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Fieldtrip to Cabrillo Aquarium, San Pedro, CA, January 25, 2008

Visit to Cabrillo	Ochre seastar (Pisaster ochraceus)	Purple urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Giant green anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica)	Good illustration except for the radiating lines on the oral disk (usually apparent only A. sola, not A. xanthogrammica)	A. xanthogrammica
Sunburst anemone (Anthopleura sola)	A. sola	A. sola
A. sola	Urticina lofotensis	Tube anemone (?Pachycerianthus fimbriatus, ID unconfirmed)
California scorpionfish (Scorpaena guttata)	Anemone close-up	Serpulorbis squamigerus
S. squamigerus and spiny brittle star (Ophiothrix spiculata)	S. squamigerus and brittlestars	S. squamigerus, brittlestar, and sabellid polychaete
S. squamigerus feeding with mucus strands	S. squamigerus, brittlestar, and sabellid polychaete	S. squamigerus and brittlestars
S. squamigerus	S. squamigerus	Red urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) and spiny brittlestar
California brown sea hare (Aplysia californica)	Chestnut cowrie (Cypraea spadicea)	C. spadicea
C. spadicea	C. spadicea	C. spadicea feeding on kelp
C. spadicea feeding on kelp	Wavy top turban snail (Lithopoma undosum)	Wavy top and abalone
Gastropod mouth and foot	Gelidium robustum	Cystoseira osmundacea
Sargassum muticum	Laurencia pacifica	Dictyopteris undulata
Anthopleura sola and Patiria miniata	Pisaster ochraceus and Patiria miniata	Patiria miniata and Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Tidepool display	Mural detail of Anthopleura sola and Mopalia muscosa	Diverse diet
Seven-arm bat star, Patiria miniata	Patiria miniata and brittle stars	Spiny brittle star (Ophiothrix spiculata)
Seven-arm Patiria miniata	Pisaster brevispinus (top) and Dermasterias imbricata	Leather seastar (Dermasterias imbricata)
Warty sea cucumber (Parastichopus parvimensis)	Styela cf. montereyensis and (?) Muricea californica (California golden gorgonian, ID unconfirmed)	Strawberry anemone (Corynactis californica)
Red gorgonian (Lophogorgia chilensis, ID unconfirmed)	Hermissenda crassicornis (Opalescent nudibranch)	Hermissenda crassicornis
Hermissenda crassicornis	Rockweed gunnel (Xererpes flucorum)	Rockweed gunnels
Rockweed gunnels	Rockweed gunnels	Wooly sculpin (Clinocottus analis)
Rockweed gunnels	Rockweed gunnels	Hemisquilla ensigera (Mantis shrimp)
Hemisquilla ensigera (Mantis shrimp)	Bluebanded goby and strawberry anemones	Bluebanded goby and strawberry anemones
Octopus bimaculatus (see here for links)	Octopus bimaculatus	Octopus bimaculatus
Octopus bimaculatus	Octopus bimaculatus	Octopus bimaculatus
Octopus bimaculatus	Octopus bimaculatus	Octopus bimaculatus
Octopus bimaculatus	Octopus bimaculatus	Octopus bimaculatus
Octopus anatomy	Giant sea bass (Pacific black sea bass), Stereolepis gigas - probably raised at Cabrillo Aquarium	Giant sea bass
Giant sea bass	Copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)	Popeye catalufa (Pseudopriacanthus serrula)
Found in a kelp holdfast	Painted greenling (Oxylebius pictus)	Kelp forests
Sea pansy (Renilla koellikeri)	Sea pansy (Renilla koellikeri)	Orange sea pen (Ptilosarcus gurneyi)
Orange sea pen (Ptilosarcus gurneyi)	Bioluminescent animals	Elephant seal skulls
Seabirds that breed on Channel Is.	Pinnipeds that breed on Channel Is.	California seabirds
Seabird feeding diversity	Newborn grey whale skull (top)	Grey whale at one year
Exploration Center	Daily tasks in Aquatic Nursery	Phytoplankton culturing in Aquatic Nursery
Larval culture apparatus	Elbow crab scope close-up in Exploration Center	MJ and fish
MJ and fish	unidentified	Rockfish species
Wrapping up	Camera shy goby	Camera shy goby
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