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Species

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Learn what each species is like, find out where it lives in the wild, and plan your next sighting — all in one place.

2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

Parks connected

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Apex predators187speciesGiants of nature57speciesThreatened species515speciesNight life768speciesBig cats39speciesPolar wildlife74speciesEndemic species6speciesThe Big Five6species

Conservation

Showing 24 species · HMCS Nanaimo Wreck

Showing 24 species · HMCS Nanaimo Wreck

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Not Evaluated

Ghost Shrimp

Caprella linearis

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Not Evaluated

Mediterranean Mussel

Mytilus galloprovincialis

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Not Evaluated

Atlantic Pyrosomes

Pyrosoma atlanticum

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Endangered

Coho Salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch

CarnivoreColonialEndangered
Not Evaluated

Chinook Salmon

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

CarnivoreIn schoolsFish
Least Concern

Dall's Porpoise

Phocoenoides dalli

CarnivoreOceanPolar
Not Evaluated

Sea Nettle

Chrysaora fuscescens

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Data Deficient

Pacific Hagfish

Eptatretus stoutii

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Ochre Stars

Pisaster ochraceus

CarnivoreSolitaryOcean
Not Evaluated

Water Jellyfish

Aequorea victoria

CarnivoreSolitaryOcean
Critically Endangered

Sunflower Sea Star

Pycnopodia helianthoides

CarnivoreSolitaryCritically Endangered
Least Concern

Green Crab

Carcinus maenas

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Pacific Oyster

Crassostrea gigas

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Not Evaluated

Purple Sea Urchin

Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

OmnivoreNocturnalColonial
Relevancia
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Killer WhaleEndangered

Killer Whale

Orcinus orca

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs
109 countries29 parks45 dive sites
Sockeye SalmonLeast Concern

Sockeye Salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka

ColonialFishFreshwater
4 countries7 parks5 dive sites
Harbor PorpoiseLeast Concern

Harbor Porpoise

Phocoena phocoena

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
34 countries8 parks33 dive sites
Gray WhaleLeast Concern

Gray Whale

Eschrichtius robustus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
8 countries8 parks13 dive sites
Lion's Mane JellyfishNot Evaluated

Lion's Mane Jellyfish

Cyanea capillata

SolitaryOceanCnidarian
17 countries47 parks28 dive sites
Harbor SealLeast Concern

Harbor Seal

Phoca vitulina

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
19 countries18 parks31 dive sites
Giant Pacific OctopusLeast Concern

Giant Pacific Octopus

Enteroctopus dofleini

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
7 countries14 parks15 dive sites
Steller Sea LionNear Threatened

Steller Sea Lion

Eumetopias jubatus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
4 countries8 parks6 dive sites
Near Threatened

Bluntnose Sixgill Shark

Hexanchus griseus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
162 countries59 parks10 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Moon Jellyfish

Aurelia aurita

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
111 countries69 parks127 dive sites
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
16 countries39 parks44 dive sites
55 countries38 parks117 dive sites
161 countries56 parks108 dive sites
9 countries15 parks5 dive sites
9 countries22 parks7 dive sites
5 countries14 parks8 dive sites
3 countries10 parks12 dive sites
3 countries10 parks6 dive sites
3 countries10 parks12 dive sites
2 countries10 parks6 dive sites
3 countries11 parks12 dive sites
50 countries104 dive sites
54 countries109 dive sites
3 countries12 dive sites