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Fieldtrip to Crystal Cove State Park, Newport Coast, Orange Co., CA, March 27, 2009

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-	Mopalia muscosa (mossy chiton)	Nuttallina fluxa in its home depression
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Cyanoplax keepiana	Keep's chiton, Cyanoplax keepiana, unidentified peanut worms (Sipuncula), and Opalia cf. chacei (small white snail that feeds on anemones)	-
-	Lottia asmi (black limpet) living on the shell of a A. eiseni (western banded turban snail)	-
This owl limpet has a scar, probably from the home depression of a chiton, Nuttallina fluxa. Occupying it now is a limpet, probably Lottia conus. A closely related limpet, L. scabra, is just above it.	Tidepool ghost shrimp, Neotrypaea biffari (formerly Callianassa affinis) - Also see here	Unidentified peanut worm (phylum Sipuncula)
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-	-	Trivia californica
-	-	Norrisia norrisi (Norris's top snail)
-	Nuttallina fluxa in home depression	Owl limpet with chiton home depression scars, now occupied by limpets
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-	Western banded turban snail with a slipper limpet attached	-
Lottia scabra	Lottia insessa on feather boa kelp	-
-	Unidentified sipunculan	-
-	Pagurus samuelis in a Maxwellia shell	-
-	Opalia cf chacei	Pagurus samuelis
-	Juvenile wavy top snail	-
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Lottia conus (not confirmed; could be L. scabra)	-	-
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