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variety and abundance of life. There are the sea weeds, brown, 

 green and red, of many kinds and in great abundance over the 

 rocks near shore as well as farther out. Nearly a hundred 

 sjjecies of these have been identified so far. Sponges both simple 

 and complex are found in the kelp. Sea anemones are abundant 

 over rocks and in the tide pools near shore. In the sand and 

 imder rocks are many kinds of segmented worms, while fiat 

 worms and round worms are also abundant in various places. 



Polypus bimaculatus. From Berry, first Laguna report. 



There are three kinds of starfish, three species of sea urchins, 

 several sorts of brittle stars and two species of holothurians, all 

 of which may be obtained at low tide. Of the snail-like animals 

 a large number have been found, many of the smaller ones have 

 very beautiful markings and shades of color ; there seems to be 

 a variation in the occurrence of these from year to year. Among 

 the larger molluscs are the key-hole limpet, abalone and the sea 

 hare. Over fifty species of shells were collected one summer 



