Hatfield Marine Science Center Species ID: Tropical Tank Yellow Tang Blue Hepatus Tang Zebrasoma flavescens Paracanthurushepatus • Grazing herbivore • Native to Indo-Pacific waters • Complicated social structure • Primarily an herbivore • These were part of a research • Bony scalpel where the body project here at HMSC meets the caudal fin is used for defense Ocellaris Clownfish Silvery Moon Amphiprion ocellaris Monodactylus • Omnivorous • Usually found in estuaries, can • Females larger than males tolerate saltwater and freshwater • Will aggressively defend host • Omnivorous anemone Banggai Cardinalfish Matted Filefish Pterapogon kauderni Acreichthys tomentosus • From the Banggai Ar c hipelago in • From Indonesia Indonesia • Will often eat Aiptasia anemones • Mouthbrooders: males car r y t he (saltwater pests) eggs inside their mouth until they • Will sometimes eat coral polyps hatch Turbo Snail Blue Leg Hermit Crab Turbo tuberculosis Clibanarius tricolor • Turbo is a genus of large sea • Caribbean omnivore snails with gills and an • Great janitors for the aquarium, as operculum, marine gast r opod they eat detritus and algae molluscs in t he f amily • Occasionally kills a snail for its shell Turbinidae, t he turban snails if it can’t find an empty one • Turbo is t he genus f amily Mandarin Dragonet Blue Sided Fairy Synchiropus splendidus Wrasse • From the Indo-Pac if ic Cirrhilabruscyanopleura • Picky eater; only eats live • Sumatran omnivore copepods and mysid shrimp • This one had a bony tumor under its • Watch how it pecks at the tiny eye that was removed by our invertebrates living in and on the veterinarian, Dr. Miller-Morgan rocks • Notorious jumpers! ORESU-H-16-00 2 Hatfield Marine Science Center Squat Lobster Burrowing Sea Munida quadrispina Cucumber • Ranges from southern Cucumaria minitata Found in intertidal zones from Alaska to northern Mexico • • Eats carrion, detritus, and Alaska to northern Mexico Eats carrion, detritus, plankton small plankton • • After each tentacle fills with food, • Lives in deep, low-oxygen the cucumber curls it into its mouth environments and cleans it off! Sailfin Sculpin Grunt Sculpin Nautichthys oculofasciatus Rhamphocottus richardsonii • Ranges from Alaska to southern • Range from Japan to Alaska and California, intertidal down to California • Eats crustaceans • Eats small crustaceans, fish • Unusually large, forward-facing larvae, and other zooplankton dorsal fin aids in camouflage • When mating, female has to • Nocturnal chase and corner male Spot Prawn Acorn Barnacle Pandalus platyceros Balanus balanoides • Found from Japan to Alas k a and • Found in intertidal zones down to Baja • Eats small plankton and other • Eats small shrimp and other particles crustaceans, sponges, mollusks • Cement gland exudes a bonding • Starts life as male, changes into substance so strong that dental female after two years science is studying its properties Northern Spearnose Orange Cup Coral Poacher Tubastraea coccinea Agonopsis vulsa • Found in rocky reefs from Alaska to • Found from Alaska to southern Baja California California • Eats zooplankton • Eats small crustaceans and • While larvae, they crawl on rocks worms until they find optimal conditions, • Nocturnal bottom feeder then adhere to the roc k ’s s ur fac e Aggregating Anemone Heteractis crispa • Found in tide pools from Alaska to Baja California • Eats algae, small crustaceans, and other animals • Can reproduce by pulling itself apart to form two ORESU-H-16-00 2 Hatfield Marine Science Center Species ID: Touch Tank Strawberry Anenome Ochre Sea Star Corynactis californica Pisaster ochraceus • Found from British Colombia to • Found from Alaska to northern southern California Mexico • Grow in clusters on rocks, pilings, • Eats mussels by prying open their and ledges shell, inserting stomach into shell, • Eats copepods, small crustaceans, and slowly digesting and sucking fish larvae, and invertebrates out the mussel Bat Star Rough Keyhole Limpet Asterina miniata Diadora aspera • Found from Alaska to northern • Found from Alaska down to Mexico Nicaragua • Mainly an herbivore, eats • Grazes on algae using strong teeth diatoms and other algae • Like other sea stars, protrudes its stomach outside its body to feed Purple Sea Urchin Red Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Strongylocentrotus franciscanus • Lives in lower intertidal and • Found from Alaska to Baja nearshore subtidal communities California • Grazes on kelp and other types • Uses tube feet to help move food of seaweed to mouth • Can use spines, tube feet, and teeth to move quickly Red Abalone Hermit Crab Haliotis rufescens Coenobita compressus • Found from British Columbia to Baja • Lives in oceans, bays, and California but has been hunted to intertidal zones near extinction • Eats detritus, algae, small • Grazes on algae with its radula, a crustaceans, fishes, etc. mouthpart that resembles a rasp • Has tiny hairs all over body that help it sense the world Gumboot Chiton California Sea Cryptochiton stelleri Cucumber Parastichopus • Found from Japan to Alaska and californicus down to southern California • Found in shallow waters from Gulf of • An herbivore Alaska to Baja California • Leathery texture and color is due to • Eats organic debris, tiny animals the 20 or so species of red algae • When threatened, detaches and that live in and on its skin thrashes wildly to get away Green Anemone Anthopleura xanthogrammica • Found in shallow waters from Alaska down to Panama • Eats crustaceans, mus s els , fis h • Uses stinging cells in tentacles as protection from predators and to capture prey Aggregating Anemone Heteractis crispa • Found in tide pools from Alaska to Baja California • Eats algae, small crustaceans, and other animals • Can reproduce by pulling itself apart to form two ORESU-H-16-00 2 Hatfield Marine Science Center Species ID: Intertidal Tank Black Rockfish China Rockfish Sebastes melanops Sebastes nebulosus • Found from the Bering Sea • Found from theGulf ofAlaska to down to Baja California southern California • Eats shrimp, small fish, jellyf ish, • Eats mostly crustaceans, brittle squid, crab, crab eggs, octopus stars, and other invertebrates • Older females can produce • Can live longer than 79 years nearly 2 million eggs per year • Mostly nocturnal Quillback Rockfish Copper Rockfish Sebastes maliger Sebastes caurinus • Ranges from the Gulf of Alaska to • Found from Alaskadown to Baja southern California California • Eats crustaceans, herring, mollus c s • Eats crab, squids, octopuses, • Will defend its territory by chasing fish, sculpins and locking jaws with other • Sometimes shares a den with a rockfishes giant Pacific octopus Splitnose Rockfish Honeycomb Rockfish Sebastes diploproa Sebastes umbrosus • Found in the northeast Pacific • Native to Oregon coast, but now • Eats mostly shrimp, copepods, and found from centralCalifornia to other invertebrates southern Baja California • Often excavate a shallow home in • Mostly solitary, likes to hide in the mud rocky crevices • Can live longer than 103 years • Lives to 31–35 years Shiner Surfperch Striped Surfperch Cymatogaster aggregata Embiotoca lateralis • Found from southeastern Alaska to • Found from Alaska to Baja northern Baja California California • Eats mostly copepods • Eats snails, copepods,limpets, • Can be found in huge schools in crabs, shrimp, and other relatively shallow water invertebrates • Lives to around 6 years old • Can live up to9 years old Wolf Eel Monkeyface Prickleback Anarrhichthys ocellatus Cebidichthys violaceus • Found from Alaska down to Baja • Found from the central Oregon California coast down to Baja California • Eats mostly crabs, urchins, clams, • Adults are almost entirely octopuses, and other invertebrates herbivorous • Although fierce-looking, these • These fish are prized for their great animals are surprisingly gentle taste (would you eat one?) Gunnel Pholis • Found in shallow, rocky areas of the intertidal zone • Eats worms, small crustaceans, shrimp, and other invertebrates • Although it looks like an eel, it isn’t an eel at all Bay Pipefish Syngnathus leptorhynchus • Can be found in eel grass, where it is well hidden • The males carry the fertilized eggs of their offspring, and S deliver them as well • Can grow to 13 inches long ORESU-H-16-00 2 Hatfield Marine Science Center Species ID: Intertidal Tank Big Skate Spotted Ratfish Raja binoculata Hydrolagus colliei • Ranges from Alaska to northern • Ranges from Alaska to Mexico northern Mexico • Eats fish and crustaceans • Eats molluscs, crustaceans, • Has two big eyespots on wings to and small fish confuse predators • Like a shark, its skeleton is • Can grow to 8 feet wide constructed of cartilage Purple Sea Urchin Red Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Strongylocentrotus • This sea urchin species lives in franciscanus lower intertidal and nearshore • Ranges from Japan to northern subtidal communities Alaska down to northernMexico • Grows to a diameter of about 4 • Eats algae and invertebrates inches and lives as long as 70 • Can regrow its spine years • May reach 100 to 200 years old Columbia Sand Plumose Anemone Anemone Metridium senile Urticina Columbiana • Ranges from northern Alaska to • Ranges from Vancouver Island to northern Mexico northern Mexico • When disturbed, it discharges • Lives partly buried in soft bottoms stinging cells to paralyze its prey of sand, mud, or shells • Reproduces both sexually • Grows to 3 feet wide and asexually Green Anemone Strawberry Anemone Anthopleura xanthogrammica Corynactis californica