COMMON INTERTIDAL& SHALLOW SUBTIDAL SPECIES IN  BRITISH COLUMBIA

W. C. Austin  Khoyatan Marine Laboratory.  2000        Approx 650 species]

The approximate number  of known species in BC for each major group is shown in [  ] 

*The descriptors are not necessarily accepted common names

*Letters in { }: S=Supratidal; H=High-; M=Mid-; and L=Low intertidal  U=underwater,subtidal

CYANOBACTERIA 25+?
BLUE GREEN ALGAE

Various spp. 

"Rivularia"  Black turf  : Dark Green Slippery Surface

{S,H} {H} {M}

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CYANOBACTERIA  25+?

BLUE GREEN ALGAE

Various spp. 

{S,H}

"Rivularia" 

Dark Green Slippery Surface{H}

Black turf 

{M}

XANTHOPHYTA  [4]

YELLOW-GREEN ALGAE: ON MUD

Vaucheria sp. 

Dark Green Felt Mat

BACILLARIOPHYTA  [300]  

DIATOMS

Loose skeins on mud {M}

On rocks, on seaweeds {M}

On mud surface {M}

CHLOROPHYTA  [113]]

GREEN ALGAE

Various planktonic, pools 

{H}

Various thin cast on rocks 

{H,M}

Unbranched filaments 

Green Sea Hair {H,M}

Acrosiphonia spp. 

Green Rope Weed {M}

Blidingia spp.

Green Sea Hair{S,H}

Cladophora spp. 

Branching Green Filament Seaweed {H,M}

Codium fragile 

Dark Green Finger Seaweed {M}

Codium setchellii 

Dark Green Spongy Seaweed {L}

Enteromorpha spp. 

Wrinkled Green Tube Seaweed {S,H,M}

Monostroma spp. 

Mono-layer Sea Lettuce {M,L}

Prasiola meridionalis 

Green Guano Seaweed {S}

Rhizoclonum sp. 

green mat {H}}

Ulvaria obscura 

Olive Sheltered Sea Lettuce {M}

Ulva fenestrata 

Perforated Sea Lettuce {L}

Ulva spp. 

Sea Lettuce {H,M,L}

PHAEOPHYTA  [117]

BROWN ALGAE

Var. encrusting 

Agarum fimbriatum 

Solid Broad Kelp {L}

Agarum cribrosum 

Perforated Broad Kelp {L}

Alaria marginata 

Short Stipe Alaria {M}

Alaria nana 

Small Alaria {M}

Alaria tenuifolia/praelonga 

Long Stipe Alarias {M}

Analipus abietina ( ex. Heterocordaria)

Yellow Bottle Brush {M}

Coilodesme bulligera 

Flat Sac {L}

Colpomenia spp. 

Globose Sac {M}

Costaria costata 

Multi-ribbed Searsucker {L}

Cymothere triplicata 

Multi-ribbed Smooth Blade {L}

Desmarestia aculeata 

Fine Branched Brown {L}

Desmarestia ligulata 

Broad Branched Brown {L}

Egregia menziesii 

Feather Boa {L}

Eisenia arboria 

Bifurcate straplike stipe {L}

Fucus gardneri 

Common Brown Rock Weed {H,M}

Fucus spiralis 

Hairy Pit Rock Weed {H}

Haplogloia andersonii 

Furry Soft Branch {L} 

Hedophyllum sessile 

Sea Cabbage {M}

Laminaria bongardiana (ex groenlandica)

dissected Laminaria 

Laminaria saccharina 

Sugar Kelp {L}

Laminaria setchellii 

Stiff Laminaria {L} 

Leathesia difformis

Convoluted Yellow Sac {M}

Lessoniopsis littoralis 

Knarled Tough Root Weed {L}

Macrocystis integrifolia 

Branching Giant Kelp {L}

Melanosiphon intestinalis 

Yellow Spaghetti Weed {H}

Nereocystis luetkeana 

Bull Kelp {L}

Phaeostrophon irregulare 

Small Smooth Blade {M}

Pleurophycus gardneri 

1 mid-rib kelp

Postelsia palmaeformis 

Sea Palm {M}

Pterygophora californica 

erect strap stipe seaweed {L}

Ralfsia sp. 

Yellow-Brown Thin Crust {M}

Sargassum muticum 

Japanese Weed {L}

Scytosiphon simplicissimus (ex S. lomentaria)

Mini-sausage Links {M}

RHODOPHYTA [338]

RED ALGAE

Ahnfeltia gigartinoides 

Thick Wiry Dark Weed {L}

Ahnfeltia plicata 

Thin Wiry Dark Weed {L}

Anti/etc.-thamnions 

Red Branching Fluff {M,L}

Bangia vermicularis 

Red Sea Hair {H}

Bonnemaisonia nootkana 

Delicate Red Feather {L}

Calliarthron/Bossiella spp. 

Broad Joint Corallines {M}

Callithamnion pikeanum 

Dark Elongate Seamoss {M}

Callophyllis, etc. spp. 

Non-veined red leafy {L}

Ceramium spp. 

