Balanus glandula

-medium sized, white,'acorn'barnacle

Chlorostoma funebralis

Black Turban Snail

dark shell, white tip

Chthamalus dalli

small, grey barnacle with brown centre

Dermasterias imbricata

Leather/Garlic Star

leathery slimy skin, no rough ossicles

reddish-brown in colour

Fucus garneri

Fucoid algae, brown-yellow in colour

gas-filled sacs at termini

Hemigrapsus nudus

Purple shore crab

purple/green morphs

spots on claws

no hair on legs

Hemigrapsus oregonensis

Green shore crab

hair on legs,no spots on claws

Littorina scutulata

checkered, elongated spire,periwinkle

Littorina sitkana

Sitka periwinkle

squat,dark , small

Anthopleura xanthogrammica

green, large anemone

Mytilus californianus

California mussel, large

grooved,specks of brown,prominent shell nubbin

Mytilus trossilus

small, dark, light brown colour morph

no grooves, subtle shell nubbin

Nucella lamellosa

prominent siphonal groove, P-shaped aperture, thick shell

Nucella ostrina

D-shaped aperture, subtle siphonal groove

purple lip

Petrolisthes cinctipes

Porcelain Crab

flattened, 6 walking legs, "mops" on claws

Pisaster ochraceus

bright colour morphs, rough to touch

Pollicipes polymerus

Goose-neck barnacle

stalked, beaked shell plates

Semibalanus cariosus

Thatched, volcanic-shape,2 shell plates

Anthopleura elegantissima

smaller anemone, pink tinged tentacles

Lottia digitalis

Limpet, hand-like in shape