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Black Tegula (Tegula funebralis)Observer
kieracullenDescription
There is a fish in the picture near the shell. Found at tide pools near Mavericks, very active moving a lot, found hiding under kelp and shells in the pool.
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Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)Observer
kieracullenDescription
Gray and white in color. Also had an orangeish beak.
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Turkish Washcloth (Mastocarpus papillatus)Observer
kieracullenDescription
Looking at the kelp on the rock, purplish in color. The roots if the kelp were latched onto the rock.
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Black Tegula (Tegula funebralis)Observer
kieracullenDescription
Did not come out of its shell. The foot if the snail was balckish in color, but the shell was purplish in color.
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Normal Barnacles (Subterclass Thoracica)Observer
kieracullenDescription
Found in groups on the edge of rocks. All white or gray in color and latched onto rocks.
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Blueband Hermit Crab (Pagurus samuelis)Observer
kieracullenDescription
Very active when in the water. However when out of the water it hide in sode its shell. Redish in color.
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Lottia Limpets (Genus Lottia)Observer
kieracullenDescription
Stayed in one place surrounded by many other like it. All varied in color from green brown to purple or white.
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Striped Shore Crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)Observer
kieracullenDescription
Very active as they ran to hide under rocks. Brown purple and green in color.
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California Mussel (Mytilus californianus)Observer
kieracullenDescription
Purplish blackish in color. Latched onto rocks in small groups all.
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Sunburst Anemone (Anthopleura sola)Observer
kieracullenDescription
Greenish and pinkish in color. Also tentacles fully out when in water.
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Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)Observer
kieracullenDescription
Not very active, found in a big group of seals. One of the smaller seals in the group, grayish and brown in color.