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TEXTBOOK OF ZOOLOGY 



Typical Pacific Shore Animals 



NAME 



HABITAT ZONE 



Porifera 



Beneira cmeria, purple sponge 

 Plocamia karykinos, red sponge 

 Leucosolenia eleanor, cream colored sponge 

 Leucon/ia heatM, sharp-spined sponge 



Coelenterata 



Garveia annulata, hydroid 

 Eudendrvum calif orniaum, hydroid 

 Tubularia marina, solitary hydroid 

 Aglaophenia struthionides, ostrich plume 



hydroid 

 Gonionemus vertens, hydroid medusa 

 Velella lata, siphonophore 

 Stylatula elongata, sea pen 

 Benilla amiethystina, sea pansy 

 Cribrina xanthogrammica, large green 



anemone 

 Cribrina elegantissima, verrucose anemone 

 Epiactis prolifera, brown anemone 

 Metridimm, dianthus, anemone 

 Balanophyllia elegans, orange-red coral 



Ctenophora 



Pleurobrachia bachei, "cat's eye" comb 



jelly 



Bolinopsis microptera, comb jelly 



Platyhelminthes 



Planocera califomica, large flatworm 

 Leptoplana acticola, polyclad worm 

 Polychoerus caudatus, red flatworm 

 Nemertina 



Amphiporus bimaculatus, orange nemertine 



worm 

 Emplectonema gracile, yellowish green 



nemertine worm 



Bryozoa 



Bulgula califormca, purple Bryozoa 

 Bulgula pacifica, bryozoan 



Annelida 



Audounia luxuriosus, hairy gilled worm 

 Nereis vexillosa, mussel worm 

 Nereis brandti, large mussel worm 

 Lwrnbrinereis sp., nereid worm 



MoUusca 



Pelecypoda 



Siliqua paUila, razor clam 

 Tivela stultorum, pismo clam 

 Mytilis edulis, edible clam 

 Mytilis californiamts, mussel 

 Ostraea lurida, western oyster 



Middle tide pool rocks 



Middle tide pool rocks 



Middle tide pool rocks 



Middle tide pool rocks 



Lower tide pools 

 Lower tide pools 

 Lower tide pools 



Lower tide pools 

 Eel grass at water edge 

 Driven ashore by storm 

 Mud flat below tide 

 Sand flats 



Rocks, lower tide pools 

 Eocks, middle tide 

 Eocks, middle tide pools 

 Low tide pilings 

 Rocks, middle tide pools 



Cast ashore (Planktonic) 

 Cast ashore (Planktonic) 



Eocky shore, high tide levels 

 Eocky shore, upper tide pools 

 Middle tide pools 



Middle tide pools 

 Middle shore 



Lower tide pools 

 Middle tide pools 



Between rocks and in mud 



Cosmopolitan 



Cosmopolitan 



Mud and sand flats 



Sandy beaches 

 Sandy beaches 

 Sandy beaches 

 Sub-tide and half-tide 

 Low tide, rocky bay 



