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This is a self-directed slide show; click on small image to change image on the right.
Hopkins Rose Nudibranch
Giant Green Sea Anemone
Chiton
California Frog Shell
Brittle Stars
Tidepool Sculpin
Bat Star
Striped Shore Crab
Turban Snail
Sea Hare
Red and Purple Sea Urchins
Pvariegated amphissa
Ochre Sea Star
California Mussel
Two Spot Octopus
Chestnut Crowry
Hermit Crab
Limpets and Acorn Barnacles
Owl Limpet, Goose Neck Barnacles, Mussels Wrinkled Dove Snail Wavy Turban Snail
Rose Nudibranch
Hopkin's Rose Nudibranch (Hopkinsia rosacaea) ~ Hopkins rose is a lovely species belonging to the dorid group of nudibranchs. The tentacle-like structures on its dorsal surface are unusual for a dorid nudibranch. As a dorid, the Hopkins rose has a set of two elongated receptor organs at the head (anterior) end -- the rhinophores. A second feature of dorid nudibranchs is the set of gills at the posterior end of the body. The Hopkins rose nudibranch range is from Oregon to Baja California.  It feeds on another pink animal, the bryozoan, Eurystomella bilabiata, a lovely rose-colored bryozoan found under rocks in the low tide zone and below, from Southern California to Alaska.