Surf Beach at San Onofre

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Surf Beach, San Onofre, San Diego Co., CA, May 8, 2023

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-	-	Lottia asmi is known as black limpet, and typically is black on a black turban snail. but it can be green, especially when found on rocks.
-	Neotrypaea californiensis (formerly Callianassa californiensis; bay ghost shrimp)	-
Stenoplax conspicua (conspicuous chitons)	Norrisia norrisii (Norris's top snail)	-
juvenile Macron lividus (Neogastropoda: unassigned Buccinoidea) on a Megastraea undosa (wavy turban snail)	-	-
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juvenile Patiria miniata (bat star)	-	-
Four Macron lividus with a Lottia conus	-	-
Crepidula onyx pair; a larger female on the left and smaller male on the right.	-	-
Stenoplax conspicua	octopus	-
Leptochiton rugatus (red-footed chiton)	-	-
juvenile Doriopsilla albopunctata (white-spotted sea goddess)	-	juvenile Stenoplax conspicua
-	Acanthinucella spirata (angular unicorn) near Phragmatopoma californica (sand castle worms). This snail normally feeds by drilling barnacles, of which there are many in the foreground.	-
This limpet is currently Lottia strigatella.	-	-
-	Doriopsilla albopunctata (white-spotted sea goddess)	-
-	juvenile Aplysia californica (California sea hare)	-
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Lepidozona pectinulata	-	-
Haminoea virescens (green bubble snail)	-	-
-	-	black sea hare (Aplysia vaccaria) and Norris's top snail (Norrisia norrisii)
-	banded brittlestar (Ophionereis annulata)	fish eggs
-	Lottia fenestrata	-
Californiconus californicus (California cone snail)	-	-
-	Hypsoblennius gilberti (rockpool blenny)	-
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-	Opalia funiculata (Epitoniidae) is a parasite on large anemones.	a few polyclad flatworms
-	Mopalia muscosa (mossy chiton)	Crepidula onyx (Calyptraeidae)
-	This C. onyx was temporarily moved off her brooded embryos.	-
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