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Grape Tongue (Cryptopleura ruprechtiana)Observer
liaverlanderDescription
translucent white with reddish tips. floated with current. flower like in shape.
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Red Sea Leaf (Erythrophyllum delesserioides)Observer
liaverlanderDescription
brownish red with bright reddish orange veins. feather like. drifted with current. spotted solitary, not in clumps.
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Rough Limpet (Lottia scabra)Observer
liaverlanderDescription
rough texture, lodged firmly on rocks, whitish color, observed both solitary and grouped.
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Genus PenitellaObserver
liaverlanderDescription
burrowing rock clam, small, rough texture. immobile, lodged in rock. fuzzy brown material on outer part of shell
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Black Tegula (Tegula funebralis)Observer
liaverlanderDescription
dark shell and soft body underneath. sea snail attached to rock. smooth shell (not spiraled). slow moving, slimy body beneath shell.
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California Mussel (Mytilus californianus)Observer
liaverlanderDescription
rough, fragile peeling shells. closed, surrounded by kelp. anchored to rocks in groups, in and out of water. blue-ish brown color.
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Sea Cucumbers (Class Holothuroidea)Observer
liaverlanderDescription
solitary, immobile, moves slightly in current. green, veiny appearance. few spread out on tidepool floors, unattached to anything.
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Common Coralline (Corallina officinalis)Observer
liaverlanderDescription
sea coral, rough to the touch and pink in color. lives below the water in tidepools. grows in small clusters, stationary.
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Green Pin-cushion Alga (Cladophora columbiana)Observer
liaverlanderDescription
green with fuzzy texture. sea plant. stationary, grows in round patches on rocks beneath the water.
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Sunburst Anemone (Anthopleura sola)Observer
liaverlanderDescription
sticky texture, camouflaged with small pebbles, tentacles move in the current, retracts into itself. stationary.
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Blueband Hermit Crab (Pagurus samuelis)Observer
liaverlanderDescription
hard, rough texture. small quick movements, fighting. aggressive behavior. retraction into shells
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Turkish Washcloth (Mastocarpus papillatus)Observer
liaverlanderDescription
brown in color, slimy texture, stationary, moves with currents
