Southern California Beach Debris Pictorial Database of Commonly Observed Species click here for a pdf of all photos in the database  Marine Plants   Angiophyta - Flowering Plants     Our 2 Angiophytes     Phyllospadix w flowers     Phyllospadix     Zostera   Chlorophyta - Green Algae     Codium     Enteromorpha     Ulva   Phaeophyta - Brown Algae     Cystoseira base     Cystoseira top     Cystoseirawrack     Dictyopteris undulata     Egregia alt form     Egregia wrack     Egregia     Halidrys dioica     Macrocystis apical fronds     Macrocystis holdfast     Macrocystissporophylls     Macrocystis wrack     Pelvetia fastigiata     Sargassum 2     Sargassum   Rhodophyta - Red algae     Bossiella californica     Calliarthron sp     Callophyllis sp     Gelidium coulteri     Gigartina     Microcladia     Pterocladia   Marine Animals   Bryozoa - small colonial animals     Bugula neritina 1     Bugula neritina 2     Membranipora on Macrocystis 1     Membranipora on Macrocystis 2     Membranipora on Macrocystis 3     Thalmoporella californica   Chordata - chordates     Aves - marine birds       Calidris alba feeding - sanderling       Calidris alba - sanderling       Catoptrophorus semipalmatus - willet       Hydroprogne caspia - caspian  tern       Larus delawarensis - ring billed gull       Larus heermani adults - heerman’s gull       Larus heermani juv - heerman’s gull       Larus juvenile - gull       Larus mass - gulls       Larus occidentalis adult - western gull       Larus occidentalis in flight - western gull       Larus philadelphia in flight - bonaparte’s gull       Larus philadelphia - bonaparte’s gull       Limosa fedoa feeding - marbled godwit       Limosa fedoa wading - marbled godwit       Limosa fedoa - marbled godwit       Numenius phaeopus - whimbrel       Pelicanus occidentalis flock flying - brown pelicans       Pelicanus occidentalis in flight 1 - brown pelican       Pelicanus occidentalis in flight 2 - brown pelican     Chondrichthyes - sharks and rays       Platyrhinoidis triseriata - thornback       Rhinobatos productus - shovelnose     Osteichthyes - boney fishes       Amphistichus argenteus - barred surfperch       Hyperprosopon argenteum - walleye surfperch       Scomber japonicus - pacific mackerel       Umbrina roncador - yellowfin croaker     Urochordata - salps       salp fragment   Cnidaria - stinging gelatinous animals     Aglaophenia close     hydroids (Obelia) on kelp 2     hydroids (Obelia) on kelp     Pelagia beach debris - purple jelly     Sertularia sp   Crustacea - crustaceans     Cirripedia - barnacles       Balanus nubilis shells       Balanus sp - misc       Balanus tintinabulum encrusted       Lepas anatifera on Macrocystis     Malacostraca - larger crustaceans       Blepharipoda Emerita Lepidopa - ventral - 3 sand crab species       Blepharipoda Emerita Lepidopa - dorsal - 3 sand crab species       Emerita analoga shells - sand crab       Emerita exuvia - sand crab       Emerita - sand crab       Panulirus femal w sperm packet - spiny lobster       Panulirus moulting carapace - spiny lobster Echinodermata - spiny skinned animals     aristotles lantern - live S. purpuratus - purple urchin     Dendraster shell series - sand dollar     Dendraster w parasitic Balanus pacificus - sand dollar w barnacle     Strongylocentrotus franciscanus test aboral - red urchin     Strongylocentrotus purpuratus tests oral & aboral - purple urchin   Mollusca - soft, muscular bodied animals, most have a shell     Bivalvia - mollusks with 2 shells       Argopecten aequisulcatus shell int juv w hole - scallop       Chama pellucida shell series - rock oyster       Crassadoma gigantea int & ext - rock scallop       Donax gouldii - 3 shell series - bean clam       Lithophaga plumula - date mussel       Macoma secta int & ext - white sand clam       Mytilus - both spp int & ext - 2 species of mussels       Mytilus californianus byssus - california mussel       Parapholas californica - piddock       Protothaca staminea juv int & ext - littleneck clam       Tivela stultorem shell series - pismo clam     Gastropoda - snails & slugs       Astraea undosa opercula - wavy turban       Astraea undosa - wavy turban       Conus californicus shell series - california cone       Crepidula dorsal & ventral - slipper shell       Fissurella volcano - volcano limpet       Kelletia kelletii dorsal & ventral - kellet's whelk       Littorina sp - periwinkle       Lottia gigantea dorsal & ventral - owl limpet       Megasurcula dorsal & ventral - carpenter's turret       Norrisia norrisii shell series - kelp snail       Olivella biplicata shell series - purple olive       Polinices lewisii aperture views - moon snail       Pteropurpura festiva - 3 winged murex       Serpulorbis squamigerous shell series - scaley tube snail       Tegula sp - black turban snail last updated 9/6/2001

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