Micro-cross bands {L}

Constantinea simplex 

Cup & Saucer {L}

Constantinea subulifera 

Eccentric Cup & Saucer {L}

Corallina vancouveriensis 

Bushy Cylindrical Coralline {H,M}

Corallina officinalis 

Sparse Cylindrical Coralline {M}

Cumagloia andersoni 

Gelatinous Spiny Fat Branches {H

Cryptonema obovata 

red brown thick blade}

Cryptopleura ruprechtiana (ex Botryoglossum)

Ruffled Net Vein {L}   

Cryptosiphonia woodii 

Dark Branching Knob Tip {M}

Delessaria decipiens 

Veinless Leaflet Edged {L}

Endocladia muricata 

Thin Dark Spiny Wires {H}

Erythrophyllum delesserioides 

Tattered Veined Leaf {L}

Farlowia mollis 

Ragged Branching Straps {L}

Gastroclonium subarticulatum 

Narrow Neck Branching Cylinders {L}

Gelidium coulteri 

Blunt-bent tip NON Candelabra

Gelidium purpurescens 

Blunt-tip Candelabra {L}

Gigartina corymbifera 

Broad Turkish Towel {L}

Gigartina exasperata 

Elongate Turkish Towel {L}

Gigartina harveyana 

Rough-strap Turkish Towel{L}

Gloiopeltis furcata 

Small Gelatinous Sparse Branching {H} 

Gracilaria pacifica 

Large Gelatinous Irregular Branching {M}

Gymnogongrus leptophyllus 

Short Bifurcated-tip Straps {L}

Gymnogongrus linearis 

Long Bifurcated-tip Straps {L}

Halosaccion glandiforme 

Fine Spray Sea Sacs {M}

Hildenbrandia occidentalis 

Dark Red Thin Crust {H}

Iridaea cordata 

Purple Iridescent Broad Blades {M} 

Iridaea cornucopiae 

Yellow-brown Flaring Small Blades {H}

Iridaea heterocarpa 

Brownish Iridescent Broad Blades {L} 

Iridaea lineare 

Purple, Rubbery Elongate Blades {L}

Laurencia spectabilis 

Flat Stiff Pinnate Branches {L}

Lithothamnion/phyllum 

pink hard Crust {M}

Lithothrix aspergillum 

Pink Stick Coralline {L}0

Mastigocarpus papillatus 

Small Papillate Straps {H}

Mastigocarpus papillatus 

Black Waxy Crust {M,H} 

Membranoptera dimorpha 

Veined Leaflet Edged {L}

Microcladia borealis 

One Sided Round Branches {H}

Microcladia coulteri 

Alternate Sided Round Branches {L}

Neorhodomela larix 

Black Tufted Bottle Brush {H}

Nemalion helminthoides 

Brown Spaghetti {M}

Nienburgia andersoniana 

Spiny Lateral Bladelets  {L}

Odonthalia spp. 

Dark Dense Knob-tip Branches {M}

Opuntiella californica 

Ovoid & Lateral Bladelets {L}

"Petrocelis" stage 

Thick Tarspots {H}

Phycodrys setchellii 

Veined Blades on Stolon {L}

Pikea californica 

Pointed-tip Candelabra {L}

Plocamium cartilagineum 

Alternate Sided Outcurved Flat Branches {M}

Plocamium violaceum 

Alternate Sides Incurved Flat Branches {M}

Polyneura latissima 

Smooth Net Vein {L}

Polysiphonia sp. 

tier celled fine tufts

Porphyra spp. 

Translucent Steel Grey/Purplish Green {H,M}

Prionitis lanceolata 

Rail Road Strap; Small Lateral Blades on Lance {H}

Prionitis linearis 

Wiry Spiny Tips {L}

Prionitis lyalli 

Lateral Lances on Lance {M}

Ptilota spp. 

Serrate Edged Blades {L}

Rhodochorton purpureum 

Light Red Shaded Crust {S,H}

Rhodoglossum affine 

Short Dichotomous Twisted Branches {M}

Rhodomenia pertusa 

Perforated Red Broad Blades {L}

Rhodoptilum plumosum 

red feathers} {L}

Sarcodiotheca gaudichaudi 

Large One-Plane Pink Branching {L}

Schizymenia pacifica 

Broad Soft Slippery Blades {L}

Stenogramme interrupta 

Broad Bifurcate Straps {L}

FUNGI (incl. LICHENS)   [20+?]

"Verrucaria" 

High Black Crust {S}

ANGIOSPERMS [60]

FLOWERING PLANTS

Phyllospadix scouleri 

Surf Grass {M}

Salicornia virginica 

Pickle Weed {S}

Zostera japonica 

Thin Eel Grass {M}

Zostera marina 

Common Eel Grass {L}

PORIFERA  [280]

SPONGES

Aplysilla "glacialis" 

Pink Slippery Sponge {M}

Cliona sp. 

Yellow Boring Sponge {M}

Craniella villosa 

Spiny Tennis Ball Sponge {L}

Leucandra species 

small tufted pear sponge

Leucilla nuttingi 

Stalked Vase Sponge {L}

Leucosolenia Eleanor 

White Anastomosing Sphere Sponge {L}

Halichondria "bowerbanki" 

Yellow Breadcrumb Sponge {M}

Halichondria panacea 

Green Midtide Sponge {H}

"Haliclona permollis" 

Purple Midtide Sponge {M}

Halisarca sp. 

