Bibliography 5
Photographic credits 5
Introduction 6
Scientific, common names 6
Planning for tides 6
Beach Types 7
Tidelines on the Beach 8
Collecting, conservation 8
I. Animal - Invertebrates
Sponges 9
Crumb of Bread Sponge 9
Purple Encrusting Sponge 9
Yellow Boring Sponge 9
Hermit Crab Sponge 9
Anemones 10
Plumose (Frilled) Anemone 10
Giant Green Anemone 10
Aggregate Anemone 10
Hydroids 11
Orange Hydroid 11
Pink Mouth Hydroid (T.crocea) 11
Pink Mouth Hydroid (T. marina) 11
Hedgehog Hydroid 12
Sea Pens 12
Orange Sea Pen 12
Cup Corrals 12
Orange Cup Corel 12
Red Gorgonian 13
Jellyfish 14
Purple Jellyfish 13
Sail Jellyfish 14
Moon Jellyfish 14
Water Jellyfish 14
Sea Blubber 14
Comb Jellies 14
Comb Jelly (Sea Gooseberry) 14
Bryozoans - Moss Animals 15
Staghorn Bryozoan 15
Kelp Encrusting Bryozoan 15
Flatworms 15
Ribbon Worms 15
Green and Yellow Ribbon Worms 15
Segmented Worms 16
Calcareous Tube Worm 16
Cemented Tube Worm 16
Feather Duster Worm 16
Mussel or Clam Worm 16
Chitons 17
Giant Gumboot Chiton 17
Lined Chiton 17
Black Leather Chiton 17
Mossy Chiton 17
Snails 18
Northern Abalone 18
Black Abalone 18
Moon Snail 18
Frilled (Dogwinkle) Whelk 19
Ribbed (Dogwinkle) Whelk 19
Black Turban Snaeil 19
Leafy Hornmouth 19
Purple-Ringed Top Snail 20
Blue Top Snail 20
Mudflat Snail 20
Hairy (Oregon) Triton 20
Limpets 21
Whitecap Limpet 21
Rough Keyhole Limpet 21
Plate Limpet 21
Speckled (Mask) Limpet 21
Finger (Ribbed) Limpet 21
Nudibranchs - Sea Slugs 22
Ringed Nudibranch 22
Spanish Shawl 22
Speckled Sea Lemon 22
Orange Spotted Nudibranch 22
Hooded (Lion) Nudibranch 22
Bivalves 23
(Clams, Oysters, Mussels, Scallops)
Native Littleneck Clam 23
Manila Clam 23
Butter Clam 23
Cockles 23
Geoduck Clam 24
Horse Clam (T. capax) 24
Horse Clam (T. nuttallii) 24
Razor Clam 24
Pacific Oyster 24
Bay (Blue) Mussel 25
California Mussel 25
Purple-Hinged Rock Scallop 25
Pacific Pink (Smooth) Scallop 25
Spiny Pink Scallop 25
Octopus and Squid 26
Opalescent Squid 26
Opalescent Squid Eggs 26
Giant Pacific Octopus 26
Shrimp and Prawns 27
Coonstripe (Dock) Shrimp 27
Prawn (Spot Shrimp) 27
Blue Mud Shrimp 27
Bay Ghost Shrimp 27
Barnacles 28
Acorn Barnacle 28
Giant Barnacle 28
Thatched Barnacle 28
Goose Barnacle 28
Pelagic Goose Barnacle 28
Crabs 29
Hairy Shore Crab 29
'Purple' Shore Crab 29
Kelp Crab (southern) 29
Pea Crab 29
Red Rock Crab 30
Dungeness Crab 30
Puget Sound King Crab 30
Box Crab 31
Porcelain Crab 31
Orange Hermit Crab 31
Hairy Hermit Crab 31
Sea Stars 32
Six-Ray Star 32
Striped Sunstar Star 32
Morning Sunstar 32
Purple (Ochre) Sea Star 32
Mottled Star 33
Leather Star 33
Giant Spined Star 33
Sunflower Star 33
Bat Star 33
Sea Cucumbers 34
California Sea Cucumber 34
Orange Sea Cucumber 34
Sand Dollars and Sea Urchins 34
Sand Dollar 34
Green Sea Urchin 35
Purple Sea Urchin 35
(Giant) Red Sea Urchin 35
Sea Squirts and Tunicates 36
Transparent Sea Squirt 36
Stalked Sea Squirt 36
Sea Pork Tunicate 36
Animals - Vertabrata
Fishes - Cartilaginous 37
Ratfish 37
Bony Fishes 37
California Moray Eel 37
Perch 38
Shiner Perch 38
Striped Perch 38
Greenlings 38
Kelp Greenling 38
Lingcod 38
Rockfishes 39
Copper Rockfish 39
Quillback Rockfish 39
Yelloweye Rockfish (Red Snapper) 39
Sculpins 39
Tidepool Sculpin 39
Damselfishes 39
Garibaldi 39
Marine Mammals 40
Seals, Sea Lions, Sea Otters
Harbor Sea 40
Northern Elephant Seal 40
Stellar (Northern) Sea Lion 40
Northern Fur Seal 41
California Sea Lion 41
Sea Otter 41
Whales
Killer Whales or Orca 42
Gray Whale 42
Minke Whale 42
Humpback Whale 42
II. Plants - Seaweeds
Green Seeweeds 43
Sea Staghorn (Sponge Weed) 43
Sea Lettuce 43
Sea Hair 43
Brown Seaweeds 44
Rockweed 44
Bull Kelp 44
Giant Kelp 44
Feather Boa Kelp 45
Sea Palm 45
Sea Moss 45
Red Seaweeds 45
Purple Laver (Nori) 45
Sea Sac 45
Graceful (Tidepool) Coral 46
Encrusting Coralline Seaweed 46
Seed Plants 46
Eelgrass 46
Surfgrass 46
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