Species Identification quiz #1

Black Rockfish

Sebastes melanops

Quillback Rockfish

Sebastes maliger

Copper Rockfish

Sebastes caurinus

Kelp Greenling

Hexagrammos decagrammus

(yellow are female, males are red)

Rock Greenling

Hexagrammos superciliosus

Lingcod

Ophidon elgongatus

Painted Greenling

Oxylebius pictus

Sailfin Sculpin

Nautichthys oculofasciatus

Irish Lord (Red)

Hemilepidotus hemilpidotus

Pacific Staghorn sculpin

Leptocottus armatus

Shiner Perch

Cymatogaster aggregata

Crescent Gunnel

Pholis laeta

Stalked Jellyfish

Haliclystus stejnegeri

Giant Green Anemone

Anthopluera xanthogrammica

Christmas Anemone

Urticina crassicornis

White spotted Anemone

Urticina lofotensis

(read left to right)

Metridium senile, Metridium giganteum

Tube Sea Anemone

(Pachycerianthus fimbriatus

Lined Chiton

Tonicella lineata

Katy Chiton

Katharina tunicata

Giant Pacific Chiton

Cryptochiton stelleri

Pinto Abalone

Haliotis kamtchatkana

Ribbed top-snail

Calliostoma ligatum

Plate limpet

Tectura scutum

Periwinkle

Littorina sitkana

Lewis’s Moon Snail

Euspira lewisii

Oregon Triton

Fusitriton oregonensis

Leafy Hornmouth

Ceratostoma foliatum

File Dog Winkle

Nucella lima

Northern Striped Dogwinkle

Nucella ostrina

Monterey Sea-Lemon

Archidoris montereyensis

Hooded Nudibranch

Melibe leonina

California Mussels

Mytilus californianus

Pacific blue Mussel

Mytilus trossulus

Giant Rock Scallop

Crassadoma gigantean

Pink Scallop

Chlamys rubida

Butter Clam

Saxidomus gigantean

Giant Pacific Octopus

Octopus dofleini

Vermillion Star

Mediaster aequalis

Leather Star

Dermasterias imbricata

Northern Sun Star

Solaster endeca

Blood Star

Henricia leviuscula

Mottled Star

Evasterias troschelii

Six-armed Sea Star

Leptasterias spps.

Ochre Star

Pisaster ochraceus

Sunflower Star

Pychnopodia helianthoides

Green Sea Urchin

Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Red Sea Urchin

Strongylocentrotus franciscanus

Purple Sea Urchin

Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

California Sea Cucumber

Parastichopus californicus

Kelp Lace

Membranipora membranacea

Armored Scaleworm

Halosydna breisetosa

Calcreous Tubeworm

Serpula vermicularis

Gooseneck Barnacle

Pollicipes polymerus

Little Brown Barnacle

Chthamalus dalli

Acorn Barnacle

Balanus glandula

Thatched Barnacle

Semibalanus cariosus

Rockwell Isopod

Idotea spp

Umbrella Crab

Cryptolithodes sitchensis

Graceful Decorator Crab

Oregonia gracilis

Red rock crab

Cancer productus

Purple shore crab

Hemigrapsus nudus

Green shore crab

Hemigrapsus oregonensis

Sea Peach

Halocynthia aurentium

Sea snot

Didemnum vexillum

Eel Grass

Zostera marina

Surfgrass

Phyllospadix scouleri

Serrulated Surfgrass

Phyllospadix serrulatus

Smooth Spongy Cushion

Codium setchellii

Ribbon Kelp

Alaria marginata

Sugar Kelp

Saccharina latissima

Split Kelp

Saccharina groenlandica

Fucus spps.

Giant kelp

Macrocystis pyrifera

Bull Kelp

Nereocystis luetkeana

Fringed Sieve Kelp

Agarum fimbriatum

Sieve kelp

Agarum clathratum

Cup and saucer

Constantinea rosa-marina

Sea Moss

Endocladia muricata

Dead Man’s Fingers

Halosaccion glandiforme

Corallina algae

Sea Laurel

Osmundea spectabilis

Spaghettis Seaweed

Nemalion helminthoides

Sea brush

Odonthalia spp

Black Pine

Neorhodomela spp.