Slippery thin yellow/tan sponge

Myxilla incrustans 

Yellow Brain Sponge

Ophlitaspongia pennata 

Red Midtide Sponge {M}

Red sponge species 

can be several spp.

Reneira sp. B 

steel blue thin sponge

"Scypha" sp. 

Unstalked White Vase Sponge {L}

Stelletta clarella 

Thick White Prickly Sponge {L}

Suberites sp. A 

Thick Yellow Dense Sponge {M}

Tethya californiana (ex T. aurantium)

Orange Textured Ball Sponge {L} 

COELENTERATA [340]

HYDROZOA

Abietinaria spp. 

Regular Branched Hydroids {L}

Aglaophenia spp. 

Stiff Feather Hydroids {L}

Eudendrium spp. 

Brown Annulated Hydroids {L}

Garveia spp. 

Orange Hydroids {L}

Obelia spp. 

Plumose Hydroids {M}

Plumularia spp. 

Soft Feather Hydroids {M}

Sertularia 

Irregular Branched Yellow Hydroids {L}

Sertularella 

No/Few Branched Yellow Hydroids {M}

Stylantheca petrograpta 

Red/Violet Hydrocoral Crust {L}

Stylantheca porphyra 

Purple Hydrocoral Crust {L}

Tubularia spp. 

Large Pink Headed Hydroids {L}

ANTHOZOA

Anthopleura Artemisia 

Drab Column Sharp Tentacled Burrowing Anemone {M}

Anthopleura elegantissima 

Small Aggregating Green Anemone {M}

Anthopleura xanthogrammica 

Large Solitary Green Anemone {M}

Balanophyllia elegans 

Orange Cup Coral {M}

Clavularia spp. 

Tan/Ivory Thin Crust Soft Coral {L}

Epiactis spp. 

White Radial Lines on Tentacles/Oral Disc Anemone {M}

Epizoanthus scotinus 

Colonial Tan Zoanthid {L}

Gersemia rubiformis 

Sea Strawberry Soft Coral {M}

Haliplanella lineate 

Small Orange Striped Anemone {H}

Metridium giganteum 

Solitary Giant Plumose Anemone {L}

Metridium senile 

Aggregating Small Plumose Anemone {L}

Paracyathus stearnsi 

Tan Cup Coral {L}

Peachia quinquecapitata 

Twelve Tentacled Burrowing Anemone {L}

Urticina crassicornis 

Red-Olive Green-Variegated Anemone {M}

Urticina coriacea 

Red Column Blunt Tentacled Burrowing Anemone {M}

Urticina lofotenis 

White Tubercle Red Anemone {L}

PLATYHELMINTHES

FLAT WORMS

POLYCLADIDA [60]

Various spp.

Eurylepta aurantiaca 

White Speckled Salmon Tentacled Flatworm {L}

Eurylepta leoparda 

Red Spotted Tentacled Flatworm {L}

Kaburakia excelsa 

Marginal Eyespots Flatworm {M}

Notoplana celeries 

Red Flatworm {L}

Notoplana sanguinea 

Red Saddled Flatworm {L}

Pseudoceras Canadensis 

Sea Squirt Flatworm {L}

NEMERTEA [56]

RIBBON WORMS

Amphiporus angulatus 

V-neck Ribbon Worm 

Amphiporus bimaculatus 

Dual Triangle Ribbon Worm

Amphiphorus formidabilis 

Dirty White Ribbon Worm {M}

Amphiporus imparispinosus 

Flesh Ribbon Worm {M}

Cerebratulus albifrons 

Brown White Tipped Flat Ribbon Worm

Cerebratulus longiceps 

Narrow Neck Flat Ribbon Worm

Cerebratulus marginatus 

Light Margined Flat Ribbon Worm

Cerebratulus montgomeryi 

Red, White Tipped Flat Ribbon Worm

Emplectonema gracile 

Green Top Yellow Bottom Ribbon Worm {M}

Micrura alaskensis 

Salmon White Headed Ribbon Worm

Paranemertes peregrina 

Purple Top Cream Bottom Ribbon Worm {M}

Tubulanus polymorphus 

Long Orange Ribbon Worm {L}

Tublanus sexlineatus 

White Ringed and White Lined Ribbon Worm {L}

MOLLUSCA [785]

