Flame Box Crab

Invertebrates > Crustaceans

The Flame Box Crab (Calappa flammea), delightfully known as the ‘Shame-faced Crab,’ is a heavily armored marine crustacean celebrated for its remarkable, tight-fitting defensive anatomy. When alarmed, it tucks its immense, rooster-combed claws flush...

Hard Clam

Invertebrates > Bivalves

The Hard Clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), famously celebrated throughout New England and the Atlantic coast as the Northern Quahog, is one of the most culturally iconic, ecologically vital, and commercially valuable marine bivalves in North American history. Renowned for...

Jonah Crab

Invertebrates > Crustaceans

The Jonah Crab (Cancer borealis), celebrated across New England as the heavy-clawed titan of cold northern waters, is one of the most commercially valuable and ecologically important crustaceans in the Northwest Atlantic. Closely related to the Pacific Dungeness crab,...

Atlantic Sea Scallop

Invertebrates > Bivalves

The Atlantic Sea Scallop (Placopecten magellanicus), celebrated across New England and the Mid-Atlantic as the giant saucer of the continental shelf, is one of the most economically valuable, ecologically vital, and biologically fascinating marine bivalves on Earth....

Apple Snail

Invertebrates > Gastropods

The Apple Snail (Pomacea canaliculata), widely celebrated and feared as the Golden Apple Snail or Channeled Apple Snail, is the colossal, dual-breathing juggernaut of the freshwater gastropod world. Reaching the size of an orchard apple and equipped with both aquatic...