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3 3 Mask limpet

Mask limpet

by mauna KunzahPort Angeles, Washington, United States

This mottled limpet was seen eating abundantly visible algae on the rocks at ...

5 0 Green shore crab

Green shore crab

by Brian38Washington, USA

Carapace can be 9 cm.

2 0 Flattop crab

Flattop crab

by Brian38Washington, USA

A reddish brown porcelain crab with flattened features. 2 cm.

8 0 Bullwhip kelp

Bullwhip kelp

by mauna KunzahPort Angeles, Washington, United States

A pneumatocyst of N. luetkeana washed ashore with some rockweed (Fucus ...

0 0 Pacific Plate limpet

Pacific Plate limpet

by Brian38Washington, USA

Lottia scutum is a marine gastropod mollusk ...

1 0 Red-trumpet calcareous tubeworm

Red-trumpet calcareous tubeworm

by Brian38Washington, USA

Serpula columbiana is a small marine worm ...

2 0 Acorn barnacle

Acorn barnacle

by mauna KunzahPort Angeles, Washington, United States

I found this group of barnacles attached to the wall of a sea cave. The ...

8 5 Gooseneck barnacles

Gooseneck barnacles

by mauna KunzahPort Angeles, Washington, United States

Groups of crustaceans seen at low tide in an area with vigorous waves ...

1 3 Yellow Encrusting Sponge

Yellow Encrusting Sponge

by Brian38Washington, USA

Myxilla is a genus of demosponge belonging to the family Myxillidae. These ...

1 2 Polyclad Flatworm

Polyclad Flatworm

by Brian38Washington, USA

This Polyclad flatworm was about 4 cm long. Molted brown and gray it blended ...

3 1 Northern rockweed

Northern rockweed

by Brian38Washington, USA

This brown algae is capable of becoming quite dominate as seen in pic 2, where ...

4 1 Rockweed isopod

Rockweed isopod

by Brian38Washington, USA

I'm not a 100 percent on this ID but apparently Idotea wosnesenskii can feature ...

2 0 Common merganser (female)

Common merganser (female)

by Brian38Washington, USA

The female Common merganser is easily identified by her orange brown tufted ...

3 0 Water Jellyfish

Water Jellyfish

by Brian38Washington, USA

A small mostly translucent jellyfish. About 5 cm in dia. Several were ...

3 0 Splendid iridescent seaweed

Splendid iridescent seaweed

by Brian38Washington, USA

Mazzaella splendens is a deep purplish seaweed that shimmers in the light like ...

7 3 Spotting

Spotting

by Brian38Washington, USA

I crawled into the back of a sea cave to find this eerie scene. Hanging like ...

2 0 Lined chiton

Lined chiton

by Brian38Washington, USA

About 4 cm in length. The girdle is hairless and has light patches. These ...

1 0 Sea cauliflower

Sea cauliflower

by Brian38Washington, USA

Leathesia difformis is a yellowish brain looking brown kelp. This is a young ...

1 0 Whitecap limpet

Whitecap limpet

by Brian38Washington, USA

The conical shape make this limpet easy to identify. They are usually covered ...

4 4 Rough keyhole limpet

Rough keyhole limpet

by Brian38Washington, USA

These pics show some of the anatomy of the Rough keyhole limpet. The head and ...

1 0 Painted anemon

Painted anemon

by Brian38Washington, USA

This one was painted a pale yellow with red streaks. 7 cm wide.

5 1 Giant green anemone

Giant green anemone

by Brian38Washington, USA

About 15 cm across. This one had tentacles with a bluish hue.

3 0 Woody chiton

Woody chiton

by Brian38Washington, USA

5 cm in length , can reach 7.6 cm. Plates are brown and cream streaks. The ...

8 6 Fossilized kelp

Fossilized kelp

by Brian38Joyce, Washington, United States

Several kelp fossils exposed in rock. Some nearly a meter long.