POLYPLACOPHORA

CHITONS

Cryptochiton stelleri 

Gumboot Chiton {M}

Katharina tunicata 

Black Katy Chiton {M}

Lepidozona mertensi 

Red Scaled Chiton {L}

Leptochiton rugatus 

Minute White Chiton {L}

Mopalia ciliata 

Spiny Strap Haired Chiton {M}

Mopalia cirrata 

Sparse Haired Chiton {L}

Mopalia lignosa 

White Spotted Hairy Chiton {M}

Mopalia muscosa 

Mossy Chiton {M}

Placiphorella velata 

Carnivorous Chiton {M}

Tonicella lineata 

Wavy Lined Yellow Spot Chiton {M}

GASTROPODA:PROSOBRANCHIA

SNAILS

Acmaea mitra 

White Capped Limpet {L}

Alia carinata 

Smooth Top Dented Aperture Snail

Amphissa columbiana 

Wrinkled Dove Snail {L}

Astrea gibberosa 

Red Turban Snail {L}

Batillaria attramentaria 

{large screw snail} {H}

Bittium eschrichti 

Threaded Bittium {L}

Calliostoma annulatum 

Purple Ringed Top Shell {L}

Calliostoma canaliculatum 

Channeled Top Shell {L}

Calliostoma ligatum 

Brown & Blue Top Shell {L}

Ceratostoma foliatum 

Leafy Hornmouth {M}

Crepidula adunca 

Hooked Brown Slipper Snail {M}

Crepidula perforans 

Western White Slipper Snail {L}

Diodora aspera 

Rough Keyhole Limpet {L}

Euspira lewisi  {ex Pollinices}

{Lewis’s Moon Snail} {M}

Fusinus harfordi 

Red Spindle {L}

Fusitriton oregonensis 

Oregon Triton {L}

Haliotis kamtschatkana 

Northern Abalone {L}

Homalopoma lacunatum 

Open Umbilicus Dwarf Turban {L}

Homalopoma luridum 

Ridged Dwarf Turban {L}

Homalopoma subobsoletum 

Smooth Dwarf Turban {L}

Lacuna spp. 

Chink Shells {L}

Lirabuccinum (Searlesia) dira

Dire Whelk {M}

Littorina sitkana 

Sitka Periwinkle {S}

Littorina scutulata 

Checkered Periwinkle {S}

Lottia digitalis 

Ribbed Limpet {S}

Lottia pelta 

Shield Limpet {H}

Margarites marginatus 

Smooth Margarite {L}

Margarites pupillus 

Little Margarite {L}

Nitidiscala indianorum 

Indian Wentletrap {L}

Nucella canaliculata 

Channeled Dogwinkle {M}

Nucella emarginata 

Emarginate Dogwinkle {M}

Nucella lamellosa 

Frilled Dogwinkle {M}

Nucella lima 

Rough Purple Dogwinkle {M} 

Ocenebra/Trophonopsis sp. 

Rock Snails {L}

Olivella biplicata 

Purple Olive {L}

Opalia spp. 

Wentletraps {L}

Polinices lewisi 

Lewis's Moon Snail {L}

Tectura persona 

Mask Limpet {H}

Tectura scutum 

Plate Limpet {M}

Tegula pulligo 

Dusky Turban {L}

Trichotropis cancellata 

Checkered Hairy Snail {L}

Velutina prolongata 

smooth velvet snail{L}

Vermetus compactus 

Little Tube-worm Snail {M}

GASTROPODA: OPISTHOBRANCHIA

Acanthodoris hudsoni 

Hudson's Dorid {L}

Acteocina culcitella 

Pillowed Lathe-shell {L}

Aeolidia papillosa 

Shag Rug Nudibranch {L}

Anisodoris nobilis 

Pungent Sweet Dorid {L}

Archidoris montereyensis 

Monterey Dorid {M}

Archidoris odhneri 

White Knight Dorid {L}

Cadlina luteomarginata 

Yellow Edged Cadlina {M}

Dirona albolineata 

Chalk Lined Dirona {M}

Discodoris sandiegensis (ex Diaulula)

Ring Spotted Dorid {M} 

Gastropteron pacificum 

Winged Sea Slug {L}

Haminoea virescens 

Green Bubble Snail {L}

Onchidoris bilamellata 

Barnacle Dorid {M

Phidiana crassicornis (ex Hermissenda)

Blue-lined Aeolid {M} 

Rostanga pulchra 

Red Sponge Dorid {M}

Tochuina tetraquetra 

Tochni {L}

Triopha catalinae 

Sea Clown Triopha {L}

GASTROPODA: PULMONATA

Onchidella borealis 

Leather sea-slug {M}

Siphonaria theristes 

Limpet-like Pulmonate {M}

BIVALVIA 

BIVALVES

Agriodesma saxicola 

Wrinkled Rock Clam {L}

Clinocardium nuttalli 

Basket Cockle {M}

Crassostrea gigas 

Japanese Oyster {M}

Crassadoma gigantea 

Purple-hinged Rock Scallop {L}

Diplodonta orbellus 

Sandy Globose Clam {L}

Glans carpenteri 

Little Heart Clam {L}

Glans subquadrata 

eccentric ridged clam

Hiatella arctica 

Quadrangular Nestling Clam {M}

Humilaria kennerlyi 

Ridged Clam {L}

Kellia suborbicularis 

Nestling Clam {M}

Lasaea subviridis 

Tiny Pink Nestling Clam {M}

Macoma balthica 

Baltic Clam {M}

Macoma inquinata 

Polluted Clam {M}

Macoma nasuta 

Bent-nose Clam {M}

Macoma secta 

Sand Clam {M}

Modiolus flabellatus 

Giant Horse Mussel {L}

Musculus taylori 

Tiny Bearded Mussel {M}

Mya arenaria 

Soft-shell Clam {H}

Mya truncata 

Blunt Soft-shell Clam {L}

Mytilimeria nuttalli 

Sea-squirt Clam {L}

Mytilus californianus 

California Mussel {M}

Mytilus trossulus 

Pacific Blue Mussel {M}

Nutallia obscurata 

Japanese Varnish Clam {M}

Ostreola conchaphila 

Native Oyster {M}

Panope abrupta 

Geoduck {L}

Pododesmus macrochisma 

Jingle Shell {L} {ex. cepio}

Protothaca staminea 

Native Little-neck Clam {M}

Saxidomus giganteus 

Butter Clam {M}

Semele rubropicta 

Red-painted Semele {L}

Tellina nuculoides 

Walking Clam {L}

Tellina modesta 

elongate smooth tellin {L}

Tresus capax 

Fat Horse Clam {L}

Venerupis philippinarum (ex Tapes japonica)

