Rocky Shore Activity How many creatures of the rocky shore you can find? You can use the field guide on the next page to help identify them.

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Aggregating anemone Brown pelican Giant green anemone Red octopus Six-rayed star Barnacle California mussel Giant kelp Red sea urchin Striped shore crab Black oystercatcher California sea otter Harbor seal Sea lemon Sunflower star Black turban snail Decorator crab Ochre star Sea palm Tidepool sculpin

1. Ro

ugh

limpe

t Lo

ttia

sca

bra

2.

Gian

t aco

rn b

arna

cle

Bal

anu

s n

ub

ilus

3.

Peri

win

kle

Lit

tori

na

spp.

4.

Rock

wee

d S

ilvet

ia c

om

pre

ssa

5.

Rock

wee

d Fu

cus

gar

dn

eri

6.

Sea

lett

uce

Ulv

a sp

p.

7.

Sea

palm

P

oste

lsia

pal

mae

form

is

8.

Barn

acle

B

alan

us

spp.

9.

Aggr

egat

ing

anem

one

An

tho

ple

ura

ele

gan

tiss

ma

10.

Stal

ked

barn

acle

P

olli

cip

es p

oly

mer

us

11.

Herm

it cr

ab

Pag

uru

s sp

p.

12.

Ochr

e st

ar

Pis

aste

r o

chra

ceu

s

13.

Slip

per

snai

l C

rep

idu

la a

du

nca

14.

Blac

k tu

rban

sna

il Te

gu

la f

un

ebra

lis

15.

Dogw

inkl

e sn

ail

Nu

cella

sp.

16.

Pean

ut w

orm

P

has

colo

som

a ag

assi

zii

17.

Six-

raye

d st

ar

Lept

aste

rias

hex

acti

s

18.

Stri

ped

shor

e cr

ab

Pac

hyg

raps

us

cras

sip

es

19.

Feat

her

boa

kelp

E

gre

gia

men

zies

ii

20.

Turk

ish

tow

el

Ch

on

dra

can

thu

s sp

p.

21.

Red

cora

lline

alg

ae

Co

ralli

na

offi

cin

alis

22.

Gian

t gre

en a

nem

one

An

tho

ple

ura

xa

nth

og

ram

mic

a

23.

Nere

id w

orm

N

erei

s sp

.

24.

Porc

elai

n cr

ab

Pet

rolis

thes

sp.

25.

Calif

orni

a m

usse

l M

ytilu

s ca

lifo

rnia

nu

s

26.

Tide

pool

scu

lpin

O

ligo

cott

us

mac

ulo

sus

27.

Crus

tose

cor

allin

e al

gae

Mel

ob

esia

med

iocr

is

28.

Oarw

eed

Lam

inar

ia s

etch

ellii

29.

Gian

t kel

p M

acro

cyst

is in

teg

rifo

lia

30.

Surf

gras

s P

hyllo

spad

ix s

pp.

31.

Deco

rato

r cr

ab

Loxo

rhyn

chu

s cr

ispa

tus

32.

Red

sea

urch

in

Str

on

gyl

oce

ntr

otu

s

fran

cisc

anu

s

33.

Purp

le s

ea u

rchi

n S

tro

ng

ylo

cen

tro

tus

p

urp

ura

tus

34.

Sunf

low

er s

tar

Pyc

no

po

dia

hel

ian

tho

ides

35.

Sea

lem

on

An

iso

do

ris

no

bili

s

36.

Red

octo

pus

Oct

op

us

rub

esce

ns

37.

Leat

her

chito

n K

ath

arin

a tu

nic

ata

38.

Prol

ifera

ting

anem

one

Ep

iact

is p

rolif

era

39.

Encr

ustin

g sp

onge

H

alic

lon

a sp

.

40. B

lack

oys

terc

atch

er

Hae

mat

op

us

bach

man

i

41.

Harb

or s

eal

Ph

oca

vit

ulin

a

42.

Calif

orni

a se

a ot

ter

En

hyd

ra lu

tris

ner

eis

43.

Brow

n pe

lican

P

elec

anu

s o

ccid

enta

lis

44.

Line

d ch

iton

Ton

icel

la li

nea

ta

45.

Nail

brus

h se

awoo

d E

nd

ocl

adia

mu

rica

ta

3

10

1

5

9

4

2

6

15

8

14

13

11

12

19

23

30

39

40

16

18

17

44

19

25

37

35

45

33

34

29

27

31

20

9

21

42

36

32

41

30

43

24

28

26

14

22

7 22

25

33

38