3 2 Tar spot

Tar spot

by Brian38Washington, USA

A brown marine algae that forms a flat ...

2 0 Green tuft algae

Green tuft algae

by mauna KunzahPort Angeles, Washington, United States

This is a lime-colored, furry alga. Photos were not taken during high tide; ...

4 0 Mossy chiton

Mossy chiton

by mauna KunzahPort Angeles, Washington, United States

This was a fairly noticeable sea invertebrate, maybe 3-4 inches in size. Its ...

6 2 Broadleaf stonecrop

Broadleaf stonecrop

by mauna KunzahPort Angeles, Washington, United States

Succulent whose rosettes have a frosted appearance. They were a few ...

0 0 Feather boa kelp

Feather boa kelp

by Brian38Washington, USA

Dark brown in color Feather boa kelp can reach over 5 meters in length. The ...

0 0 Sea Brush

Sea Brush

by Brian38Washington, USA

Some the the deeper tide pools where densely packed with this dark brown ...

1 0 Sea Cabbage

Sea Cabbage

by Brian38Washington, USA

This brown algae is unique in having no stipe between the holdfast and blades. ...

5 0 Orange cup coral

Orange cup coral

by Brian38Washington, USA

A stony coral in the family Dendrophylliidae. A small colony found exposed ...

1 0 Wrinkled dove snail

Wrinkled dove snail

by Brian38Washington, USA

Marine snail that scavenges on dead flesh ...

1 1 Northern striped dogwinkle

Northern striped dogwinkle

by Brian38Washington, USA

Nucella ostrina is a rock snail found in the intertidal zone on rocky coasts, ...

3 2 Tidepool sculpin

Tidepool sculpin

by Brian38Washington, USA

Small molted grey, brown and white sculpin. They can change their color rapidly ...

1 0 Smooth Bay Shrimp

Smooth Bay Shrimp

by Brian38Washington, USA

About 5 cm long Crangon stylirostris has a cryptic-sandy coloration which can ...

3 0 Green Rope

Green Rope

by Brian38Washington, USA

The green thallus of the seaweed creates rope like strands. The frayed rope ...

2 0 Branching Coralline

Branching Coralline

by Brian38Washington, USA

Also called articulated algae. It attaches itself to rocks, reefs and other ...

2 1 Southern Stiff-stiped Kelp

Southern Stiff-stiped Kelp

by Brian38Washington, USA

A brown algae that has an erect stipe up to 80 cm (2.7 ft) long. The thick ...

3 0 Brooding Sea Anemone

Brooding Sea Anemone

by Brian38Washington, USA

This anemone was 3 cm wide with dark and light bands on its foot. The tentacles ...

1 0 Shield-backed kelp crab

Shield-backed kelp crab

by Brian38Washington, USA

Aka as the northern kelp crab. This one had a brown color, which can vary ...

2 0 Red rock crab (premating hug)

Red rock crab (premating hug)

by Brian38Washington, USA

These Red rock crabs are performing what is known as a premating hug in which ...

13 13 Sunflower sea star

Sunflower sea star

by Brian38Port Angeles, Washington, United States

This one was mostly orange in color and about 15 in (38 cm). It had twenty ...

9 6 Aggregating anemone

Aggregating anemone

by mauna KunzahPort Angeles, Washington, United States

These colorful anemones are reminiscent of clumps of underwater sunflowers. One ...

0 0 Common Rock Louse

Common Rock Louse

by Brian38Washington, USA

Ligia pallasii feed on dead plants and animals, and the algal film from upper ...

7 8 Porcelain crab

Porcelain crab

by Brian38Washington, USA

Petrolisthes eriomerus is a species of

1 1 Fingered Limpet

Fingered Limpet

by Brian38Washington, USA

With a maximum length of 1-1/4 inches, Lottia digitalis is usually easy to ...

2 3 Leather chiton

Leather chiton

by Brian38Washington, USA

Dark girdle with a leathery look and texture surrounding eight protective ...

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