Manila Clam {M} 

CEPHALOPODA 

Octopus dofleini 

Giant Pacific Octopus {L}

ANNELIDA  [616]

SEGMENTED WORMS

POLYCHAETA

BRISTLE WORMS

Arabellidae 

Red Irridescent Burrowing Worms {M,L}

Arenicolidae 

Lug Worms {M,L}

Capitellidae 

Thread Worms {M,L}

Notomastus tenuis 

red sandflat threadworm {L,M}

Docecaceria concharum 

Small Black U Worm

Dodecaceria fewkesi 

Large Black U Worm

Eudistylia spp 

Giant Feather-duster Worms {M}

Glyceridae 

Blood worms {M}

Glycera americana 

glove gill proboscis worm {L} C

Idanthyrus armatus 

Cemented Tube Worm {L}

Maldanidae 

Bamboo Worms {M,L}

Mesochaetopterus taylori 

Long Parchment Tube Worm {L}

Myxicola sp. 

Jelly House Fan Worm {L}

Neanthes brandti 

Giant Nereid Worm {M}

Nephtyidae 

Flat Head Worms {M,L}

Nephtys caecoides 

Sand Flat head worm {L,M}

Nereis vexillosa 

Green Mussel Worm {M}

Opheliidae 

Twitching Worms {L}

Owenia collaris 

Writhing Tile Worm {L}

Phyllochaetopterus prolifica 

Colonial Parchment Tube Worm {L}

Phyllodocidae 

Leafy Cirri Worms {L}

Pista sp. 

Shaggy Tube Worm {L}

Pista elongata 

filamentous pad worm {L}

Polynoidae 

Scale Worms {M}

Pseudochitinopoma occidentalis 

triangle tube worm (ex. Chitinopoma)

Pseudopotamilla occelata 

Feather Duster Worm {M}

Sabellaria cementarium 

Honeycomb Worm {M}

Salmacina tribranchiata 

Tangled White Tubes Worm {L}

Schizobranchia insignis 

Feather Duster Worm {M}

Serpula columbiana (ex. vermicularis)

Red Calcareous Tube Worm {M} 

Spionidae 

Palp Worms {M,L}

"Spirorbis" spp 

Tiny White Tube Worms {M}

Syllidae 

Showy Cirri Worms {M,L}

Terebellidae (+Pista)

Medusa Worms {M,L}

SIPUNCULIDA  [9]

PEANUT WORMS

Phascolosoma agassizi 

Banded Peanut Worm {M}

ARACHNIDA  [12]

SPIDERS, MITES

Neomolgus littoralis 

Red Shore Mite {S}

PYCNOGONIDA [28]]

SEA SPIDERS

Various

CRUSTACEA [1570]

COPEPODA

OAR FOOT

Tigriopus californicus 

Red Spray Pool Copepod {S}

CIRRIPEDIA

BARNACLES

Balanus balanoides 

False Common Barnacle {M}

Balanus crenatus 

Smooth Acorn Barnacle{L}

Balanus glandula 

Common Pacific Acorn Barnacle {H}

Balanus nubilus 

Giant Acorn Barnacle {L}

Chthamalus dalli 

Small Brown Barnacle {M}

Pollicipes polymerus 

Goose Neck Barnacle {M}

Semibalanus cariosus 

Thatch Acorn Barnacle {M}

LEPTOSTRACA

HOODED SHRIMP

Nebalia pugettensis 

Mud Flat Hooded Shrimp {L}

MYSIDACEA

POSSUM SHRIMP

various spp. {L}

CUMACEANS

BIG HEAD SHRIMP

too small to ID in field

TANAIDACEANS

CLAWED CRAWLING SHRIMP

too small to ID in field

ISOPODA

PILL BUGS & ALLIES

Cirolana harfordi 

Carnivorous Grey Isopod {M}

Gnorimosphaeroma insulare 

Estuarine Roll-up Isopod {M}

Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis 

Common Roll-up Isopod {M}

Idotea aculeata 

Pink Idotea {L}

Idotea montereyensis 

Monterey Idotea {L}

Idotea resecata 

Concave Telson Idotea

Idotea stenops 

Fat Idotea {M}

Idotea urotoma 

No Telson Point Idotea {M}

Idotea wosnesenskii 

Kidney Eye Idotea {M}

Limnoria spp. 

