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Wentletrap and Violet Snails (Family Epitoniidae)Observer
sea-kangarooDescription
Tidepooling.
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Gastropods (Class Gastropoda)Observer
walkabataDescription
What are these teeny oval guys that look greenish with a white stripe in the middle? Never noticed them before because they're sooo small.
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Macfarland's Chromodorid (Felimida macfarlandi)Observer
christrentDescription
Tiny < 1/2" juvenile.
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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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Medusafish (Icichthys lockingtoni)Observer
jeremy_jodoinDescription
observed in close company of egg yolk jelly
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Genus MelanochlamysObserver
alanarama3Description
Egg sac on the right.
I have found this egg sac before but still searching for the adults.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144971810
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Cortez Angelfish (Pomacanthus zonipectus)Observer
robbi2785Description
First one I have ever observed here! Seen at Mission Point Park around 7pm. Water temp 73F. Was very friendly and unafraid.
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Heterobranchs (Subclass Heterobranchia)Observer
thetidepoolerDescription
free floating egg spiral, corkscrew shape and pink
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Genus LamellariaObserver
thetidepoolerDescription
maybe? quite large maybe 1inch
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Pacific Batwing Seaslug (Gastropteron pacificum)Observer
tidepooltalesDescription
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Genus ApataObserver
jeffgoddardDescription
Apata cf. pricei of Behrens et al. (2022), Coleman Beach, Sonoma Co., CA, 29 Apr 2009. 15mm length.
CASIZ 181322 (as Flabellina)
Photos by Gary R. McDonald (@mcduck) of a specimen I found in the low rocky intertidal in the morning, collected, kept cool and then dropped off in Aromas, CA for Gary to photograph using his home aquarium setup, which he did that evening. Gary later relaxed and preserved the specimen and sent it to the Invertebrate Zoology collection at the California Academy of Sciences. Scanned from 35 mm slides.
Brenna Green (@lemurdillo, who had joined me for the low tide) and I were looking at this specimen in the field after I found it and were perplexed by its identity. We decided it was closest to Flabellina pricei (now Apata pricei), but the differences in color from the few other specimens of F. pricei I had seen, warranted its collection, and I labelled the specimen as Flabellina (pricei?).
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Giant Nudibranch (Dendronotus iris)Observer
chrisfosterDescription
Nudibranch eggs in third photo.
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Bluespotted Cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii)Observer
thetidepoolerDescription
snorkeling
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Animals (Kingdom Animalia)Observer
thetidepoolerDescription
tidepooling
found by @tidepooltales
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Red Sponge Dorid (Rostanga pulchra)Observer
marinebioteacherDescription
Found in a cave at Buckhorn cove. was about 4-5 cm long.
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Diomedes' Sapsucker (Elysia diomedea)Observer
sandor_inDescription
Lots of stuff growing on and living among the mangrove roots.
About 30-35 mm long.
Photos 4 & 5 are without the flash and while a bit blurry, show a more natural color with some blue spots.
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Gastropods (Class Gastropoda)Observer
alanarama3Description
Trying to ID the small egg sac on the right. The size difference is striking in this image.
Left specimen ~2 inches
Right specimen ~1/2 inch
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Gastropods (Class Gastropoda)Observer
alanarama3Description
Here are the egg sacs side by side. I am trying to ID the right egg sac. I have just recently discovered the smaller egg sac while I have been looking for the adults that make the larger egg sac for.....too long.
The left egg sac is ~2 inches long. The right egg sac is ~1/2 inch long.
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Rabbit Dorid (Crimora coneja)Observer
alanarama3Description
First find of the morning. Feeling very very lucky. Stunning little one.
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Pinto Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana)Observer
natureadventuresDescription
Has 5 holes so maybe not a red?
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Genus PseudocerosObserver
anudibranchmomDescription
A fabulous nudibranch mimic!
Site: Bethlehem
Peri Paleracio and Romnick Baillo
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Lovely Abalone (Haliotis clathrata)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
Site: Bethlehem
Peri Paleracio and Romnick Baillo
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Streaked Gurnard (Chelidonichthys lastoviza)Observer
libbykeatleyDescription
First time seeing a streaked gurnard and rarely recorded in Northern Ireland - would appreciate confirmation!
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Monterey Dorid (Doris montereyensis)Observer
joepaquinDescription
Didn't notice the blue tubercles until photo review. It looked like a pale Monterey Dorid in the water, with little to no yellow.
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Rockfishes (Genus Sebastes)Observer
noiselessowlDescription
KGB type YOY…in my experience it is likely a copper, also some gopher/black and yellow YOYs in the school. Too small for me to make a for sure call.
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Red-Headed Aeolid (Noumeaella rubrofasciata)Observer
thetidepoolerDescription
1cm long, found on a drifting blade of eelgrass
