Pacific Northwest Marine Life

Bubble, White Haminoea vesicula
Chiton, Gould’s Baby Lepidochitona dentiens
Chiton, Hartweg’s Lepidochitona hartwegii
Chiton, Keep's Lepidochitona keepiana
Cowrie, Chestnut Zonaria spadicea
Dogwinkle, Frilled Nucella lamellosa
Ear Shell, Stearn’s Marsenina stearnsii
Isopod, Stubby (Oregon Pill Bug) Gnorimosphaeroma oregonense
Unicorn, Angular Acanthina spirata
Abalone, Black Haliotis cracherodii
Abalone, Green Haliotis fulgens
Abalone, Northern Haliotis kamtschatkana
Abalone, Red Haliotis rufescens
Aeolid, Three Lined Flabellina trilineata
Amphissa, Variegated Amphissa versicolor
Amphissa, Wrinkled Amphissa columbiana
Anemone, Aggregating Anthopleura elegantissima
Anemone, Brooding Epiactis lisbethae
Anemone, Giant Green Anthopleura xanthogrammica
Anemone, Giant Plumose Metridium farcimen
Anemone, Incubating Aulactinia incubans
Anemone, Moonglow Anthopleura artemisia
Anemone, Orange-striped Haliplanella lineata (Formerly H. luciae)
Anemone, Painted Urticina felina
Anemone, Proliferating Epiactis prolifera
Anemone, Red-beaded Urticina coriacea
Anemone, Short Plumose Metridium senile
Anemone, Solitary Green (Sunburst Anemone) Anthopleura sola
Anemone, Strawberry Corynactis californica
Anemone, Ten-tentacled Halcampa decemtentaculata
Anemone, Velvety Red Urticina piscivora
Anemone, White-spotted Urticina lofotensis
Ascidian, Harbour Star Botryllus schlosseri
Bamboo-Worm, Red-banded Axiothella rubrocincta
Barnacle, Acorn Balanus glandula
Barnacle, Crenate Balanus crenatus
Barnacle, Giant Balanus nubilus
Barnacle, Goose Pollicipes polymerus
Barnacle, Hydrocoral Solidobalanus engbergi
Barnacle, Little Brown Chthamalus dalli
Barnacle, Northern Rock Semibalanus balanoides
Barnacle, Pelagic Goose Lepas anatifera
Barnacle, Red Thatched Tetraclita rubescens
Barnacle, Red-striped Acorn Balanus pacificus
Barnacle, Thatched Semibalanus cariosus
Barnacle, White-ribbed Red Megabalanus californicus
Beach Hopper, Blue Megalorchestia columbiana
Beach Hopper, California Megalorchestia californiana
Beach Hopper, Pink Maera danae
Beach Hopper, Splash-zone Traskorchestia traskiana
Bittium, Threaded Stylidium eschrichtii
Blind Limpet, Ringed Cryptobranchia concentrica
Bloodworm Euzonus sp.
Brittle Star, Banded Ophionereis annulata
Brittle Star, Black and White Amphipholis pugetana
Brittle Star, Burrowing Amphiodia periercta
Brittle Star, Daisy Ophiopholis aculeata
Brittle Star, Dwarf Amphipholis squamata
Brittle Star, Flat-spined Ophiopteris papillosa
Brittle Star, Long-armed Amphiodia occidentalis
Brittle Star, Panamanian Ophioderma panamense
Brittle Star, Smooth Ophioplocus esmarki
Brittle Star, Western Spiny Ophiothrix spiculata
Bryozoan, Branched-spine Flustrellidra corniculata
Bryozoan, Derby Hat Eurystomella bilabiata
Bryozoan, Kelp Encrusting Membranipora membranacea
Bryozoan, Northern Staghorn Heteropora pacifica
Bryozoan, Orange Encrusting Schizoporella unicornis
Bryozoan, Sea-lichen Dendrobeania lichenoides
Bubble, California Bulla gouldiana
Bubble, Green Haminoea virescens
Button Snail, Reticulate Trimusculus reticulatus
By-the-wind Sailor Velella velella
Cadlina, Yellow Spotted Cadlina flavomaculata
Chiton, Black Katy Katharina tunicata
Chiton, Blue-line Tonicella undocaerulea
Chiton, California Spiny Nuttallina californica
Chiton, Conspicuous Stenoplax conspicua
Chiton, Cooper’s Lepidozona cooperi
Chiton, Cryptic Spiny Nuttallina sp. Nov.
