |
Eurytemora lacustris | | brackish water; Farm and Poucha Ponds |
Family Metridiidae – Free-living | | |
Metridia brevicauda | | in ocean south of the island |
Metridia luceus | | in ocean south of the island |
Metridia longa | | in ocean south of the island |
Pleuromamma robusta | | off Gay Head |
Family Pontellidae – Free-living | | |
Labidocera acutifrons | | in Vineyard Sound |
Labidocera aestiva | | common |
Pontella pennata | | in Vineyard Sound |
Pontella meadii | | in Vineyard Sound |
Family Acartiidae – Free-living | | |
Acartia tonsa | | in Vineyard Sound |
Acartia bifilosa | | in Vineyard Sound |
Acartia clausii | | in Vineyard Sound |
Acartia longiremis | | near Woods Hole |
Family Tortanidae – Free-living | | |
Tortanus discaudatus | | Menemsha Bight |
Family Longipediidae – Free-living | | |
Longipedia coronata | | in Katama Bay |
Family Ectinosomidae – Free-living | | |
Ectiosoma elongatum | | off Gay Head |
Microsetella norvegica | | in Vineyard Sound |
Microsetella rosea | | |
Arenosetella spinicauda | | in Katama Bay |
Family Harpactidae – Free-living | | |
Harpacticus tenellus | | |
Harpacticus gracilis | | brackish and salt water |
Harpacticus chelifer | | brackish and salt water |
Zausodes arenicolus | | Katama Bay and in ocean south of the island |
Family Tegastidae – Free-living | | |
Parategastes spaericus | | off Chappaquiddick |
Family Tisbidae – Free-living | | |
Tisbe furcata | | Nashaquitsa Pond |
Chappaquidicka pulchella | | brackish water; type specimen from Martha’s Vineyard |
Family Thalestridae – Free-living | | |
Dactylopusia brevicornis | | brackish water; Katama Bay and Chappaquiddick |
Dactylopusia tisboides | | brackish water; Chappaquiddick |
Dactylopusia vulgaris | | near Woods Hole |
Pseudothalestris nobilis | | brackish water; Chappaquiddick |
Family Diosaccidae – Free-living | | |
Diosaccus tenuicornis | | Katama Bay, Nashaquitsa Pond |
Amphiascus obsurus | | brackish water; Chappaquiddick |
Amphiascus longirostris | | brackish water; Chappaquiddick |
Amphiascus pallidus | | brackish water; Chappaquiddick |
Amphiascus parvus | | near Woods Hole |
Amphiascus cinctus | | Sengekontacket Pond |
Amphiascus sinuatus | | brackish water; Chappaquiddick |
Amphiascus dactylifer | | brackish water; Chappaquiddick |
Amphiascus hispidus | | Poucha Pond, Katama Bay, Chappaquiddick |
Stenhelia reflexa | | off Noman’s Land |
Family Canthocamptidae – Free-living | | |
Attheyella bicolor | | brackish water, Chappaquiddick |
Mesochra lilljeborgi | | brackish water; Chappaquiddick |
Mesochra pygmaea | | Katama Bay |
Nitocra spinipes | | brackish water; Chappaquiddick |
Nitocra typica | | in ocean near south shore |
Nitocra chelifer | | Katama Bay |
Ameira simplex | | brackish water; Chappaquiddick |
Ameira tau | | brackish water; Chappaquiddick |
Ameira tenuicornis | | Katama Bay |
Paraleptasticus brevicaudatus | | near Woods Hole |
Paraleptasticus katamensis | | Katama Bay; type specimen from Martha’s Vineyard |
Leptastacus macronyx | | Katama Bay |
Evansula incerta | | Katama Bay |
Family Laophontidae – Free-living | | |
Laophonte talipes | | in ocean off shouth shore |
Laophonte manifera | | Sengekontacket and Nashaquitsa Ponds |
Laophonte mohammed | | brackish water; Chappaquiddick and Nashaquitsa Pond |
Laophonte nana | | off Noman’s Land |
Laophonte stromii | | Brackish water; Chappaquiddick and Nashaquitsa Pond |
Laophonte cornuta | | brackish water; Chappaquiddick |
Laophonte longicauda | | Sengekontacket Pond |
Laophonte capillata | | Katama Bay |
Family Macrosetellidae – Free-living | | |
