Everything Else

Images of things other than Fish or Nudibranchs. Includes crustaceans, mollusks, algae, cnidarians, flatworms, etc.

 


 

Blackeyed Hermit Crab (Pagurus armatus)

 

Juvenile Metridium farcimen anemone

 

Pagurus spp (?) Hermit Crab

 

Giant Kelp Stipe (Macrocystis pyrifera)

 

Pagurus spp. (?) Hermit Crab

 

Blue Ring Top Snail (Calliostoma annulatum)

in Corynactus californica colony

Solander's Trivia (Trivia solandri)

ID by Nancy Barnett (Thanks!)

Pagurus spp Hermit Crab

 

Blue Ring Top Snail (Calliostoma annulatum)

on Fluted Bryozoan

Spiny Brittle Star (Ophiothrix spiculata)

on Fluted Bryozoan

Two Spot Octopus (Octopus bimaculatus)

 

Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)

 

Bat Star (Asterina miniata)

on Coralline Algae

Umbrella Crab (Cryptolithodes sitchensis)

 

Fish-eating Anemone (Urticina piscivora)

 

Acorn Barnacle (Balanus nubilis)

amid Corynactis californica colony

Pagurus spp Hermit Crab

Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

 

Blackeyed Hermit Crab (Pagurus armatus)

 

Giant Bell Medusa (Scrippsia pacifica)

 

(Megasurcula stearnsiana)

Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

Dock Shrimp (Pandalus danae) and Brittle Stars

in Rock Scallop shell

Blackeyed Hermit Crab (Pagurus armatus)

 

Blue Ring Top Snail (Calliostoma annulatum)

in Corynactus californica colony

Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)

 

Red Sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus)

 

Chocolate Drizzle Flatworm (Eurylepta californica)

[common name by Kawika Chetron]

Sea Nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens)

 

Juvenile Metridium senile

 

Polyclad Flatworm (Pseudoceros montereyensis)

 

Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)

 

Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)

 

Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)

 

Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)

 

Un-ID'd anemone (probably Metridium spp)

 

Blackeyed Hermit Crab (Pagurus armatus)

 

Leafy Hornmouth (Ceratostoma foliatum)

and Spotted Rose Anemone (Urticina lofotensis)

Chestnut Cowries (Cypraea spadicea)

 

Serpulid Worm (Serpula vermicularis)

amid Northern Staghorn Bryozoan

Blue Ring Top Snail (Calliostoma annulatum)

on Fluted Bryozoan

Juvenile Rock Scallop (Crassedoma giganteum)

in Fluted Bryozoan

UnID'd Jelly, possibly Aequorea spp.

UnID'd shrimp in fluted Bryozoan

Possibly Paracrangon echinata

Juvenile Metridium farcimen

 

Spiny Brittle Star (Ophiothrix spiculata)

 

Chestnut Cowry (Cypraea spadicea)

in Acorn Barnacle shell

Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

and Blackeyed Goby (Coryphopterus nicholsii)

Acorn Barnacle (Balanus nubilus)

amid corynactis anemone

Blue Ring Top Snail (Calliostoma annulatum)

on Fluted Bryozoan

Chocolate Drizzle Flatworm (Eurylepta californica)

 

Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

 

Blue Ring Top Snail (Calliostoma annulatum)

on Pleurophycus kelp blade

Orange Cup Coral (Balanophyllia elegans)

 

Chestnut Cowry (Cypraea spadicea)

and Rose Anemone (Urticina lofotensis)

Kellet's Whelk (Kelletia kelletii)

laying eggs

Spiny Brittle Star (Ophiopteris papillosa)

on Glassy Tunicate

Swimming Scallop (Chlamys spp.)