Chiton, Dwarf Leptochiton rugatus
Chiton, Gem Chaetopleura gemma
Chiton, Giant Pacific Cryptochiton stelleri
Chiton, Heath’s Stenoplax heathiana
Chiton, Lined Tonicella lineata
Chiton, Loki’s Tonicella lokii
Chiton, Merten’s Lepidozona mertensii
Chiton, Mossy Mopalia muscosa
Chiton, Northern Hairy Mopalia kennerleyi
Chiton, Regular Lepidozona regularis
Chiton, Southern Spiny Nuttallina scabra
Chiton, Three-rib Lepidozona trifida
Chiton, White-line Tonicella insignis
Chiton, Woody Mopalia lignosa
Clam, Bean Donax gouldii
Clam, Butter Saxidomus gigantea
Clam, California Sunset Gari californica
Clam, Little Heart Glans carpenteri
Clam, Mud Shrimp Pseudopythina rugifera = Neaeromya rugifera?
Clam, Pismo Tivela stultorum
Clam, Rose-painted Semele rubropicta
Clingfish, Northern Gobiesox maeandricus
Cockle, Nuttall’s Clinocardium nuttallii
Cockscomb, High Anoplarchus purpurescens
Cone, California Conus californicus
Crab, Black-clawed Lophopanopeus bellus
Crab, Cabrillo's Porcelain Petrolisthes cabrilloi
Crab, Chocolate Porcelain Petrolisthes manimaculis
Crab, Cryptic Kelp Pugettia richii
Crab, Dungeness Cancer magister
Crab, Dwarf Teardrop Pelia tumida
Crab, European Green Carcinus maenas
Crab, Flat Porcelain Petrolisthes cinctipes
Crab, Flattop Petrolisthes eriomerus
Crab, Foliate Kelp Mimulus foliatus
Crab, Furry Hapalogaster cavicauda
Crab, Gaper Pea Pinnixa littoralis
Crab, Globose Kelp Taliepus nuttallii
Crab, Graceful Cancer gracilis
Crab, Graceful Decorator Oregonia gracilis
Crab, Graceful Kelp Pugettia gracilis
Crab, Granular Claw Oedignathus inermis
Crab, Green Shore Hemigrapsus oregonensis
Crab, Hairy Hapalogaster mertensii
Crab, Helmet Telmessus cheiragonus
Crab, Pacific Mole Emerita analoga
Crab, Purple Shore Hemigrapsus nudus
Crab, Pygmy Rock Cancer oregonensis
Crab, Red Rock Cancer productus
Crab, Shield-backed Kelp Pugettia producta
Crab, Spot-bellied Rock Cancer antennarius
Crab, Striped Shore Pachygrapsus crassipes
Crab, Thick-clawed Porcelain Pachycheles rudis
Crab, Umbrella Cryptolithodes sitchensis
Cup Coral, Orange Balanophyllia elegans
Cup-and-saucer, Spiny Crucibulum spinosum
Datemussel, California Adula californiensis
Dendrochiton, Painted Dendrochiton flectens
Dendronotid, White Dendronotus albus
Dogwinkle, Channelled Nucella canaliculata
Dogwinkle, Northern Striped Nucella ostrina
Dorid, Barnacle-eating Onchidoris bilamellata
Dorid, Cockerell’s Limacia cockerelli formerly Laila cockerelli
Dorid, Monterey Doris montereyensis formerly Archidoris montereyensis
Dorid, White Knight Archidoris odhneri
Dovesnail, Carinate Alia carinata = Mitrella carinata
Drill, Knobbed Pseudomelatoma torosa
Dwarf-turban, Dark Homalopoma luridum
Eggcockle, Pacific Laevicardium substriatum
Entodesma, Rock Entodesma navicula
Erato, Appleseed Hespererato vitellina
Erato, Pigeon Hespererato columbella
False-jingle, Green Pododesmus macroschisma
Fiddler, Mexican Uca crenulata
Filament-worm, Fringed Dodecaceria fewkesi
