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Waterways of BC's Central Coast (a MLNEP guide)

A major objective of the Marine Life of the Northeast Pacific (MLNEP) project is to support the accuracy and consistency of taxonomic identification in images, as well as to promote collaboration among stake-holders working within this region (project page: ...more ↓

Plate Sponge (OTU PD10) 1
Poecillastra tenuilaminaris
Poachers 2
Agonidae
Pricklebacks 3
Stichaeidae
Finger sponge (OTU PD12) 1
Haliclona sp. (OTU PD12)
Snailfishes 4
Liparidae
Swiftia spauldingi 1
Northern Smoothtongue 1
Leuroglossus schmidti
Walleye Pollock 1
Gadus chalcogrammus
Cabezon 5
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
Shiny Red Sea Squirt 6
Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis
Bristle Tunicate 7
Halocynthia hilgendorfi
Megalodicopia 1
Clavularia 1
Orange flytrap anemone 8
Hormathiidae
Giant Acorn Barnacle 1
Balanus nubilus
Encrusting Brachipod 9
Novocrania philippinensis
Cup Corals (OTU CA24) 9
Scleractinia
Red Sea Urchin 10
Strongylocentrotus franciscanus
California lamp shell 1
Laqueus californianus
Pallid Eelpout 1
Lycodapus mandibularis
Auletta (OTU PD11) 1
White Sea Pen 1
Halipteris
Spot Prawn 1
Pandalus platyceros
Sidestriped Shrimp 11
Pandalopsis dispar
Scallops 1
Chlamys
Oregon Hairy Triton 1
Fusitriton oregonensis
White-crown calcareous tubeworm 1
Protula pacifica
Red-trumpet calcareous tubeworm 2
Serpula columbiana
Twin-eyed feather-duster 12
Bispira
Yoke-bearer calcareous tubeworm 1
Crucigera zygophora
Wrinkled Star 13
Pteraster militaris
Slime Star 1
Pteraster tesselatus
Sun star 14
Solaster
Plakina (OTU PD13) 1
Octopuses 15
Octopoda
White black coral (OTU CA25) 16
Antipatharia CA25
Light Stalk Anemone (CA28) 9
Actiniaria OTU CA28
Big Yellow Anemone (CA 26) 9
Actinaria OTU CA26
Purple Crown Anemone (CA27) 9
Actiniaria OTU CA27
Stubby Tube Worm 9
Serpulidae
Snake head lamp shell 1
Terebratulina unguicula
Pacific Halibut 17
Hippoglossus stenolepis
Arrowtooth Flounder 1
Atheresthes stomias
Slender Sole 1
Lyopsetta exilis
Rex Sole 1
Glyptocephalus zachirus
Pacific Dover Sole 1
Microstomus pacificus
Black Eelpout 1
Lycodes diapterus
Sculpins 18
Cottidae
Bigmouth Sculpin 1
Hemitripterus bolini
Blackspotted/Rougheye Rockfish 1
Sebastes aleutianus
Redbanded Rockfish 19
Sebastes babcocki
Shortraker Rockfish 1
Sebastes borealis
Silvergray Rockfish 1
Sebastes brevispinis
Greenstriped Rockfish 1
Sebastes elongatus
Puget Sound Rockfish 20
Sebastes emphaeus
Rosethorn Rockfish 1
Sebastes helvomaculatus
Quillback Rockfish 3
Sebastes maliger
Tiger Rockfish 3
Sebastes nigrocinctus
Bocaccio 21
Sebastes paucispinis
Redstripe Rockfish 1
Sebastes proriger
Yelloweye rockfish 22
Sebastes ruberrimus
Stripetail Rockfish 23
Sebastes saxicola
Sharpchin Rockfish 1
Sebastes zacentrus
Shortspine Thornyhead 24
Sebastolobus alascanus
Lingcod 25
Ophiodon elongatus
Kelp Greenling 1
Hexagrammos decagrammus
Sablefish 26
Anoplopoma fimbria
Pacific Cod 1
Gadus macrocephalus
Longnose Skate 1
Raja rhina
Spotted Ratfish 27
Hydrolagus colliei
Tritonia 3
Dorid Nudibranchs 3
Dorididae
Longhorn Decorator Crab 1
Chorilia longipes
Tanner Crabs 1
Chionoecetes
Hermit Crabs 9
Paguroidea
Squat lobster (AM01) 28
Munida quadrispina
Purple beaded anemone 1
Corallimorphus pilatus
Sea anemones 29
Pom-pom Anemone 1
Liponema brevicornis
Cribrinopsis fernaldi 1
Giant Plumose Anemone 1
Metridium farcimen
Orange Zoanthid 1
Epizoanthus scotinus
Branched Primnoidae (OTU CA21) 1
Primnoidae
Red tree coral (OTU CA16) 1
Primnoa pacifica
Bubblegum coral (OTU: CA18) 1
Paragorgia
Orange Sea Pen 30
Ptilosarcus gurneyi
Hydrocoral (Stylaster spp.) 31
Stylaster
Florometra serratissima 1
Heart Urchins 1
Spatangoida
Fragile Sea Urchin 1
Strongylocentrotus fragilis
White Sea Urchin 1
Strongylocentrotus pallidus
Longspine Sea Cucumber 1
Synallactes challengeri
White-Spined Sea Cucumber 1
Apostichopus leukothele
Giant California Sea Cucumber 1
Parastichopus californicus
Red Pedal Sea Cucumber 1
Psolus chitonoides
White Pedal Sea Cucumber 13
Psolus squamatus
Spiny Vermilion Sea Star 9
Cheiraster dawsoni
Velcro Star 1
Stylasterias forreri
Rainbow Star 2
Orthasterias koehleri
Sunflower Sea Star 1
Pycnopodia helianthoides

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