Invertebrates
(general)
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Arthropods
Sheep Crab
Southern Kelp Crab
Northern Kelp Crab
Swimming Crab
Yellow Crab
Brown Rock Crab
Hemphill's Kelp Crab
Erileptus spinosus
Panamic Arrow Crab
Purple Globe Crab
Mottled Pea Crab
Spotwrist Hermit
Furry Hermit
Squat Lobster
Tuna Crab
Striped Shore Crab
California Spiny Lobster
Spot Prawn
Brown Shrimp
Coonstripe Shrimp
Target Shrimp
Red Rock Shrimp
Blackspotted Shrimp
Mantis Shrimp
Skeleton Shrimp
Barnacle
Mollusks
(Nudibranchs are treated separately)
Norris's Topsnail
Blue-ring Topsnail
Lewis' Moon Snail
Ophiodermella ophioderma
Chestnut Cowry
Olive Snail
California Cone
Kellet's Whelk
Leafy Hornmouth
Simnia
Chitons
Abalone
(several types)
Giant Keyhole Limpet
Rock Scallop
Swimming Scallop
Clam
Two-spot Octopus
Red Octopus
Squid
Sea Butterfly
Echinoderms
Giant Spined Star
Spiny Sand Star
Bat Star
Sunflower Star
Brittle Stars
(several types)
Other Sea Stars:
Red Sea Star
Blood Star
Fragile Rainbow Star
Fragile Star
Leather Star
Sea Urchins
(several types)
Heart Urchin
Sand Dollar
Warty Sea Cucumber
California Sea Cucumber
Sweet Potato
Chordata
Thetys vagina
Pegea confoederata
Salpa fusiformis
Cyclosalpa affinis
Pyrosoma atlanticum
Larvaceans
Unknown type
Light Bulb Tunicates
Cnidaria
Sea Pen
Sea Pansy
Gorgonian
Tube-dwelling Anemone
Club-tipped Anemone
Aggregating Anemone
White-plumed Anemone (Metridium)
White-spotted Rose Anemone
Sand-Rose Anemone
Cup Coral
(several types)
Hydrocoral
(several types)
Purple-striped Jelly
(Chrysaora colorata)
Chrysaora achlyos
Fried Egg Jellyfish
(Phacellophora camtschatica)
Box Jelly
(Carybdea marsupialis)
Moon Jellyfish
(Aurelia aurita)
Scrippsia pacifica
Polyorchis haplus
Polyorchis penicillatus
Apolemia sp.
Swimming bells
(Praya sp.)
By-the-Wind Sailor
(Velella vellela)
Platyhelminthes
Polyclad worms
(several types)
Annelids
Christmas Tree Worm
Sabellid Worm
Serpulid Worm
Porifera
Sponges
Puffball Sponges
Bryozoans
Bryozoans,
Lacy and Fluted