Fileclam, Hemphill Limaria hemphilli
Fireworm, California Pareurythoe californica
Flatworm, Long Speckled Enchiridium punctatum
Flatworm, Oval Pseudoalloioplana californica
Flatworm, Saddleback Notoplana sanguinea - formerly Notocomplana sanguinea
Flatworm, Tapered Notocomplana acticola
Gaper, Fat Tresus capax
Gaper, Pacific Tresus nuttallii
Geoduck, Pacific Panope abrupta
Goby, Blind Typhlogobius californiensis
Gunnel, Crescent Pholis laeta
Gunnel, Saddleback Pholis ornata
Hairysnail, Cancellate Trichotropis cancellata
Half-slippersnail, Pacific Crepipatella dorsata
Hermit, Bering Pagurus beringanus
Hermit, Blueband Pagurus samuelis
Hermit, Gold Ring Pagurus hemphilli
Hermit, Grainyhand Pagurus granosimanus
Hermit, Greenmark Pagurus caurinus
Hermit, Hairy Pagurus hirsutiusculus
Hermit, Moonsnail Isocheles pilosus
Hiatella, Arctic Hiatella arctica
Hoofsnail, Flat Hipponix cranioides
Hornmouth, Leafy Ceratostoma foliatum
Hornmouth, Nuttall's Ceratostoma nuttalli
Hornsnail, California Cerithidea californica
Horsemussel, Northern Modiolus modiolus
Horsemussel, Straight Modiolus rectus
Hydrocoral, Purple Encrusting Stylantheca spp. Formerly Allopora sp.
Hydroid, Clam Clytia bakeri
Hydroid, Ostrich-plume Aglaophenia spp.
Hydroid, Solitary Pink-mouth Ectopleura marina
Hydroid, Turgid Garland Sertularella turgida
Hydroid, Wine-glass Obelia sp.
Innkeeper Worm, Fat Urechis caupo
Isopod, Blunt-tailed Idotea urotoma
Isopod, Monterey Idotea montereyensis
Isopod, Pencil Idotea fewkesi
Isopod, Scavenging Cirolana harfordi
Isopod, Surfgrass Idotea kirchanskii
Isopod, Vosnesensky’s Idotea wosnesenskii
Jackknife-clam, Rosy Solen rostriformis
Jackknife-clam, Sickle Solen sicarius
Jelly, Aggregating Eutonina indicans
Jelly, Atlantic Moon Aurelia aurita
Jelly, Cross Mitrocoma cellularia
Jelly, Lion's Mane Cyanea capillata
Jelly, Pacific Moon Aurelia labiata
Jelly, Purple Pelagia noctiluca
Jelly, Purple-striped Pelagia colorata
Jelly, Water Aequorea sp.
Jewelbox, Pacific Left-handed Pseudochama exogyra
Jewelbox, Secret Chama arcana
Jingle, Pearly Anomia peruviana
Kellyclam Kellia suborbicularis
Keyhole Limpet, Giant Megathura crenulata
Keyhole Limpet, Rough Diodora aspera
Keyhole Limpet, Two-spot Fissurellidea bimaculata
Keyhole Limpet, Volcano Fissurella volcano
Lacuna, Wide Lacuna vincta
Lamellaria, San Diego Lamellaria diegoensis
Lampshell, Common Terebratalia transversa
Leather Limpet Onchidella borealis
Leather, White Glove Didemnum albidum
Lepidozona, Pectinate Lepidozona pectinulata
Lepidozona, Smooth Lepidozona interstincta
Limpet, Black Lottia asmi
Limpet, Fenestrate Lottia fenestrata
Limpet, File Lottia limatula
Limpet, Giant Owl Lottia gigantea
Limpet, Mask Lottia persona
Limpet, Pacific Plate Lottia scutum
Limpet, Ribbed Lottia digitalis
Limpet, Rough Lottia scabra
Limpet, Seaweed Discurria insessa
Limpet, Shield Lottia pelta
Limpet, Unstable Lottia instabilis
Limpet, Whitecap Acmaea mitra