 

Heart Crab (Phyllolithodes papillosa)

Pinto Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana)

 

Pseudoceros montereyensis flatworm

on Red Sea Star (Mediaster aequalis)

Fish-Eating Anemone (Urticina piscivora)

Dock Shrimp (Pandalus danae)

 

Furry Hermit Crab (Paguristes ulreyi)

Colonial Tube Worms (Dodecaceria fewkesi)

Elbow Crab (Heterocrypta occidentalis)

Green Anemone (Anthopleura sola)

Rough Keyhole Limpet (Diodora aspera)

 

Sabellid Worm (Myxicola infundibulum)

 

Un ID'd decorating crab

California Barnacle (Megabalanus californicus)

 

Un-ID'd tunicate

 

Blue Top Snail (Calliostoma ligatum)

on White Finger Sponge

Orange Cup Coral (Ballanophyllia elegans)

 

Elbow Crabs (Heterocrypta occidentalis)

mating posture

Sand Anemone (Phyllactis spp)

 

Egg Yolk Jellyfish (Phacellophora camtschatica)

Light Bulb Tunicate (Clavelina huntsmani)

 

Sea Nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens)

 

Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata)

 

Egg Yolk Jelly (Phacellophora camtschatica)

 

Un ID'd Jelly

 

Ochre Star (Pisaster ochraceus)

 

Sea Nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens)

 

Bat Star (Asterina miniata)

 

Egg Yolk Jelly (Phacellophora camtschatica)

 

Red Sea Star (Mediaster aequalis)

 

Sea Nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens)

 

Blood Star (Henricia leviuscula)

 

Sea Nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens)

 

Sunflower Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)

 

Egg Yolk Jelly (Phacellophora camtschatica)

 

Rainbow Star (Orthasterias koehleri)

 

Orange Sea Cucumber (Cucumaria miniata)

 

Spiny Brittle Stars (Ophiothrix spiculata)

in Fluted Bryozoan (Hippodiplosia insculpta)

Egg Yolk Jelly (Phacellophora camtschatica)

 

Egg Yolk Jelly (Phacellophora camtschatica)

 

Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

 

Alga, Sponge, and Brittle Stars

(alga: Constantina rosa-marina?)

Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

 

Sea Nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens)

 

Cooper's Nutmeg shell (Cancellaria cooperi),

occupied by a furry hermit crab

 

Polychaete Worm (Serpula vermicularis)

 

Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

 

Short Spined Sea Star (Pisaster brevispinus);

atypical arm formation

Polyclad Flatworm (Eurylepta californica)

on Lightbulb Tunicates (Clavelina huntsmani)

Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

 

Polychaete Worm (Serpula vermicularis)

 

Sea Mouse (Aphrodita aculeata)

 

Black Eye Hermit Crab (Pagurus armatus)

with acorn barnacles attached

Blue Top Snail (Calliostoma ligatum)

on Red Volcano Sponge

Bull Kelp (Nereocystis leutkeana)

 

Blue Ring Top Snail (Calliostoma annulatum)

 

California Hydrocoral (Stylaster californicus)

 

Spiny Sea Star (Poraniopsis inflata)

 

Black Eye Hermit Crab (Pagarus armatus)

 

Blood Star (Henricia leviuscula)

 

Graceful Kelp Crab (Pugettia gracilis)

 

Red Abalone (Haliotis rufescens)

 

Umbrella Crab (Cryptolithodes sitchensis)

 

Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

in discarded fishing net

Swell Shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum)

Egg Case (Mermaid's Purse)

Kellet's Whelk (Kelletia kelletii)

Blackeye Hermit Crab (Pagurus armatus)

UnID'd Hermit in pipe

Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)

Moon Jelly (Aurelia labiata)

 

Moon Jelly (Aurelia labiata) w/ hitchhiker

(Pacific Pompano?)

Moon Jelly (Aurelia labiata)

Moon Jelly (Aurelia labiata)

Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)

 

Bull Kelp (Neriocystis luetkeana)

 

Blue Ring Top Snail (Calliostoma annulatum)

on Giant Kelp bladder

Dwarf Teardrop Crabs (Pelia tumida)

and Giant Spined Star (Pisaster giganteum)

Flatworm (Pseudoceros montereyensis)

and Dock Shrimp (Pandalus danae)

Un ID'd hermit crab

 

Spotted Rose Anemone, Bat Star, and Whelk eggs

 

Sponge doing a crab impersonation

 

 

UnID'd shrimp

 

 

Sea star and Sponge

 

 

Fish Eating Anemone (Urticina piscivora)

apparently just after eating a fish

 

Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

 

 

Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

 

 

Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

 

 

Toothshell Hermit Crab (Orthopagurus minimus)

in worm tube

 

Masking Crab on Giant Spined Star