Wood Boring Gribble {L}

Lygia pallasi 

Speedy Shoreline Isopod {S}

AMPHIPODA

SIDE SWIMMERS & ALLIES

GAMMARIDEA

Talitridae 

Beach Hoppers} {S}

Orchestoidea californiana 

long orange antennae, open coast beach hopper {S}

Orchestioidea corniculata 

short orange antennae, protected coast beach hopper {S}

Traskorchestia traskiana 

drab antennae,  gravel and rock beaches {S}

various gammarids 

Side Swimmers {S-L}

various caprellids

Skeleton Shrimp {L}

DECAPODA

10 LEGGED CRUSTACEANS

Acantholithodes hispidus 

Red Fingered Spiny Lithode Crab {L}

Cancer gracilis 

Purple Legged Graceful Crab {L}

Cancer magister 

Dungeness Crab {L}

Cancer oregonensis 

Ovoid Nestling Crab {M}

Cancer productus 

Red Rock Crab {M}

Crangonidae 

In-Bottom Shrimps {L}

Cryptolithodes sitchensis 

Wide Snoot Turtle Crab {L}

Cryptolithodes typicus 

Straight Snoot Turtle Crab {L}

Discorsopagurus schmitti 

Tube Dwelling Hermit Crab {L}

Hapalogaster mertensi 

Orange Fingered Hairy Lithode Crab {L}

Hemigrapsus nudus 

Purple Shore Crab {H}

Hemigrapus oregonensis 

Drab Mud-flat Crab {H}

Hippolytidae 

Non-Commercial On-bottom Shrimp {L}

Hyas lyratus 

Lyre Crab {L}

Lopholithodes foraminatus 

Box Crab {L}

Lopholithodes mandtii 

Puget Sound King Crab {L}

Lophopanopeus bellus 

Black Clawed Straight Margined Crab {L}

Mimulus foliatus 

Winged Shell Crab {L}

Neotrypaea californiensis 

Bay Ghost Shrimp {M}

Oedignathus inermis 

Tuberculate Nestling Lithode Crab {L}

Oregonia gracilis 

Long Snoot Decorator Crab {L}

Pachycheles pubescens 

Hairy Porcelain Crab {M}

Pachycheles rudis 

Knob-on-Claw Porcelain Crab {M}

Pandalus danae 

Coon Striped Shrimp {L}

Pagurus armatus 

Oval Eyed Long Ant. Hermit Crab {L}

Pagurus beringanus 

Orange Banded Leg Hermit Crab {L}

Pagurus granosimanus 

Blue Granular Legged Hermit Crab {M}

Pagurus hemphilli 

Yellow Eye Circled Hermit Crab {M}

Pagurus hirsutiusculus 

Hairy Hermit Crab {M}

Pagurus ochotensis 

Oval Eyed Short Ant. Hermit Crab {L}

Pagurus samuelis 

Blue/White Banded Leg Hermit Crab {M}

Petrolisthes cinctipes 

Red Jawed Porcelain Crab {M}

Petrolisthes eriomerus 

Blue Jawed Porcelain Crab {L}

Phyllolithodes papillosus 

Leafy Lithode Crab {L}

Pugettia gracilis 

Naked Graceful Kelp Crab {L}

Pugettia producta 

Naked Olive Backed Kelp Crab {L}

Pugettia richii 

Red Decorator Kelp Crab {L}

Scyra acutifrons 

Broad Sharp Nosed Decorator Crab {L}

Telmessus cheiragonus 

Yellow Horse Crab {L}

Upogebia pugettensis 

Blue Mud Shrimp {M}

BRACHIOPODA  [10]

LAMP SHELLS

Terebratalia transversa 

Wavy Wide Lamp Shell {L}

PHORONIDA [4]

LOPHOPHORE WORMS

Phoronopsis harmeri 

Sand Lophophore Worm {L}

Phoronis ijimae 

Colonial Rock Lophophore Worm {L}

BRYOZOA  [230]

MOSS ANIMALS

Alcyonidium sp. 

Gel Crust Bryozoan {M}

Bowerbankia sp. 

Float Fluff

Bugula californica 

Orange Spiraled Bryozoan {L}

Crisia 

branched tubes, white joints

Dendrobeania lichenoides 

Flexible Leaf Bryozoan {L}

Diaperoecia spp. 

Rough Yellow Rigid Finger Bryozoan {L}

Eurystomella bilabiata 

Orange with Red Semicircle Crust Bryozoan {L}

Filicrisia 

branched tubes, black joints

Flustrellida corniculata 

Spiny Flexible Leaf Bryozoan {L}  

Heteropora magna 

Smooth Yellow Rigid Finger Bryozoan {L}

Hippodiplosia insculpta 

Rigid Orange Sinous Pallisade Bryozoan {L}

Phidolopora labiata 

Yellow Lace Bryozoan {L}

Schizoporella unicornis 

Orange Encrusting Bryozoan {L}

Scrupocellaria sp. 

bushy, whip bryozoan

various spp.

