Larval crab from the 

 Gulf of the Farallones, 

 greatly magnified. 



- Sample of plankton collected in the Gulf of 

 the Farallones, showing a larval rockfish, euphausiid 

 shrimp (krilll, and other zooplankton. (Photograph from 

 Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.) 



i Red sea urchins, harvested for sushi, are one of 

 many commercially important coastal species in the 

 Gulf of the Farallones with swimming larval forms that 

 drift as plankton during the spring. (Photograph from 

 Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.) 



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