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Longnose Skate Raja rhina

•Bottom dweller often partially or entirely buried in the sand

•Coloration is used to camouflage

•Undulates the pectoral fins in a sweeping motion appearing to fly through the water

Sailfin SculpinNautichthys oculofasciatus

* Range: Alaska to Southern California* Habitats: open rocky shore, tide pools* One of the most commonly encountered hermit crabs on Oregon coast.* These crabs must find a new larger shell as they grow.* These crabs are omnivorous: we feed them fish meat or gel food a mixture of fish food, shrimps, vegetables and vitamins)

Blue- handed Hermit Crab(Pagurus samuelis)

Blue- handed Hermit Crab(Pagurus samuelis)

•Grows to 12" (30 cm).

•Lives up to 11 years

•Found in shallow to mid depths, 2–475 m, either on soft bottoms or reefs.

•Feeds on invertebrates like crustaceans and worms

•Found from Bering Sea to Eureka, California.•Rarely caught by anglers, is often netted by trawlers, but not kept

Sturgeon Poacher Podothecus acipenserinus

Sturgeon Poacher Podothecus acipenserinus

• Grows to 9” (22.9 cm).

• Range from Alaska to Baja California.

• 2 year life span

• Brood in late spring to early winter

• Feeds mostly on crustaceans, mollusks and fish.

• Can assume a wide range of colors

Red Octopus Octopus rubescens

Red Octopus Octopus rubescens

•Grows up to 16 inches long, Sea cucumbers eat decaying materials, algae and plankton•When attacked, some cucumbers throw out their internal organs to distract any predators. Then they can grow new innards!•Sea Cucumbers are harvested, dried and sold as a delicacy in Asia

California sea cucumberParastichopus californicus

•Red abalone are cultured here at Hatfield Marine Science Center on a diet of specially grown algae•Size to at least 11.76 inches, commonly 6-8 inches. •World's largest abalone.

Red AbaloneHaliotis rufescens

Orange Cup CoralBalanophyllia elegans

•Corals in the cold waters along the coast of Oregon don't build reefs like their tropical kin do. This coral does make its own outer skeleton: that cuplike limestone base underneath.

•Found from British Columbia to central Baja California

•The green color is due to the presence of algae that live with in the tissues•Feeds on whatever animals come within reach of the tentacles. •Attaches to rocks from intertidal to about 100 feet

Giant green anemoneAnthopleura xanthogrammica

Squat lobstersMunida spp

•Though they look like lobsters, they’re more closely related to hermit crabs•Hiding under rocks to protect their bodies. Squat lobsters wait for snacks to settle nearby—those claws are perfect for reaching out and picking up food.

Oregon cancer crab Cancer oregonensis

Tidepool sculpinOligocottus maculosus

•Has the ability to blend in with their surroundings, useful in escaping from enemies and in capturing their prey by ambush. •Studies have shown that, they can find their home pool even when displaced up to 335 feet away from it for more than six months.

•Coon-stripe shrimp occur intertidally when immature, but migrate into deeper waters as they grow older• Adults are an important food species with several other shrimp, found subtidally and caught in trawls.

Coon-striped shrimpPandalus danae

PURPLE SEA URCHIN Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

•Habitats from the low intertidal zone to about 30 feet from Alaska to Baja California. •Sea urchins eat plant and animal matter, including kelp, decaying matter, algae and dead fish.

•This beautiful colonizing anemone is found from Mexico to British Columbia•Found in high current, nutrient rich water. •Stinging cells called “nematocysts” stun small animals so they are easy to capture and eat.

Strawberry AnemoneCorynactis californica

•The many branching arms are used to trap small food items. •This animal is found in high current areas. •A big specimen might be 8 to 12 inches across.•Range is circumpolar to southern California

Basket StarGorgonocephalus eucnemis

CabazonScorpaenichthys marmoratus

•Cabazon are the largest of the sculpin family, reaching two and one half feet long•Adults spawn on rocky outcrops; males guard the eggs until they hatch. The larval young drift out to sea, then develop into small, silvery fish that often hide under mats of drifting kelp. •As they grow older, the fish settle into tide pools, then move deeper to reefs and kelp forests.

•Cousin to the seahorse, pipefish usually swim upright, staying close to beds of eelgrass they hide among the blades. •When a pipefish feeds, it gets an inch (2.5 cm) away from its tiny prey—and slurps it up.

Bay pipefishSyngnathus leptorhynchus

TubesnoutAulorhynchus flavidus

•Tubesnouts often form large schools in shallow water particularly at night.• During breeding season the male develops a white and black snout and bright red

•Eelgrass is one of the few marsh plants to grow under water in the slough.•Eelgrass beds are home to a variety of animals, including perfectly camouflaged pipefish that look like leaves with eyeballs.• Other slough inhabitants, like worms and shrimps, burrow in the mud around its roots. The blades provide mooring for herring eggs, hydroids and others.

EelgrassZostera marina

Frilled Anemone Metridium senile

•Eats tiny planktonic organisms as well as small dead animals carried on the current. •Commonly found in Northern hemisphere, Atlantic and Pacific temperate oceans.•

Rock ScallopHinnites giganteus

•Young animals live free, actively swimming, but then attach themselves to rocks. The mantle edge is bright orange. •This species is also known as the Purple-hinged Rock Scallop.

•Young animals live free, actively swimming, but then attach themselves to rocks. The mantle edge is bright orange. •This species is also known as the Purple-hinged Rock Scallop.

Rock ScallopHinnites giganteus

PURPLE SEA URCHIN Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

•Habitats from the low intertidal zone to about 30 feet from Alaska to Baja California. •The favorite food of the purple sea urchin is kelp. We feed them dulse, kelp and gel food.

•Young animals live free, actively swimming, but then attach themselves to rocks. The mantle edge is bright orange. •This species is also known as the Purple-hinged Rock Scallop.

Rock ScallopHinnites giganteus

Aggregating AnemoneAnthropleura elegantissima

•Found in dense populations or solitary, on rock walls, boulders, or pilings; from between high- and low-tide lines to low-tide line.•Found from Alaska to Baja California. 

•The green color is due to the presence of algae that live with in the tissues•Feeds on whatever animals come within reach of the tentacles. •Attaches to rocks from intertidal to about 100 feet

Giant green anemoneAnthopleura xanthogrammica

•This beautiful colonizing anemone is found from Mexico to British Columbia•Found in high current, nutrient rich water. •Stinging cells called “nematocysts” stun small animals so they are easy to capture and eat.

Strawberry AnemoneCorynactis californica