ECHINODERMATA  [180]

SPINY SKINNED ANIMALS

HOLOTHUROIDEA

SEA CUCUMBERS

Cucumaria lubrica 

Grey to white Scattered Tube Feet Sea Cucumber {L}

Cucumaria miniata 

Orange Sea Cucumber {M}

Cucumaria pallida 

pale orange-tan form with C. miniata

Cucumaria piperata 

Speckled Sea Cucumber {L}

Cucumaria pseudocurata 

Grey Aligned Tube Feet Sea Cucumber, in Calif. mussel beds {M}

Eupentacta pseudoquinquesemita 

White Slender Feet Sea Cucumber {L}

Eupentacta quinquesemita 

Yellow-ivory Broad Feet Sea Cucumber {L}

Leptosynapta clarki 

Papillated Pink Burrowing Sea Cucumber {L}

Parastichopus californicus 

Red & White Spiny Sea Cucumber {L}

Pentamera spp. 

U Shaped Burrowing Sea Cucumber {L

Pseudonchus curata 

grey/black cucumber in currents/open coast {L}

Pseudonchus lubrica 

Pale Yellow to speckled brown Sea Cucumber {L} (ex. C./P.  astigmatus)

Psolus squamatus 

Red Sole Attached Sea Cucumber {L}

ECHINOIDEA

SEA URCHINS

Dendraster excentricus 

Excentric Sand Dollar {M}

Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis 

Green Sea Urchin {M}

Strongylocentrotus franciscanus 

Giant Red Sea Urchin {L}

Strongylocentrotus purpuratus 

Purple Sea Urchin {M}

ASTEROIDEA

SEA STARS

Asterina miniata 

Bat Star {L}

Crossaster papposus 

Rose Star {L}

Dermasterias imbricata 

Leather Star {M}

Evasterias troscheli 

Mottled Star {M}

Henricia leviuscula 

Blood Star {M}

Leptasterias hexactis 

Six-armed Star {M}

Mediaster aequalis 

orange, plated broad armed star {L}

Pisaster brevispinus 

Giant Pink Star {L}

Pisaster ochraceous 

Purple/Ochre Star {M}

Pteraster tesselatus 

Slime Star {L}

Orthasterias koehleri 

Red & White Banded Star {L}

Pycnopodia helianthoides 

Sunflower Star {L}

Solaster dawsoni 

Morning Sun Star {L}

Solaster stimpsoni 

Purple Band Sun Star {L}

Stylasterias forreri 

Long Armed Black Star {L}

OPHIUROIDEA

BRITTLE STARS

Amphiodia occidentalis 

Sand Burrowing Brittle Star {L}

Amphipholis pugetana 

Tiny Banded Brittle Star {L}

Amphipholis squamata 

Brooding Brittle Star {M}

Ophiopholis aculeata 

Daisy Brittle Star {L}

TUNICATA  [76]

TUNIC CHORDATES

ASCIDIACEA

SEA SQUIRTS

Aplidium solidum 

Translucent Orange Slab Seasquirt {L}

Aplidium californicum 

tan,yellowish slab seasquirt {L}

Eudistoma molle (ex. Archidistoma)

Globose white with Red Dots Seasquirt {L} 

Eudistoma psammion (ex. Archidistoma)

Leathery Sandy Slab Seasquirt {L} 

Eudistoma purpuropunctatum (ex. Archidistoma)

lavender/grey lobes 

Eudistoma  ritteri (ex. Archidistoma)

pale yellow translucent 

Ascidia callosa 

Brown Hemisphere Solitary Seasquirt {M}

Ascidia paratropa 

Glassy spiny seasquirt {L}

Boltenia villosa 

Orange Stalked Hairy Seasquirt {L}

Botryllus schlosseri  

Yellow/Orange  Sunburst Array Seasquirt {L}

Botrylloides  violaceus 

violet ,orange,yellow elongate array  seasquirt {L}

Chelyosoma productum 

Translucent Brown Flat-top Seasquirt {L}

Ciona spp. 

glassy columnar, soft sea squirt

Clavelina huntsmani 

Neon Lightbulb Seasquirt {L}

Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis 

Orange Solitary Hemisphere Seasquirt {M}

Corella spp. 

Soft Translucent Solitary Seasquirt {L}

Cystodytes lobatus 

Spiculated Slab Seasquirt {L}

Didemnum carnulentum 

Pink Thin Seasquirt {L}

Didemnum/Tridemnum 

Pink/white Thin Seasquirt {L}

Diplosoma macdonaldi 

Thin Sheet Salt & Pepper Seasquirt {L}

Distaplia occidentalis 

pedunculate variegated colour sponge

Halocynthia aurantium 

Sea Peach {L}

Halocynthia igoboja 

Large Drab Spiny Seasquirt {L}

Metandrocarpa dura 

Red-orange Crowded Social Seasquirt {L}

Metandrocarpa taylori 

Red-orange Spaced Social Seasquirt {M}

Perophora annectens 

Green Mini Sea Grapes {M}

Pycnoclavela huntsmani 

Orange Tipped Elongate Sand-covered Seasquirt {L}

Pyura haustor 

Orange Siphon Wrinkled Seasquirt {M}

Ritterella pulchra 

orange flat top lobes

Ritterella rubra 

Crimson Lobed Colonial Seasquirt {L}

Styela montereyensis 

Narrow Stalked Grooved Solitary Seasquirt {L}

Styela clava 

funnel shaped solitary seasquirt {L}

Styela gibbsii 

Cylindrical Solitary Seasquirts {L}

Synoicum parfustis 

sandy red zooid,orange tunic

various others

VERTEBRATA  [525]

