Gulf of Maine Marine Life Supply Company collects and ships live and preserved cold-water Atlantic marine life specimens for use in research and educational applications.

Gulf of Maine, Inc.
P.O. Box 360
Pembroke, ME 04666

Phone (207) 726-4620
Toll Free Phone 1-866-988-4620
Fax (207) 726-5064
Office Hours:
Tuesday – Friday
9:00am – 5:30 p.m Eastern Std.
info@gulfofme.com

Atlantic cold water specimens from the Gulf of Maine

Number	Scientific Name	Common Name	Photo	Seasonal Availability	Description
AR001	Balanus amphitrite	Striped barnacle		Year round
AR002	Balanus balanoides	Northern rock barnacle		Year round	This is the common intertidal barnacle in the area. Shipped on small rocks or wood.
AR003	Balanus balanus	Rough barnacle		Year round	A common subtidal species. It is difficult to collect and ship in large numbers.
AR004	Balanus crenatus	Crenate barnacle		Year round	Found subtidally on shells and ledges. Difficult to collect and ship in large numbers.
AR005	Cancer borealis	Jonah crab		Year round
AR006	Cancer irroratus	Rock crab		Year round	Up to 6 inches in width. This species is common subtidally on all types of bottom.
AR007	Caprella linearis	Skeleton shrimp		Scarce in winter	A very abundant subtidal species found on vegetation and hydroids. Particularly common on Tubularia.
AR008	Carcinides maenas	Green crab		Year round	This species invaded the Bay of Fundy during the 1960s.
AR009	Copepods	Copepods		Year round	Most common planktonic animals.
AR010	Crangon septemspinosus	Sand shimp		Scarce in winter	This species is very common in ponds, bays and estuaries during most of the year.
AR011	Gammarus oceanicus	Scud		Year round	The common intertidal beach flea.
AR012	Homarus americanus	Lobster		Year round	A commercial species that is common throughout the area. Local legal size is approximately 1 pound.
AR013	Hyas araneus	Toad crab		Year round	A common species found among ledges, wharves and weirs.
AR018	Mysis sp.	Mysid shrimp		Year round	Common in our area.
AR019	Nyctiphanes norvegica	Horned krill		Summer	The common Euphausid.
AR021	Orchestia agilis	Beach hopper		Scarce in winter	This is the common species found under rotting rockweed.
AR022	Pagurus sp.	Hermit crab		Year round	Common around ledges throughout the area. Available species supplied.
AR025	Pycnogonium littorale	Anemone sea spider		Year round	A littoral species found in a few localities.

Please call in or email your specimen requests for a price quote. All quotes are for live organisms.
Specimens can be preserved per your request at no additional cost. Containers, packing materials and shipping are extra.

Chlorophyta Phaeophyta Rhodophyta Tracheophyta Porifera Cnidaria Ctenopora Nemertea Chaetognatha Bryozoa Braciopoda Mollusca Annelida Arthropoda Echinodermata Urochordata Chordata

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