Littleneck, Japanese Venerupis philippinarum
Littleneck, Pacific Protothaca staminea
Littleneck, Rough-sided Protothaca laciniata
Lobster, California Spiny Panulirus interruptus
Lucine, California Epilucina californica
Lugworm, Pacific Abarenicola pacifica
Lyonsia, California Lyonsia californica
Macoma, Baltic Macoma balthica
Macoma, Bent-nose Macoma nasuta
Macoma, Expanded Macoma expansa
Macoma, Indented Macoma indentata
Macoma, White-sand Macoma secta
Macron, Livid Macron lividus
Mahogany-clam, California Nuttallia nuttallii
Mahogany-clam, Purple Nuttallia obscurata
Margarite, Puppet Margarites pupillus
Marginella, Banded California Volvarina taeniolata
Midshipman, Plainfin Porichthys notatus
Mite, Red Velvet Neomolgus littoralis
Miter, Ida's Mitra idae
Moonsnail, Lewis's Euspira lewisii
Moonsnail, Southern Neverita reclusiana
Mopalia, Hind’s Mopalia hindsii
Mopalia, Long-haired Mopalia cirrata
Mopalia, Red-flecked Mopalia spectabilis
Mopalia, Swan’s Mopalia swanii
Murex, Festive Pteropurpura festiva
Murex, Gem Maxwellia gemma
Murex, Three-wing Pteropurpura trialata
Mussel, Blue Mytilus edulis
Mussel, California Mytilus californianus
Mussel, Pacific Blue Mytilus trossulus
Mussel, Ribbed Geukensia demissa
Nassa, Giant Western Nassarius fossatus
Nassa, Japanese Nassarius fraterculus
Nassa, Western Fat Dog Nassarius perpinguis
Nassa, Western Lean Nassarius mendicus
Nudibranch, Bushy-backed Dendronotus frondosus
Nudibranch, Cryptic Doridella steinbergae
Nudibranch, Frosted Dirona albolineata
Nudibranch, Hooded Melibe leonina
Nudibranch, Opalescent Hermissenda crassicornis
Nudibranch, Orange-spotted Triopha catalinae
Nudibranch, Painted Dirona picta
Nudibranch, Red Rostanga pulchra
Nudibranch, Ringed Diaulula sandiegensis
Nudibranch, Rufus Tipped Acanthodoris nanaimoensis
Nudibranch, Shag-rug Aeolidia papillosa
Nudibranch, Yellow-edged Cadlina luteomarginata
Octopus, Giant Pacific Enteroctopus dofleini formerly Octopus dofleini
Olive, Baetic Olivella baetica
Olive, Purple Olivella biplicata
Olive, Zigzag Olivella pycna
Oyster Drill, Atlantic Urosalpinx cinerea
Oyster, Atlantic Crassostrea virginica
Oyster, Olympia Ostrea conchaphila
Oyster, Pacific Crassostrea gigas
Pandora, Punctate Pandora punctata
Peanut Worm, Agassiz’s Phascolosoma agassizii
Peanut Worm, Bushy-headed Themiste pyroides
Periwinkle, Checkered Littorina scutulata
Periwinkle, Flat-bottomed Littorina keenae
Periwinkle, Salt Marsh Algamorda subrotunda
Periwinkle, Sitka Littorina sitkana
Piddock, Beaked Netastoma rostratum
Piddock, Flat-tip Penitella penita
Piddock, Rough Zirfaea pilsbryi
Piddock, Scale-sided Parapholas californica
Prickleback, Black Xiphister atropurpureus
Prickleback, Rock Xiphister mucosus
Puncturella, Hooded Cranopsis cucullata
Razor-clam, Pacific Siliqua patula
Retiring Southerner Pilumnus spinohirsutus
Ribbon Worm, Green Emplectonema gracile
Ribbon Worm, Orange Tubulanus polymorphus
Ribbon Worm, Pink-fronted Amphiporus imparispinosus
