TIDAL POOLS AND SEA BIRDS CATTLE POINT JUNE 9, 2013 10:30 to 1 pm, sunny, 16’ - low tide 1.35 ft. at 11:03 am LIST PLANTS

SEAWEEDS Green algae Common Sea Lettuce (Ulva lactuca) Sea Hair (Enteromorpha intestinalis) Brown algae Stringy Acid Hair (Desmarestia sp. possibly viridis (brown) Pacific Rockweed (Fucus gardneri) Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) Sea Moss (Endocladia muricata) Sea Cauliflower (Lethesia difformis) Sugar Wrack/Tangle (Laminaria saccharina) Feather Boa (Egregis menziesii)- brown Sea Sacs ( glandiforme) Turkish Towel (Chondracanthus corymbiferus) Iridescent seaweed (Mazaella splendens) Branching Coralline Algae (Calliarthron sp., Corallina sp., Bassiella sp.) Encrusting Coralline Algae (Lithothamnion sp.) Tidepool Coralline Algae (Corallina sp.)

FLOWERING PLANTS Eelgrass (Zostera sp.) (may be surf grass in this location?) TOTAL PLANTS primary producers or photosynthesizers = 15 (algae are not plants)

ANIMALS INVERTEBRATES Coelenterates – Cnidarians “with hollow body” – jellyfish, anemones, corals, hydroids “Orange” Hydroid (? Possibly Garveia annulata) Green Aggregating Anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima) Red Anemone subtidal about 10 cm (possibly Cribrinopsis fernaldi) Moon Jelly (Aurelia labiata)

Molluscs – “soft bodies” – 8 shells Mossy (Mopalia muscosa) Snails – 1 shell Spindle Whelk (Searlesia dira) Ribbed Whelk or Dogwinkle (Thais emarginata) Dire Whelk ( dirum) Black Turban Snail () Checkered Periwinkle ( scutulatau) – 1 shell Shield (Lottia sp.) Keyhole Limpet (Diodora aspera) Bivalves – 2 shells Pacific Littleneck (Protothaca staminea) Butter Clam (Saxidomus giganteus) Bentnose Macoma (Macoma nasuta) Soft-Shell Clam (Mya arenaria) Olympia Oyster (Ostrea conchaphila) Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) ??Nuttall’s Cockle (Clinocardium nuttalli) (Mytilus californianus or edulis)

Octopus & Squid – no shell Giant Pacific Octopus (Octopus dofleini) – dead

Arthropods – “jointed legs” Acorn (Balanus glandula)

Crustaceans – “crusty exoskeletons” Crabs Hairy Shore Crab (Hemigrapsus oregonensis) Purple Shore Crab (Hemigrapsus nudus) Kelp (Shield-back) Crabs (Pugettia sp.) Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus) Dungeness Crab (Cancer magister) Porcelain Crab (Petrolisthes eriomerus) Black-Clawed Shore Crab (Lophopanopeus bellus) Hermit Crabs (Pagurus sp.) Isopod .5 cm - ?sp

Sea Stars, cucumbers, urchins, sand dollars (Echinodermata – “spiny skin”) Six-Ray Star (Leptasterias hexactis) Purple or Ochre Sea Star () Sunflower Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus sp.) 2 cm. whitish

VERTEBRATES Bony Fish Tidepool Sculpin (Oligocottus maculosus) A black sculpin about 10 cm long ? Tidepool Gunnels (2 short or no lateral lines) – pinpoint?, red, brown, black sp??

TOTAL = 38 TOTAL SPECIES =53

REFERENCES Sept, J.D. 2009. The Beachcomber’s Guide to Seashore Life in the Pacific Northwest. Revised edition. Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing. 1980. Tidepool & Reef RM Harbo. Hancock House Pub. June 9 2013. Marine Biologist Annette Dehalt and Various online sites.