Marine Invertebrates of Southern California

Echinoderms & Arthropods

 

Porifera, Cnidaria, Worms, Bryozoa, Tunicates page

Mollusks page

 

Bat Stars

Patria miniata

Blood Star

Henricia laevigata

Fragile Star

Linckia columbiae

Rainbow Star

Astrometis sertulifera

Spiny Sand Star

Astropecten armatus

Giant Spiny Star

Pisaster giganteus

Giant Spiny Star

Pisaster giganteus

 
       

Black Urchin

Centrostephanus coronatus

Red Urchin

Strongylocentrotus franciscanus

Purple Urchin

Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

White Urchin

Lytechinus anamesus

White Urchins

Lytechinus anamesus

     

California Sea Cucumber

Parastichopus californicus

Warty Sea Cucumber

Parastichopus parvimensis

 

Orange Sea Cucumber

Pseudochnus lubricus

Orange Sea Cucumber Tentacles

Pseudochnus lubricus

     

Banded Brittle Star

Spiny Brittle Star

Ophiothrix spiculata

   

Isopod

Acorn Barnacles

Balanus spp.

Red Barnacles

Tetraclita rubescens

Leaf Barnacles

Pollicipes polymerus

California Hermit

Phimochirus californiensis

Purple Globe Crab

Randallia ornata

Hemphill's Kelp Crab

Podochela hemphilli

Juvenile Moss Crab

Loxorhynchus crispatus

Sheep Crab

Loxorhynchus grandis

Striped Rock Crab

Pachygrapsus crassipes

Swimming Crab

Portunus xantusii

Lumpy Pear Crab

Pyromaia tuberculata

Yellow Crab

Cancer anthonyi

California Spiny Lobster

Panulirus interruptus

Peppermint Shrimp

Lysmata californica

Sand Shrimp

Farfantepenaeus californiensis

       
       
       
 

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