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Nanaimo Dorid (Acanthodoris nanaimoensis)Observer
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Hanging upside down, faint reddish coloring on rhinophores.
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American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)Observer
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Female? Landed on our whale watching boat in the middle of Monterey Bay! Rode into the harbor flitting around the boat and onto passengers/the captain’s head!
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Red Sea Urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus)Observer
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Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
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Dwarf Sea Cucumber (Lissothuria nutriens)Observer
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Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Moss Beach, CA
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Animals (Kingdom Animalia)Observer
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Is this an egg sac of some sort? It was not firm like aplidium (sea pork). Found in a shallow tide pool.
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Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax)Observer
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Seen in a tidepool at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
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Giant Green Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica)Observer
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Plus Anthopleura sola and ochre star in background
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Sunburst Anemone (Anthopleura sola)Observer
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I'm not sure what is happening in the central disc? Stomach everting?