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Broadleaf Sea Lettuce (Ulva lactuca)Observer
beccajaffeDescription
Off the Roche harbor marina. 1 foot long. Surrounded by kelp and other seaweeds
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Spiny Scallop (Chlamys hastata)Observer
beccajaffeDescription
Off the Roche harbor marina. Orange color with many blue eyes. Approximately 2 inches wide.
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Nori (Genus Porphyra)Observer
beccajaffeDescription
Off the Roche harbor marina. Maroon in color and 2 inches wide by 4-6 inches long.
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Brown Algae (Class Phaeophyceae)Observer
beccajaffeDescription
Off Roche harbor marina. Brown in color. Similar in shape to acid seaweed found near Nahant Massachusetts. Clumped in with other seaweeds. 4 inches wide.
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Japanese Wireweed (Sargassum muticum)Observer
beccajaffeDescription
Off the Roche harbor marina. 6 inches long and separated by flowers. Light brown in color. In the midst of other seaweeds.
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Seersucker Kelp (Costaria costata)Observer
beccajaffeDescription
Off the Roche harbor marina 1 foot wide I
And 1.5 feet long brown with ripples.
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Blue Mussel Complex (Complex Mytilus edulis)Observer
beccajaffeDescription
Found off the Roche harbor marina. Approximately 2 inches long and black in color
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Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)Observer
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Off the marina 1 inch tall and 1/2 cm in diameter. Pink in color
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Surfgrasses (Genus Phyllospadix)Observer
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Off the marina brown and green in color approximately 1 ft in length. Growing between segments in the dock.
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Polychaete Worms (Class Polychaeta)Observer
beccajaffeDescription
Found off Roche Harbor Marina. 1/2 inch in diameter. Found singularly or in pairs. Pink and white striped in color.
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Pacific Acorn Barnacle (Balanus glandula)Observer
beccajaffeDescription
Natural shoreline found on rocks 1.5 cm diameter.
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Lottia Limpets (Genus Lottia)Observer
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Found off the marina 1/2 inch in diameter and isolated from any consoecifics
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Lottia Limpets (Genus Lottia)Observer
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1 inch diameter found on a dry rock on the natural shoreline
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Plumose Anemones (Genus Metridium)Observer
beccajaffeDescription
2 inches tall and found off the marina spread out from neighboring con specifics bybseveral inches
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Brown Algae (Class Phaeophyceae)Observer
beccajaffeDescription
Dock of Friday harbor over 2 ft long and 1 ft wide
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Blue Mussel Complex (Complex Mytilus edulis)Observer
beccajaffeDescription
Mussels on the side of the dock
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Plumose Anemones (Genus Metridium)Observer
beccajaffeDescription
Friday harbor dock near kelp
1 foot long
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Scallops (Family Pectinidae)Observer
beccajaffeDescription
Encrusted near barnacles and off the dock
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Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)Observer
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Black head with white dots around the eyes white chest White tuft on tail and brown speckled back. Maximum length 1 foot but closer to half a foot. Duck like bill. On top of the water
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Rock-Barnacles (Genus Balanus)Observer
beccajaffeDescription
Pebble beach on rock and with striations over 1 inch tall
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Birds (Class Aves)Observer
beccajaffeDescription
In the canopy of a tree
Expansive wing span and feathers on the top of it's head
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Brown Algae (Class Phaeophyceae)Observer
beccajaffeDescription
Pebble and sand beach
Tiny and found near Fucus