Species Spotlight

Marine Biology Final

sea otter

river otter

pacific harbor seal

california sea lion

northern fur seal

northern elephant seal

gray whale

humpback whale

blue whale

minke whale

orca

bottlenose dolphin

pacific white-sided dolphin

risso’s dolphin

common dolphin

harbor porpoise

dall’s porpoise

manatee

dugong

polar bear

green sea turtle

leatherback sea turtle

loggerhead sea turtle

olive ridley sea turtle

western gull

black oystercatcher

common murre

brandt’s cormorant

brown pelican

pelagic cormorant

double-crested cormorant

black turnstone

sanderling

black-crowned night heron

leopard shark

shiner surfperch

lingcod

wolf eel

tidepool sculpin

bat ray

california halibut

kelp greenling

cabezon

pacific herring

california grunion

garibaldi

hairy hermit crab

decorator crab

pacific/striped shore crab

kelp crab

kelp isopod

copepod

dungeness crab

red rock crab

california spiny lobster

skeleton shrimp

red abalone

gumboot chiton

mossy chiton

giant keyhole limpet

owl limpet

wavy top turban snail

hopkins rose nudibranch

california sea hare

two-spot octopus

giant Pacific octopus

pacific oyster

olympia oyster

california mussel

opalescent nudibranch

moon snail

market squid

purple sea urchin

red sea urchin

sunflower star

ochre sea star

bat star

brittle star

warty sea cucumber

giant red sea cucumber

aggregating anemone

moon jelly

by-the-wind sailor

purple-striped jelly

pacific sea nettle

strawberry anemone

feather hydroid

sand dollar

giant green sea anemone

sandcastle worm

feather duster worm

bloodworm

acorn barnacle

gooseneck barnacle

diatom

dead man’s fingers

devil weed

bull kelp

pacific dulse

southern stiff-stiped kelp