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California Academy of Sciences, Water Planet Gallery

The heart of the Steinhart Aquarium, Water Planet focuses on the universality of water wherever there is life, investigating the adaptations by organisms to live in the myriad niches resulting from water's many differences in chemistry, abundance or scarcity, temperature, and motion.
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Black-headed Python 1
Aspidites melanocephalus
Ramsay's Python 2
Aspidites ramsayi
Centralian Carpet Python
Morelia bredli
Theloderma corticale 3
Pot-bellied Seahorse 4
Hippocampus abdominalis
Metridium farcimen 5
Pagurus armatus 6
Weedy Seadragon 7
Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
Purple Sea Urchin 8
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Tegula funebralis 8
Chlorostoma funebralis
Jeweled Top Snail
Calliostoma annulatum
Calliostoma ligatum 9
Strawberry Anemone 10
Corynactis californica
Heptacarpus brevirostris
Paguridae 11
Hermit Crabs 12
Pagurus
Pandalus 13
Phyllomedusa sauvagii 14
Lagarto de chaquira norteño
Heloderma horridum exasperatum
Nothobranchius thierryi 15
Sewellia lineolata 16
Nothobranchius 17
Butterfly Splitfin 18
Ameca splendens
Sphaerichthys vaillanti 15
Iriatherina werneri 19
Neoceratodus fosteri 15
Yellow Perch 20
Perca flavescens
Channel Catfish 21
Ictalurus punctatus
Smallmouth Buffalo 22
Ictiobus bubalus
spotted gar 14
Lepisosteus oculatus
Longnose gar 23
Lepisosteus osseus
Longear sunfish 24
Lepomis megalotis
Spoonbill Cat 14
Polyodon spathula
Black Crappie 20
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Scaphirhynchus albus
shovelnose sturgeon 25
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
Mexican Tetra 14
Astyanax mexicanus
Aplocheilichthys normani 26
Gnathonemus petersii 14
Caulastraea 27
Discosoma 28
Echinophyllia 29
Peacock Mantis Shrimp 30
Odontodactylus scyllarus
Zoanthus 31
Synodontis nigriventris 32
Kryptopterus bicirrhis 33
Anthelia 34
Fungia 35
Peacock-tail Anemone Shrimp 36
Periclimenes brevicarpalis
Thalassianthus 37
Trachyphyllia geoffroyi
Amphiprion latezonatus 34
Bubble-tip Anemone 38
Entacmaea quadricolor
Sabellastarte 35
Cespitularia 39
Duncanopsammia axifuga 40
Echinopora 41
Haliclona 42
Lobo Corals 43
Lobophyllia
Lytechinus 44
Globe Urchin 45
Mespilia globulus
Montipora 46
Montipora digitata 47
Pinnigorgia 48
Sarcophyton 46
Dwarf Cuttlefish 46
Sepia bandensis
Sinularia 49
Xenia 37
Xeniidae 50
Burmese Vine Snake 51
Ahaetulla fronticincta
Toxotes 52
Atyopsis moluccensis 53
Microrasbora 54
Indostomus paradoxus 55
Asterina miniata 56
Patiria miniata
Orange Cup Coral 5
Balanophyllia elegans
Metridium 57
Leafy Seadragon 58
Phycodurus eques
Turban snails 59
Tegula
Diadema 60
Macrodactyla doreensis
Spiny Brittle Star 31
Ophiocoma paucigranulata
Banggai Cardinalfish 61
Pterapogon kauderni
Ringed Pipefish 62
Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus
Doryrhamphus janssi 63
Duncanopsammia 64
Lemon Coralgoby 65
Gobiodon citrinus
Peppermint Shrimp
Lysmata wurdemanni
Platyzoanthus 66
Caridina 67
Endler's Livebearer 68
Poecilia wingei
Lasiodora parahybana 69
Garden Snail 70
Helix aspersa
Stenopus 71
common emperor scorpion
Pandinus imperator
Acanthogorgiidae 41
Diodogorgia nodulifera 15
Gorgonia 72
Himerometridae 73
Randall's anthias 61
Pseudanthias randalli

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