Ribbon Worm, Purple-backed Paranemertes peregrina
Ribbon Worm, Rose Cerebratulus montgomeryi
Ribbon Worm, Six-lined Tubulanus sexlineatus
Ribbon Worm, Two-spotted (Chevron) Amphiporus bimaculatus
Ribbon Worm, Velvet Lineus pictifrons
Ribbon Worm,Pink Procephalothrix major
Rock Snail, Poulson’s Roperia poulsoni
Rocksnail, Circled Ocenebra circumtexta
Rocksnail, Lurid Ocinebrina lurida
Rocksnail, Purple Ocenebra atropurpurea
Rocksnail, Sculpured Ocinebrina interfossa
Rose, Hopkin’s Okenia rosacea formerly Hopkinsia rosacea
Sand Dollar, Eccentric Dendraster excentricus
Scaled Crab Placetron wosnessenskii
Scaleworm, Depressed Eunoe depressa
Scaleworm, Fifteen-paired Harmothoe imbricata
Scaleworm, Fragile Arctonoe fragilis
Scaleworm, Red Commensal Arctonoe pulchra
Scaleworm, Red-banded Commensal Arctonoe vittata
Scaleworm, White-banded Gaudichaudius iphionelloides
Scallop, Giant Rock Crassadoma gigantea
Scallop, Kelp Leptopecten latiauratus
Scallop, Pacific Calico Argopecten ventricosus
Scallop, San Diego Euvola diegensis
Scallop, Smooth Pink Chlamys rubida
Scallop, Spiny Pink Chlamys hastata
Scallop, Weathervane Patinopecten caurinus
Sculpin, Tidepool Oligocottus maculosus
Sea Cucumber, Black Pseudocnus curatus
Sea Cucumber, California Parastichopus californicus
Sea Cucumber, Creeping Pedal Psolus chitonoides
Sea Cucumber, Orange Cucumaria miniata
Sea Cucumber, Stiff-footed Eupentacta quinquesemita
Sea Cucumber, Warty Parastichopus parvimensis
Sea Goddess, White Spotted Doriopsilla albopunctata
Sea Goddess, Yellow-gilled Doriopsilla gemela
Sea Gooseberry Pleurobrachia bachei
Sea Hare, California Aplysia californica
Sea Hare, California Black Aplysia vaccaria
Sea Lemon Peltodoris nobilis formerly Anisodoris nobilis
Sea Mouse, Copper-haired Aphrodita japonica
Sea Nettle Chrysaora fuscescens
Sea Pork, California Aplidium californicum
Sea Pork, Red Aplidium solidum
Sea Roach, Western Ligia occidentalis
Sea Squirt, Brooding Transparent Corella inflata
Sea Squirt, Shiny Red Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis
Sea Squirt, Spiny-headed Boltenia villosa
Sea Squirt, Stalked Styela montereyensis
Sea Squirt, Warty Pyura haustor
Sea Urchin, Green Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Sea Urchin, Purple Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Sea Urchin, Red Strongylocentrotus franciscanus
Semele, Clipped Semele decisa
Semele, Rock Semele rupicola
Shark, Swell (Egg Case) Cephaloscyllium ventriosum
Shawl, Spanish Flabellina iodinea
Shipworm, Feathery Bankia setacea
Shrimp, Bay Ghost Neotrypaea californiensis
Shrimp, Blue Mud Upogebia pugettensis
Shrimp, Red Rock Lysmata californica
Shrimp, Sitka Heptacarpus sitchensis
Shrimp, Smalleyed Heptacarpus carinatus
Shrimp, Smooth Bay Lissocrangon stylirostris
Shrimp, Stout Heptacarpus brevirostris
Skate, Big (Egg Case) Raja binoculata
Skate, Starry (Egg Case) Raja stellulata
Skeleton Shrimp Caprella sp.
