Marine Invertebrates of Southern California

Echinoderms & Arthropods

 

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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

 

Black & Orange Sea Cucumber

Cucumaria salma

Black & Orange Sea Cucumber

Cucumaria salma

 

     

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

Metacarcinus anthonyi

 

California Spiny Lobster

Panulirus interruptus

Peppermint Shrimp

Lysmata californica

Sand Shrimp

Farfantepenaeus californiensis