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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
California Frog Shell Snail
California Frog Shell (Bursa californica) ~ The female lays her eggs inside a 1/2 clam shell. The animal uses its proboscis as a tool to pull out spines from a sea urchin. It then inserts its proboscis into the mouth of the sea urchin and eats out the tissue.