Miracia efferata | | in ocean south of the island |
Family Cylindropsyllidae – Free-living | | |
Stenocaris arenicola | | off Noman’s Land |
D’Arcythomsonia parva | | brackish water; Chappaquiddick |
Family Tachidiidae – Free-living | | |
Tachidius brevicornis | | Katama Bay |
Family Metidae – Free-living | | |
Metis jousseaumei | | brackish and salt water; Chappaquiddick |
Family Cyclopinidae – Free-living | | |
Cyclopina agilis | | KatamaBay |
Family Cyclopidae – Free-living | | |
Halicyclops magniceps | | brackish water; Chapaquiddick and Nashaquitsa Pond |
Microcyclops varicanis | | brackish water; Chappaquiddick |
Microcyclops bicolor | | Farm Pond |
Family Clausidiidae – Free-living | | |
Clausidium dissimile | | Vineyard Sound |
Family Lichomolgidae – Free-living | | |
Macrocheiron fucicolum | | Katama Bay |
Family Oncaeidae – Free-living | | |
Oncaea venusta | | Menemsha Bight |
Family Ergasilidae – Parasitic | | |
Ergasilus manicatus | | found on Atlantic Silversides and 2 species of Stickleback |
Ergasilus labracis | | found on Striped Bass |
Family Bomolochidae – Parasitic | | |
Tucca corpulentus | | found on Northern Puffer |
Bomolochus teres | | found on Atlantic Menhaden |
Bomolochus albidus | | found on Goosefish |
Artacolax saetigei | | found on Tropical Two-wing Flying Fish |
Family Taeniacanthidae – Parasitic | | |
Anchistotos occidentalis | | found on Orange Filefish |
Family Doropygidae – Parasitic | | |
Doropygus pulex | | in ocean south of the island |
Family Caligidae – Parasitic | | |
Caligus curtus | | in Vineyard Sound |
Caligus schistonyx | | found on Bluefish |
Caligus rufimaculatus | | found on Banded Killifish |
Caligus rapax | | found on many fish species |
Caligus chelifer | | found on many fish species |
Caligus belones | | found on Dolphin |
Caligus mutabilis | | found on several fish species |
Caligus pelamydis | | found on Atlantic Bonito |
Caligus bonito | | found on Atlantic Bonito |
Caligodes megacephalus | | found on Silver Gar |
Lepeophtheirus thompsoni | | found on Goosefish |
Lepeophtheirus nordmannii | | found on Ocean Sunfish |
Family Trebidae – Parasitic | | |
Trebius tenuifurcatus | | found on Roughtail Stingray |
Family Euryphoridae - Parasitic | | |
Gloiopotes ornatus | | found on Swordfish |
Elytrophora atlantica | | found on Bluefin Tuna |
Alebion glaber | | found on several sharks and skates |
Alebion gracilis | | found on several sharks and skates |
Alebion fuscus | | found on Dusky Shark |
Alebion carchariae | | found on Spiny Dogfish |
Alebion crassus | | found on Smooth Hammerhead Shark |
Family Pandaridae – Parasitic | | |
Perissopus communis | | found on several sharks |
Echthrogaleus coleoptratus | | found on several sharks |
Echthrogaleus denticulatus | | found on Great White Shark |
Echthrogaleus torpedinis | | found on Atlantic Torpedo |
Dinematura latifolia | | found on sharks |
Pandarus smitii | | found on sharks |
Pandarus bicolor | | found on Smooth Dogfish |
Pandarus sinuatus | | found on sharks |
Nesippus alatus | | found on sharks |
Parapandarus nodosus | | found on sharks |
Family Cecropidae – Parasitic | | |
Cecrops latreillii | | found on Ocean Sunfish |
Orthagoriscicola muricate | | found on Ocean Sunfish and Lookdown |
Philorthragoriscus serratus | | found on Ocean Sunfish |
Family Anthosomidae – Parasitic | | |
Anthosoma crassum | | found on sharks |
Lernanthropus paenulatus | | found on Yellowtail Amberjack |
Lernanthropus pomatomi | | found on Bluefish |
Lernanthropus brevoortiae | | found on Atlantic Menhaden and American Shad |
