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Rocky Intertidal Species Southern California

List of common species in the rocky shores of Southern California

Gooseneck Barnacle 1
Pollicipes polymerus
Red Rock Shrimp 2
Lysmata californica
Monterey Stalked Tunicate 3
Styela montereyensis
Pseudolithoderma nigrum 4
Dead Man's Fingers 5
Codium fragile
Tidepool Sculpin 2
Oligocottus maculosus
Scouler's Surf Grass 6
Phyllospadix scouleri
Seaweed Limpet 7
Lottia insessa
Nienburgia andersoniana 8
Gymnogongrus chiton 9
Leafy Hornmouth 1
Ceratostoma foliatum
Mossy Chiton 10
Mopalia muscosa
Woody Chiton 11
Mopalia lignosa
Hairy Chiton 12
Mopalia ciliata
Berry Dwarf-Turban 13
Homalopoma baculum
Callithamnion pikeanum 14
Green pin-cushion alga 15
Cladophora columbiana
Circled Rock Snail 16
Ocenebra circumtexta
Green Bubble Snail 17
Haminoea virescens
Petalonia fascia 18
Prionitis sternbergii 7
Chondria acrorhizophora 19
Sea Noodle 20
Nemalion helminthoides
Plate Limpet 2
Lottia scutum
Neogastroclonium subarticulatum 21
Gracilariopsis andersonii 7
Cyanoplax hartwegii 1
Pterocladiella capillacea 22
Laurencia pacifica 23
Brachidontes 24
Hairy Hermit Crab 25
Pagurus hirsutiusculus
Puff-ball Algae 26
Colpomenia
Surf Grass 27
Phyllospadix torreyi
Silvetia compressa 28
Plocamium cartilagineum pacificum 29
Erythrophyllum delesserioides 9
Dictyota coriacea 4
Cumagloia andersonii 21
Emarginate Dogwinkle 13
Nucella emarginata
Striped Dogwinkle 30
Nucella ostrina
Pterosiphonia bipinnata 20
Chondracanthus spinosus 31
Reversed Chama 32
Pseudochama exogyra
Southern sea palm 33
Eisenia arborea
Clear Jewel Box 13
Chama arcana
Blue Mussel 34
Mytilus edulis
Merten's Chiton 14
Lepidozona mertensii
Pacific Blood Star 3
Henricia leviuscula
Conspicuous Chiton 2
Stenoplax conspicua
Scarlet Dwarf Sea Cucumber 35
Lissothuria nutriens
Lined Chiton 36
Tonicella lineata
Sea Clown Triopha 37
Triopha catalinae

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