Fieldtrip to Surf Beach San Onofre

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Fieldtrip to Surf Beach, San Onofre, San Diego Co., CA, May 14, 2010
Back to Biology 317 Field Trip Map or see S10a, S09, S08, S06, S05, S03

The 5:30 a.m. low tide was already coming in by the time we arrived at 6:30.	The reef was only briefly exposed.	Black sea hare (Aplysia vaccaria)
Acanthochitona avicula	A. avicula	Juvenile Megathura crenulata (giant keyhole limpet)
These tidepool ghost shrimps (Neotrypaea biffari, formerly Callianassa affinis) are typically together in a permanent burrow, mated for life. - see also here	-	-
-	-	Stenoplax conspicua (conspicuous chiton)
-	Tentative: Panamanian brittle star (Ophioderma panamense)	-
-	Sipunculans were abundant under some rocks.	Stenoplax conspicua (conspicuous chiton) was common under rocks embedded in the sand.
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-	Chlorostoma gallina (speckled turban snail) is common on rocks on the shoreward (sandy) side of the reef.	Lottia asmi (black limpet) is one of the limpet species common on C. gallina.
-	Lottia fenestrata	Lottia fenestrata juveniles
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-	Joy Monahan, from Oahu, was the 2008 World Longboard Champion. She was at the beach with others for a Toes on the Nose photo shoot (information provided by a TOTN representative on the beach and a quick web search). - see here	-
On the left is Lindsay Steinriede Engle, another champion surfer including holder of the 2006 U.S. Women's Longboard Championship. - see here	-	-
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-	This unidentified kelp had a corkscrew-like pattern of growth.	-
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-	Joy Monahan	Lindsay Steinriede Engle
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