Pacific CoastA field guide to the birds, plants, and sea creatures along the western shore from Alaska to southern California. |
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algae anal fin Anemone animals Annelida Arctic areas Baja California barnacles Bays and Estuaries beaches birds body whorl breeding British Columbia brown burrow caudal fin central California Chiton Clam Class Crustacea Cnidaria coastal Comments This species Crab Crustacea dark deep dorsal fin dunes Echinodermata Eelgrass Elongate Estuaries Habitat feed fishes flattened Gastropoda gray grayish Gull Habitat In sand Habitat On rocks hind end hydroids intertidal zone Island kelp kelp beds Length Limpet line to water low-tide line lower margin mouth mud flats Mussel northern Nudibranch numbers Offshore Waters Habitat Offshore Waters Phylum Open Ocean Opisthobranchia Oregon oval Pacific Coast pairs periostracum Phylum Cnidaria Phylum Echinodermata plants Polychaeta Range Alaska reddish reefs ribs ridges Rocky Shores Habitat Rocky Shores Phylum sea stars seaweeds shallow shell Shores and Offshore side spines Subclass surface tentacles tide umbones upper valve Whale whitish wide winter Worm yellowish