Intertidalist

[intertidalist]

The graceful decorator crab, Oregonia gracilis (by brillliantmistake)

[brilliantmistake]

Bryozoan on the red alga Microcladia

[intertidalist]

Corallina vancouverensis

[intertidalist]

Erythrocystis saccata growing on Sargassum muticum

[intertidalist]

Sargassum muticum

[intertidalist]

Sargassum muticum

[intertidalist]

Sargassum muticum from Two Harbors, Catalina

Brown algae. Order Fucales, Family Sargassaceae.

Introduced. Has longer, more widely spaced branchlets than S. agardhianum. Floats typically larger and  more spherical than S. agardhianum. 

[intertidalist]

Cryptopleura corallinara

[intertidalist]

Rosy thatched barnacle, Tetraclita rubescens

[intertidalist]

Halydris dioica

[intertidalist]

The sea condom, Halosaccion glandiforme

[intertidalist]

Hairy legged hermit crab, Pagurus hirsutiusculus

[intertidalist]

Ulva californica