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Inspiration Point, Sacred Cove, Abalone Cove Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles Co., CA, January 24, 2020
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Cyanoplax hartwegii (Hartweg's chiton)
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Cyanoplax hartwegii and one Lottia conus
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Lottia sp. B (formerly L. strigatella, a more southern species)
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Nuttallina fluxa (southern spiny chiton)dd
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sunburst anemone, Anthopleura sola, coralline algae, and purple urchin, purple urchin, Strongylocetrotus purpuratus
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giant green anemone, Anthopleura xanthogrammica
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lined shore crab, Pachygrapsus crassipes
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Cyanoplax hartwegii (Hartweg's chiton)
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gooseneck barnacle (Pollicipes polymerus) with attached barnacle ecomorph of the
southern finger limpet (Lottia austrodigitalis)
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gooseneck barnacle (Pollicipes polymerus)
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Pisaster ochraceus (ochre seastar)
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half slipper limpet (Crepipatella lingulata)
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Enchiridium punctatum (we call this the Dalmatian polyclad
flatworm)
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Volvarina taeniolata (California Marginella)
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lumpy rubble crab (Paraxanthias taylori)
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conspicuous chiton, Stenoplax conspicua
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juvenile conspicuous chiton
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half slipper limpet (Crepipatella lingulata)
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Large owl limpets (Lottia gigantea) defend their territory by shoving intruders off
with considerable force, but the smaller limpet species, Lottia conus (or its more northern relative, Lottia scabra), is able to live
within the owl limpet territory because it can make an effective home depression, resting below the surrounding rock surface.
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juvenile wavy turban snail, Megastraea undosa
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harbor seal Phoca vitulina
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Bryopsis pennata var. minor, identification thanks to
Kathy Ann Miller (UC Berkeley's Herbarium)
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snowy egret
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