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Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus ssp. oreganus)Observer
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Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)Observer
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The largest jumping spider I’ve ever seen, she’s a beauty.
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Common Candy-striped Spider (Enoplognatha ovata)Observer
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Candy stripe spider
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Red-spotted Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis ssp. concinnus)Observer
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beautiful garter snake in a pond well-stocked with fish and bullfrog tadpoles, can't be sure of subspecies but fairly confident about species?
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American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)Observer
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invasive bullfrog in an oregon pond
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Eccentric Sand Dollar (Dendraster excentricus)Observer
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despite at first appearing quite dead, this sand dollar was still quite alive and as such was returned to the sea
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Bumble Bees (Genus Bombus)Observer
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Can anyone confirm this ID?
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Plumose Anemone (Metridium senile)Observer
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Please ID! This anemone settled on a ceramic tile placed inside a marina in Yaquina Bay. It may not be Metridium senile, but may be a species not previously observed this far north.
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East Pacific Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)Observer
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interaction with this incredible animal truly gives a sense of experiencing a creature with otherworldly intelligence. it was a true privilege to return this octopus to the bay when it was hauled into the boat on our research equipment
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Horned Nudibranch (Hermissenda crassicornis)Observer
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these however, appear to me to be H. crassicornis
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Opalescent Nudibranch (Hermissenda opalescens)Observer
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this beauty may also be H. crassicornis, but it was quite large and I thought looked a bit different. is it H. opalescens?
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Egg-yolk Jelly (Phacellophora camtschatica)Observer
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I'm somewhat doubtful this is truly a lion's mane jelly, but its bell size of nearly a meter makes that my best guess. please weigh in!
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Barnacle-eating Dorid (Onchidoris bilamellata)Observer
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these dorids are SO abundant in Yaquina Bay
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Orangetip Seaslugs (Genus Limacia)Observer
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my first ever nudibranch, Boiler Bay
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Horned Nudibranch (Hermissenda crassicornis)Observer
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Hermissenda are abundant in Yaquina bay
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Monterey Dorid (Doris montereyensis)Observer
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more dorids leaving us some beautiful egg masses
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Pacific Sea Nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens)Observer
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Id please? looks a lot like the pacific sea nettle, but appears to be lacking those lacy frills and looks to have shorter tentacles
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Dungeness Crab (Metacarcinus magister)Observer
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is it a dungie?
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Cross Orbweaver (Araneus diadematus)Observer
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my favorite garden spider in Portland, this large (gravid?) female lives next to my front door
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Pacific Sea Gooseberry (Pleurobrachia bachei)Observer
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gorgeous little ctenophores washed up on the beach in Ecola state park
