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The following photographs are an introduction to some of the Common anemones, stars and mussels of the California intertidal zone. They were originally presented at the 2005 MARINe workshop at UC Santa Cruz. These photos are intended to accompany the “Guide to common California intertidal invertebrates: distinguishing Characteristics,” also presented at the 2005 workshop.
The slide show and guide are made available for personal use. Please contact the PISCO intertidalSWAT Team before using them for classes, workshops, or other public forums ([email protected]). For more information please see http://cbsurveys.ucsc.edu
UC Santa CruzSWAT Team
Presents:
Anemones, Stars & Mussels
Anemones
Anthopleura sola Anthopleura elegantissimaAnthopleura xanthogrammicaAnthopleura artemisiaUrticina felinaTealia lofotensisTealia coriacea
Photo © Haven Livingston
sola elegantissima
xanthogrammica artemisia
Anthopleura
Photo © SWAT Team
Photo © Clara Svedlund
Photo © Alison Kendall
Photo © SWAT Team
A. elegantissimaPhoto © Clara Svedlund
A. elegantissimaPhoto © Haven Livingston
A. sola
Photo © Patti Halpin Photo © Sheri Etchemendy
Photo © Sheri Etchemendy
A. sola
Photo © Haven Livingston
Photo © Clara Svedlund
A. xanthogrammica
Photo © Alison KendallPhoto © Alison Kendall
Photo © Alison Kendall Photo © Alison Kendall
A. elegantissima & A. xanthogrammica
A. artemisia
Photo © SWAT Team
Photo © SWAT Team
Photo © Lonhart
Tealia lofotensis
Photo © Haven Livingston
The name Telia has recently been restored from Urticina
Tealia coriaceaPhoto © Sheri Etchemendy
Photo © Sheri Etchemendy
Photo © Haven Livingston
The name Telia has recently been restored from Urticina
Urticina felina
Photo © Jan Haaga Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Photo © Jonathan Gross
The name felinarecently replacedcrassicornis
Urticina felina
Photo © Gerald and Buff Corsi, California Academy of Sciences
Urticina felina&
Photo © Steve Fradkin
Anthopleura xanthogrammica
Anemone yoga
Sea StarsPatiria miniataPisaster ochraceusLeptasteriasHenricia
Photo © Alison Kendall
Photo © Sheri Etchemendy
Patiria miniata(juvenile)
Photo © Sheri Etchemendy
Photo © Sheri Etchemendy
The name Patiria has recently been restored from Asterina
Pisaster ochraceus
Henricia (no name)
Photo © Darren Fong
Henricia
Photo © Steve Fradkin
Photo © Spencer Wood Photo © Spencer Wood
Leptasterias spp.
Photo © George W. Robinson, California Academy of Sciences
Photo © Sheri Etchemendy
Photo © Haven Livingston
Leptasterias brooding behavior
Photo © Ben Miner Photo © Ben Miner
The rare 7 arm Leptasterias
Photo © Joseph Dougherty, Society for Environmental Education
Henricia v. Leptasterias
Photo © Ben Miner
Leptasterias Henricia Leptasterias
LeptasteriasPhoto © Ben Miner
HenriciaPhoto © Ben Miner
Which one is it?
Photo © Ben Miner
P. ochraceus (juv) vs. Leptasterias
Photo © Eric SanfordPhoto © Sheri Etchemendy
Photo © Haven LivingstonPhoto © Alison Kendall
Photo © Alison Kendall
Pisaster giganteus
&Henricia
Photo © Heather Leslie
Photo © Sheri Etchemendy
Seastar yoga
Mussels
Mytilus californianusMytilus galloprovincialis/
trossulus
Photo © Sheri Etchemendy
M. californianus
M. galloprovincialis/trossulus
Photos © Robert H. Morris
M.
Photo © Patti Halpin
Photo © SWAT Team
Californianus
M. galloprovincialis/trossulus
Photo © Eric Sanford
M. galloprovincialis/trossulus
Photo © Sheri Etchemendy
Mytilus
Photo © Ben MinerPhoto © Ben Miner Photo © Ben Miner
galloprovincialis trossuluscalifornianuss
Mytilus galloprovincialisvariation
Photo © Ben Miner
Mytilus californianus
Photo © Ben Miner
Photo © Ben Miner
Mytilus trossulus
variations
Sara and the enormous Mytilus
Photo © Maya George