plant/animal reference) to get a bigger picture
Looking for organisms |
Team photo South Lagoon Point 2009 |
Killdeer Killdeer Killdeer |
Purple ribbon worm Paranemertes ingesting polychaete Paranemertes ingesting polychaete |
Aggregating anemone Anthopleura elegantissima splitting Anthopleura elegantissima splitting |
Opalescent nudibranch Hermissenda crassicornis Hermissenda crassicornis |
Leather limpet Onchidella borealis Onchidella borealis |
The tide dropped to the -3.8 foot level on June 22nd and Libby Hayward had the South Lagoon Point team hard at work seeking out data for that beach. And they found a lot! This team identified more than 80 species. Highlights for the day included the discovery of an
Aggregating anemone
aggregating anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima) aggregating anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima) in the process of splitting in two, watching a
Purple ribbon worm
purple ribbon worm ingesting a polychaete purple ribbon worm ingesting a polychaete, and finding a live Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) adhering to a boulder in the low intertidal zone. They also spied
Leather limpet
leather limpets (Onchidella borealis) leather limpets (Onchidella borealis) and an
Opalescent nudibranch
opalescent nudibranch (Hermissenda crassicornis) opalescent nudibranch (Hermissenda crassicornis). Pigeon guillemots were bobbing in the water just beyond the low tideline while a
Killdeer
killdeer
