Marine Bio Organisms

Aggregating Anemone

Anthopleura elegantissima

Sunburst Anemone

Anthopleura sola

Ostrich-plume Hydroid

Aglaophenua spp.

California Sandcastle Worm

Phragmatopoma californica

Southern Spiny Chiton

Nuttallina fluxa

Mossy Chiton

Mopalia muscosa

Giant Pacific Chiton

Cryptochiton stelleri

Giant Keyhole Limpet

Megathura crenulata

Volcano Keyhole Limpet

Fissurella volcano

Giant Owl Limpet

Lottia gigantea

Shield Limpet

Lottia pelta

Southern Finger Limpet

Lottia austrodigitalis

Rough Limpet

Lottia scabra

Pacific Half-Slippersnail

Crepipatella lingulata

Hooked Slippersnail

Crepidula adunca

Wavy Turban Snail

Megastraea undosa

Red Turban Snail

Pomaulax gibberosa

Black Turban Snail

Tegula funebralis

Western Banded Turban Snail

Tegula eiseni

Norris’s Top Snail

Norrisia norrisii

Monterey Wormsnail/Tube snail

Petaloconchus montereyensis

Festive Murex

Pteropurpura festiva

Dark Unicorn Whelk

Mexacanthina lugubris

Kellet’s Whelk

Kelletia kelletii

Brown Sea Hare

Aplysia californica

Black Sea Hare

Aplysia vaccaria

Hopkin’s Rose

Okenia rosacea

Spanish Shawl

Flabellina iodinea

California Mussel

Mytilus californianus

Pacific Jewelbox

Pseudochama exogyra

Two-Spot Octopus

Octopus bimaculoides

Red Thatched Barnacle

Tetraclita rubescens

Common Acorn Barnacle

Balanus gladula

Giant Acorn Barnacle

Balanus nubilus

Goose Barnacle

Pollicipes polymerus

California Spiny Lobster

Panulirus interruptus

Blueband Hermit Crab

Pagurus samuelis

Purple Shore Crab

Hemigrapsus nudus

Striped Shore Crab

Pachygrapsus crassipes

Dungeness Crab

Cancer magister

Red Rock Crab

Cancer productus

Spiny Sand Star

Astropecten armatus

Leather Star

Dermasterias imbricata

Bat Star

Patiria miniata

Purple Star

Pisaster ochraceus

Western Spiny Brittle Star

Ophiothrix spiculata

Purple Sea Urchin

Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Giant Red Sea Urchin

Mesocentrotus franciscanus

California Grunion

Leuresthes tenuis

Tidepool Sculpin

Oligocottus maculosus

Wooly Sculpin

Clinoclottus analis

Cabezon

Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Sea Cauliflower

Leathesia marina

Feather Boa Kelp

Egregia menziesii

Giant Perennial Kelp

Macrocystis pyrifera

Spindle-shaped Rockweed

Silvetia compressa

Encrusting Coralline Algae

Lithothamnion spp.

Common Eelgrass

Zostera marina