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Northern Leopard Dorid (Diaulula odonoghuei)Observer
eviefDescription
Landscape type: sandy bottom
~20 foot depth
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Three-lined Aeolid (Coryphella trilineata)Observer
eviefDescription
Landscape Type: sandy bottom ~20 foot depth
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Clown Dorid (Triopha catalinae)Observer
eviefDescription
Landscape Type: sandy bottom, ~10 feet depth
moving slowly along the substrate
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Dungeness Crab (Metacarcinus magister)Observer
eviefDescription
Landscape type: sandy bottom, ~10 foot depth
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Pacific Blood Star (Henricia leviuscula)Observer
eviefDescription
Landscape Type: sandy bottom ~10 feet down
Didn't look particularly healthy -- white patches at the forks of the arms
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Helmet Crab (Telmessus cheiragonus)Observer
eviefDescription
Landscape type: sandy bottom ~10 feet down
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Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis)Observer
eviefDescription
Landscape Type: sandy bottom, zostera bed ~10 fee under
slow-moving, just above the bottom
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Genus PalmariaObserver
eviefDescription
Landscape Type: sandy bottom ~10 feet depth
semi-abundant on bottom
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Genus PugettiaObserver
eviefDescription
Landscape Type: sandy bottom ~10 feet
Abundant on blades of seagrass, many kinds of seaweed attached to the carapace -- usually small in size
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Black Tegula (Tegula funebralis)Observer
eviefDescription
Landscape Type: sandy bottom, ~10 feet underwater
found abundantly on blades of Zostera marina
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Eelgrass (Zostera marina)Observer
eviefDescription
Landscape Type: sandy bottom ~10 feet
Abundant from around 10-15 feet
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Chain Tunicate (Botrylloides violaceus)Observer
eviefDescription
Roche Harbor
Environment: dock (manmade)
Growing on dock and adjacent mussel
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Giant Plumose Anemone (Metridium farcimen)Observer
eviefDescription
Roche Harbor
Environment: dock
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Giant Rock Scallop (Crassadoma gigantea)Observer
eviefDescription
Roche Harbor
Environment: dock
Solitary, other scallops seen around the dock
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Crescent Gunnel (Pholis laeta)Observer
eviefDescription
Roche Harbor
Landscape Type: rocky beach
Found underneath rocks along the beach
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Yellow Shore Crab (Hemigrapsus oregonensis)Observer
eviefDescription
Roche Harbor
Landscape type: rocky beach
Found underneath a rock near the tideline
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Gastropods (Class Gastropoda)Observer
eviefDescription
Roche Harbor
Landscape Type: Rocky Beach
Found in abundance in marsh plants in the back lagoon
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Arctic Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)Observer
eviefDescription
Roche Harbor
Environment: dock
Not too abundant, a few others around the dock
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Genus UrticinaObserver
eviefDescription
Roche Harbor
Environment: dock (manmade)
Growing underneath the dock
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Giant Plumose Anemone (Metridium farcimen)Observer
eviefDescription
Roche Harbor
Environment: dock
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Eelgrass (Zostera marina)Observer
eviefDescription
Roche Harbor
Environment: dock
Floating near the boats
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Feather Duster Worms (Family Sabellidae)Observer
eviefDescription
Roche Harbor
Landscape Type: dock
Growing in abundance just below the water line
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Sea Lettuces (Genus Ulva)Observer
eviefDescription
Roche Harbor
Landscape type: rocky beach
Patch of green algae growing on a rock in the upper intertidal-- not abundant
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Purple Shore Crab (Hemigrapsus nudus)Observer
eviefDescription
Roche Harbor
Landscape Type: Rocky beach
Found underneath a rock