invertebrates - sandy mudflats

phylum Arthropoda

• bay ghost shrimp (Neotrypaea californiensis)*

phylum Mollusca

• little neck clam (Leukoma staminea)*

• macoma clam (Macoma sp.)*

• horseneck clam (Tresus sp.)*

phylum Annelida

• fat innkeeper worm (Urechis unicinctus)*

invertebrates - rocky intertidal zone

phylum Cnidaria

• aggregating anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima)

• giant green anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica)

phylum Arthropoda

• lined shore crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)

• Pacific rock crab (Romaleon antennarium)

• Pacific acorn barnacle (Balanus glandula)*

• buckshot barnacles (Chthamalus spp.)

phylum Mollusca

• leafy hornmouth (Ceratostoma foliatum)

• limpets (Lottia spp.)

• brown tegula (Tegula brunnea)

• black tegula (Tegula funebralis)

• soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria)*

• California mussel (Mytilus californianus)

fish

• monkeyface prickleback (Cebidichthys violaceus)*

• woolly sculpin (Clinocottus analis)*

birds

• great blue heron (Ardea herodias)

• brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

• sandpiper (family Scolopacidae)

* = first identified species encounter