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Posted by Merry on October 20, 2015 at 17:16:13:
Fish-eating Anemone, Urticina piscivora
Juvenile Fish-eating Anemone, Urticina piscivora, referenced from Lamb and Hanby, 2005.
Giant plumose Anemone, Metridium farcimen
Crimson Anemone, Cribrinopsis fernaldi
These other-worldly-colored anemones are found where there’s maximum surge, very shallow, just beneath the surface.
Green Surf Anemone, Anthopleura xanthogrammica
Small Pink Anemone – couldn’t find ID
Painted Anemone, Urticina crassicornis
Stubby Anemone, Urticina coriacea
Upside-down Anemone – ID needed
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw this anemone in the shallows. Pink and white copepods were bustling across its oral disc. WHAT? They looked like sprinkles on a donut.
Smooth Scallop Sponge, Mycale adhaerens
Yellow Hairy Sea Spiders on Red Soft Coral, Tanystylum anthomasti and Gersemia rubiformis
The anemone, Metridium senile, and Peach Ball Sponge, Suberites montiniger
Deep Blue Sponge, Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta
The tunicate, Distaplia occidentalis
Soft Coral
Metridium senile
Pink-mouth Hydroid, Ectopleura marina
Snails on Orange Sponge
Vancouver phoronid, Phoronopsis vancouverensis
Pacific Sea Peach Tunicate, Halocynthia aurantium
Calcareous Tubeworm Serpula columbiana
Fringed Filament Worm, Dodecaceria fewkesi & Serpulid Worm
Yoke-bearing Calcareous Tube Worm, Crucigera zygophora
Yoke-bearing Calcareous Tubeworm
Serpula columbiana
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