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California pipefish (Syngnathus californiensis, formerly
bay pipefish or S. leptorhynchus, now a junior synonym of the aka kelp pipefish S. californiensis)
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swell shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) juvenile
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A worried visitor to the Steinhart Aquarium alerted staff that two hornsharks were having a "terrific fight" and someone should help avoid a tragedy, but the "fight"
turned out to be courtship and mating.
Source: Dempster and Herald, 1961
For a useful guide to northeastern Pacific skate egg cases (see image lower right), consult
Ebert and Davis, 2007).
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Paralithodes rathbuni (identification by Roger Clark)
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Click to see video of Emerita analoga feeding.
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The Federally endangered species, Haliotis sorenseni or white abalone,
is being successfully reared for eventual release back to the wild by multiple public aquaria, including the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium.
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-. Compare with
Ophiothrix simplex, also viewed from the underside in an aquarium at Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island.
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Pisaster giganteus is usually found subtidally in kelp forests,
and its populations were devastated by
the recent seastar wasting disease epidemic, so it was nice to see two of them again at this aquarium.
It can be distinguished from the other to members
of the genus (congeners) found in California by its blunt white spines, surrounded by blue.
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This and the Heermann's gull to the left were near our van leaving the awesome Cabrillo Marine Aquarium.
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