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
MA006	Agarum cribosum	Sea colander kelp		Year round	Common subtidally on pilings. Available all year.
MA007	Alaria esculenta	Edible kelp		Year round	Common on some outer ledges at the low water mark. Available all year.
MA008	Ascophyllum nodosum	Knotted wrack		Year round	The common rockweed. Sexually mature during spring and summer. Available all year.
MA009	Chorda filum	Smooth cord weed		Year round	Common in certain areas in the summer.
MA010	Chordaria flagelliformis	Black whip weed		Summer & Fall	Common in tidepools during summer and early fall.
MA011	Ectocarpus	Brown tuft		Year round	Available all year.
MA012	Fucus edentatus	Rockweed		Year round	Common at low water on the ledges. Available all year.
MA013	Fucus distichus	Rockweed		Year round	Common at low water on the ledges. Available all year.
MA014	Fucus filiformis	Rockweed		Year round	Available all year.
MA015	Fucus spiralis	Spiral rockweed		Year round	Available all year.
MA016	Fucus vesiculosus	Bladder wrack		Year round	Common intertidal rockweed. Sexually mature during spring and summer. Available all year.
MA017	Laminaria agardhii	Southern kelp		Year round	Common on pilings and certain ledges. Available all year. Plants are in poorer condition in winter months.
MA018	Laminaria digitata	Horsetail kelp		Year round	Common on pilings and certain ledges. Available all year. Plants are in poorer condition in winter months.
MA019	Laminaria longricus	Hollow stem kelp		Year round	Common on pilings and certain ledges. Available all year. Plants are in poorer condition in winter months.
MA020	Ralfsia sp.	Tarspot		Year round	Available all year.

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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