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Vancouver Sapsucker (Hermaea vancouverensis)Observer
plowysnoverDescription
Maybe young Stiliger fuscovittatus? At least 6 in a single pool.
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Vancouver Sapsucker (Hermaea vancouverensis)Observer
veltkampDescription
Found four or five of these hanging out in a single pool
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Annulated Nudibranch (Janolus anulatus)Observer
aeolidaioliDescription
One individual, it was using the surface tension
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Piddocks and Angelwings (Family Pholadidae)Observer
abbytDescription
not even sure it's a bivalve, really......
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Opalescent Nudibranch (Hermissenda opalescens)Observer
nudibitchDescription
tiny
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Los Angeles Goniodorid (Bermudella angelensis)Observer
befuddledowlDescription
Bit of a unicorn this guy. Only a single rhinophore and it's in the middle of it's head. Also no evidence of another rhinophore stump. Very unique specimen
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alanarama3Description
Eureka. Could this be the adult associated with laying all these egg coils?https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218714497
I observed it for no more than a few minutes. It was about two feet away from three new egg coils. It left no trail as it wandered and circled a small area. It then decided to burrow: simply dipping into the soft sediment and within seconds it vanished without a trace, trail, or detectable hole.
~1-2 inches long, pronounced skirt, traveled quite quickly, lengthy oral tentacles.
My first one.
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Three-lined Aeolid (Coryphella trilineata)Observer
befuddledowlDescription
Several on same piece of giant kelp
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Blister Glassy-Bubble (Haminoea vesicula)Observer
alanarama3Description
Adults and eggs.
A bloom like I've never seen. They were everywhere.
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Rose-pink Cuthona (Cuthona divae)Observer
oregonbirder0Description
Nudibranchs with eggs.
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Scina borealisObserver
paul_norwoodDescription
@kljinsitka check this out!
@clauden what do you think? Unfortunately I only got one view.
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Cooper's Aeolid (Coryphella cooperi)Observer
alanarama3Description
A fairy palm hydroid (Corymorpha palma) with blister glassy bubble (Haminoea vesicula) eggs and Cooper's aeolid eggs laid upon that.
Adult Cooper's present.
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Cooper's Aeolid (Coryphella cooperi)Observer
alanarama3Description
Adults everywhere.
Attached to a fairy palm hydroid (Corymorpha palma).
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Giant Green Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica)Observer
anna-gardnerDescription
Exciting observation! Might I be seeing nematocysts?
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White-speckled Dorid (Doriopsilla fulva)Observer
bridgetspencerDescription
I think?
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Horned Nudibranch (Hermissenda crassicornis)Observer
juleswymanDescription
3 H. crassicornis and 8 H. opalescens this morning.
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Sonora Dorid (Taringa aivica)Observer
ericklugDescription
Found by @Mari_co. A couple feet away from Monterey Dorid.
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Sonora Dorid (Taringa aivica)Observer
nudibitchDescription
amazing find by @thetidepooler
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Kellet's Whelk (Kelletia kelletii)Observer
isabelbowenDescription
Kellet's Whelks and eggs Photographed off of Breakwater/San Carlos Beach near Metridian Field.
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Yellow Shore Crab (Hemigrapsus oregonensis)Observer
wendy5Description
Hemigrapsus oregonensis (Hairy Shore Crab) eat Cymatogaster aggregata (Shiner Perch)
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Shield Limpet (Lottia pelta)Observer
wendy5Description
For the first time my team trapping for the invasive European Green Crab found a Lottia pelta (Shield Limpet) on a Hemigrapsus oregonensis (Hairy Shore Crab). Needs to molt! And how can that limpet survive in such a small area as a carapace?
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Columbian Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus ssp. columbianus)Observer
wendy5Description
Four Columbian black-tailed deer wandered through the intertidal, something our local deer seem to be doing much more recently, ignoring the people on the beach.
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Three-lined Aeolid (Coryphella trilineata)Observer
river2redwoodsDescription
Does this nudibranch have an egg mass next to it?
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Discophyton rudyiObserver
colorado_crustaceansDescription
To the right of the Tritonid. ID and post suggested by @jeffgoddard
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Steinbeck's Aeolid (Eubranchus steinbecki)Observer
thetidepoolerDescription
probably a long shot but this reminded me of the one I saw earlier this year. It could very well be just a dark homely aeolid but it does have dark bands along the foot. The cerrata aren’t quite as irregular though.
here is the observation I’m referencing:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193562037
@jeffgoddard any chance this could be right?