BACKBONED ANIMALS

FISH

Ammodytes hexapterus 

Pacific sand lance {L}

Anoplarchus insignis 

Slender Cockscomb, many sunray jar stripes {M}

Anoplarchus purpurescens 

High Cockscomb, male orange dorsal fin {M}

Apodichtys flavidus 

Penpoint Gunnel, vertical black eye stripe {L}

Chirolophis nugator 

Mosshead Warbonnet,dorsal “eyespots” {L}

Citharichthys sp. 

sanddabs, Left side dorsal 

Clevelandia ios 

arrow goby,  mudflats & in burrows {L}

Clupea harengus 

Pacific herring {U}

Coryphopterus nicholsi 

blackeye goby; black edge on ant. dorsal fin {U}

Cottidae, other 

Sculpins {M,L}

Cymatogaster aggregata 

Shiner Perch, schools, multibands dorsally {U}

Embiotoca lateralis 

Striped Sea Perch, blue, colorful {L}

Gasterosteus aculeatus 

3 Spine Stickleback {U} 

Gobiesox maeandricus 

Northern Clingfish {M}

Hexagrammos decagrammus 

kelp greenling,  blue spots large in male, small in female

Hydrolagus colliei 

Ratfish {U}

Leptocottus armatus 

Pacific Staghorn Sculpin

Oligocottus maculosus 

Tidepool Sculpin {M}

Oligocottus rimensis 

Saddleback Sculpin {L

Ophiodon elongatus 

lingcod {U}

Parophyrys vetulus 

English sole,  less angular, slender}

Pholis armata 

Saddleback Gunnel {L}

Pholis laeta 

Crescent Gunnel {L}

Platichthys stellatus 

Starry Flounder, sharp triangle black bands on D&V fins {L}

Porichthys notatus 

Midshipman {L}

Rhacochilus vacca 

Pile Perch, vertical black band  {U}

Sebastes caurinus 

copper rockfish {U}

Sebastes maliger 

quillback,  high white dorsal spines

Sebastes nebulosus 

China rockfish,  bright yellow stripe + black,  fearless {U}

Sebastes melanops 

Black rockfish,  schools {U}

Sebastes nigrocinctus 

tiger rockfish{U}

Squalus acanthias 

spiny dogfish {U}

Syngnathus griseolineatus 

Pipefish {L}

Xererpes fucorum 

Rockweed Gunnel, no black eye bar {M}

Xiphister atropurpureus 

Black Prickleback, 2 black face bands with white margins {M}

Xiphister mucosus 

Rock Prickleback, radiated eyestripes  {M}

REPTILES

Thamnophis elegans vagrans 

wandering garter snake,  8 scales/side upper lip, in tide pools

Thamnophis sirtalis

common garter snake,  7 scales/side upper lip, in tide pools

BIRDS

Haliaeetus leucocephalus 

Bald Eagle

Anatidae-other 

ducks, excluding swans and geese

Ardea herodias 

Great Blue Heron

Branta bernicla 

Brant;  black head with small white chin patch 

Branta canadensis 

Canada Goose, broad white chin strap

Ceryle alcyon 

Belted Kingfisher

Cepphus columba

Pigeon Guillemot, white wing patch, red legs

Corvus caurinus 

northwestern crow,  sharp beak,  square tail in flight

Corvus corvus 

Common Raven, thicker beak, rounder tail in flight

Cygnus buccinator 

Trumpeter Swan, black beak

Cygnus olor 

Mute Swan, orange beak

Haematopus bachmini 

Black Oystercatcher

Histrionicus histrionicus 

Harlequin Duck

Larus argentatus 

Herring Gull,  brown and white mottled head

Larus glaucescens 

Glaucous-winged gull, gray wingtips

Larus occidentalis 

Western Gull, darker wings

Mergus merganser 

Common Merganser,  female with redbrown elongate crest

Pandion haliaetus 

Osprey,  “M” flyer 

Phalocrocorax auritus 

Double crested Cormorant, yellow throat, in trees, on ground

Phalocrocorax pelagicus 

Pelagic Cormorant, white side patches, on cliffs

Phalocrocorax penicillatus 

Brandts Cormorant,  blue throat in spring, nest elsewhere

Podicipedidae 

Grebes

Scolopacidae 

Sandpipers, Phalaropes, etc.

Xema sabini 

Bonaparte’s Gull,  black head in spring

MAMMALS

Enydra lutris 

sea otter

Lontra canadensis 

river otter

Mustela vison 

mink

Eumetopias jubatus 

northern sea lion

Zalophus californianus 

California sea lion

Phoca vitulina 

harbor seal

Procyon lotor 

raccoon

Urrsus americanus 

black bear

Ursus arctos  

grizzly bear

Balaenoptera acutorostrata 

minke whale

Megaptera novaeangliae 

humpback whale

Lagenorhynchus obliquidens 

pacific white sided dolphin

Orcinus orca 

killer whale

Eschrichtius robustus 

gray whale

Phocoena phocoena 

harbor porpoise

Phocoenoides dalli 

Dall’s porpoise