Family Eudactylinidae – Parasitic | | |
Kroyeria gracilis | | found on sharks |
Kroyeria papilipes | | found on sharks |
Kroyeria lineata | | found on sharks |
Kroyerina elongata | | found on sharks |
Nemesis lamna | | found on Great White Shark |
Nemesis atlantica | | found on sharks |
Nemesis pallida | | found on sharks |
Eudactylina spinifera | | found on sharks |
Eudactylinodes unicinata | | found on sharks |
Eudactylinodes nigra | | found on sharks |
Eudactylinella alba | | found on Roughtail Stingray |
Family Pseudocycnidae – Parasitic | | |
Pseudocycnus buccatus | | found on Atlantic Mackerel |
Family Dichelesthiidae – Parasitic | | |
Dichelesthium oblongum | | found on Atlantic Sturgeon |
Lernaeenicus radiatus | | found on many fish species |
Lernaeenicus affixus | | found on several fish species |
Lernaeenicus longiventris | | found on several fish species |
Sarcotretes lobatus | | |
Lernaeocera branchialis | | found on Atlantic Cod |
Lernaeolophus sultanus | | found on Filefish and Silver Gar |
Family Pennellidae – Parasitic | | |
Pennella filosa | | found on Swordfish and Ocean Sunfish |
Pennella instructa | | found on Swordfish and Ocean Sunfish |
Pennella orthagorisci | | found on Ocean Sunfish |
Family Chondracanthidae – Parasitic | | |
Blias prionoti | | found on Northern Sea Robin |
Oralien triglae | | found on Northern Sea Robin |
Pseudochondracathus diceraus | | found on Northern Puffer |
Chondracanthus merluccii | | found on Silver Hake |
Acanthochondria depressa | | found on Winter Flounder |
Acanthochondria phycidis | | found on Hake |
Acanthochondria galerita | | found on Flounder |
Family Lernaeopodidae – Parasitic | | |
Thysanote pomacanthi | | found on Gray Angelfish |
Charopinus bicaudatus | | found on Spiny Dogfish |
Clavella uncinata | | found on Atlantic Cod |
Clavellisa spinosa | | found on Atlantic Menhaden |
Clavellisa cordata | | found on Alewife and American Shad |
Brachiella concava | | found on Roughtail Stingray |
Brachiella elegans | | found on Yellowtail Amberjack |
Brachiella gulosa | | found on Black Sea Bass |
Family Sphyriidae – Parasitic | | |
Paeon elongatus | | found on Dusky Shark in Menemsha Bight |
Rebelula bouvieri | | found on Marlinspike Grenadier |
Rebelula gracilis | | found on American Eel |
Family Anthaecheridae – Parasitic | | |
Philichthys xiphiae | | found on Swordfish |
Class Maxillipoda, Subclass Thecostraca, Order Cirripedia - Barnacles | | |
Family Lepadidae – Goose-necked Barnacles | | |
Chonchoderma virgatum | | found off Gay Head on an Ocean Sunfish |
Lepas anatifera | | |
Lepas anseriffera | | |
Lepas fascicularis | | |
Lepas hilli | | |
Lepas pectinata | | |
Family Balanidae – Barnacles | | |
Balanus amphitrite | | found on whales and ship bottoms |
Balanus balanoides | | common |
Balanus balanus | | |
Balanus crenatus | | common |
Balanus eburneus | | common |
Family Chthamalidae – Barnacles | | |
Chthamalus stellatus | | |
Class Ostracoda, Subclass Podocarpa – Ostracods, Seed Shrimp | | |
Family Cytherideidae | | |
Cushmanidea seminuda | | |
Cypris fasciata | | |
Cythere dawsoni | | |
Cythere villosa | | |
Cytheridea americana | | |
Cytheridea papillosa | | |
Cytheridea punctillata | | |
Cythereis arenicola | | |
Cythereis [canadensis?] | | |
Cythereis concinna | | |
Cythereis dunelmensis | | |
Cythereis [emarginata?] | | |
Cythereis tuberculata | | |
Cythereis [vineyardensis?] | | type specimen found at Martha’s Vineyard |
[Pseudocytheretia edwardsi?] | | |
[Xestolibris depressa?] | | |
Family Loxoconchidae | | |
Loxoconcha guttata | | |
Loxoconcha impressa | | |