Slater, Sea Ligia pallasii
Slippersnail, Hooked Crepidula adunca
Slippersnail, Northern White Crepidula nummaria
Slippersnail, Onyx Crepidula onyx
Snail, Eastern Mud Ilyanassa obsoleta
Snail, Mudflat Batillaria attramentaria
Snailfish, Tidepool Liparis florae
Soft Coral, Aggregating Alcyonium rudyi
Softshell-clam Mya arenaria
Softshell-clam, Boring Platyodon cancellatus
Softshell-clam, California Cryptomya californica
Softshell-clam, Truncated Mya truncata
Spagetti-worm, Coarse-tubed Pink Thelepus crispus
Spaghetti-worm, Brown Intertidal Eupolymnia heterobranchia
Spindle, Painted Fusinus luteopictus
Sponge, Bread Crumb Halichondria panicea
Sponge, Cobalt Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta
Sponge, Mucus Plocamia karykina
Sponge, Orange Finger Neoesperiopsis rigida
Sponge, Purple Encrusting Haliclona permollis
Sponge, Red Encrusting Ophlitaspongia pennata
Sponge, Yellow Boring Cliona celata
Stalked Jelly, Oval-anchored Haliclystus stejnegeri
Star, Bat Asterina miniata
Star, Colourful Six-rayed Leptasterias aequalis (species complex)
Star, Drab Six-rayed Leptasterias hexactis (species complex)
Star, Giant Pink Pisaster brevispinus
Star, Giant Spined Pisaster giganteus
Star, Leather Dermasterias imbricata
Star, Mottled Evasterias troschelii
Star, Pacific Blood Henricia leviuscula
Star, Painted Orthasterias koehleri
Star, Purple Pisaster ochraceus
Star, Sunflower Pycnopodia helianthoides
Star, Vermilion Mediaster aequalis
Sun Star, Morning Solaster dawsoni
Sun Star, Striped Solaster stimpsoni
Surfclam, Hemphill Mactromeris hemphillii
Surfclam, Hooked Simomactra falcata
Tagelus, California Tagelus californianus
Tellin, Bodega Tellina bodegensis
Topsnail, Blue Calliostoma ligatum
Topsnail, Purple-ring Calliostoma annulatum
Topsnail, Tucked Lirularia succincta
Triopha, Spotted Triopha maculata
Triton, Oregon Fusitriton oregonensis
Tube Snail, Scaly Serpulorbis squamigerus
Tubeworm, Basket-top Pista elongata
Tubeworm, Dwarf Calcareous Pileolaria sp.
Tubeworm, Red-trumpet Calcareous Serpula columbiana
Tubeworm, Spiral Spirorbis sp.
Tunicate, Lightbulb Clavelina huntsmani
Tunicate, Mushroom Distaplia occidentalis
Tunicate, Orange Chain Botrylloides diegensis
Tunicate, Orange Sheath Botrylloides violacaus
Tunicate, Spotted Eudistoma molle / Archidistoma molle
Tunicate, Stalked Compound Distaplia smithi
Tunicate, Taylor’s Social Metandrocarpa taylori
Tunicate, Yellow Lobbed Eudistoma ritteri
Turban, Banded Tegula eiseni
Turban, Black Tegula funebralis
Turban, Brown Tegula brunnea
Turban, Dusky Tegula pulligo
Turban, Gilded Tegula aureotincta
Turban, Red Lithopoma gibberosa
Turban, Smooth Brown Norrisia norrisi
Turban, Speckled Tegula gallina
Turban, Wavy Megastraea undosa
Unicorn, Checkered Acanthina paucilirata
Unicorn, Spotted Acanthina punctulata
Veiled-chiton Placiphorella velata
Veiled-chiton, Red Placiphorella rufa
Velvet Snail, Spiral Velutina velutina
Velvet Snail, Wavy Velutina undata
Venus, Banded Chione californiensis
Venus, Rock Irusella lamellifera
Venus, Smooth Chione fluctifraga
Venus, Wavy Chione undatella
Venus, White Amiantis callosa
Warbonnet, Mosshead Chirolophis nugator
Wentletrap, Boreal Opalia borealis
Wentletrap, Scallop-edged Opalia funiculata
Wentletrap, Tinted Nitidiscala tincta
Whelk, Dire Lirabuccinum dirum
Whelk, Kellet’s Kelletia kelletii
Worm, Bat Star Ophiodromus pugettensis
Worm, Giant Pile Nereis brandti
Worm, Honeycomb Sabellaria cementarium
Worm, Large Leaf Kaburakia excelsa
Worm, Northern Feather-duster Eudistylia vancouveri
Worm, Pile Nereis vexillosa
Worm, Porcupine Euphrosine sp.
Worm, Proboscis Glycera sp.
Worm, Sand-castle Phragmatopoma californica
Worm, Sheathed Bristle-cage Flabelligera affinis
Worm, Shell-binding Colonial Chone minuta
Worm, Shimmy (Sandworm) Nephtys sp.
Worm, Spiny Christmas-tree Spirobranchus spinosus
Worm, Tufted Proboscis Glycera americana

 

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