Intertidal Life of Yerba Buena Island

A guide to the invertebrates, seaweeds, and vertebrates found in the intertidal areas of Yerba Buena Island. Data was primarily collected during surveys conducted by the California Academy of Sciences in 2019-2021 and during bioblitzes held in 2017-2021.

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Taxonomy
« Back To Segmented Worms Phylum Annelida
- Polychaete Worms Class Polychaeta
  - 5 Active Free-living Bristleworms Subclass Errantia
  - 6 Sedentary and Tube-dwelling Bristleworms Subclass Sedentaria

Arenicola ¹

Nereididae ¹

Pile Worm ²
Nereis vexillosa

Eighteen-scaled Worm ³
Halosydna brevisetosa

Fifteen-scaled Worm ⁴
Harmothoe imbricata

Honeycomb Worms ⁵
Sabellariidae

Myxicola ⁶

Split-branch Feather Duster Worm ⁷
Schizobranchia insignis

Megasyllis nipponica ⁸

Pista pacifica ⁹

Spaghetti Worms ¹⁰
Terebellidae

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Intertidal Life of Yerba Buena Island

Arenicola 1

Nereididae 1

Pile Worm 2 Nereis vexillosa

Eighteen-scaled Worm 3 Halosydna brevisetosa

Fifteen-scaled Worm 4 Harmothoe imbricata

Honeycomb Worms 5 Sabellariidae

Myxicola 6

Split-branch Feather Duster Worm 7 Schizobranchia insignis

Megasyllis nipponica 8

Pista pacifica 9

Spaghetti Worms 10 Terebellidae