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| Chestnut cowrie with mantle extended, feather duster worm. Image ID: 01061 Species: Chestnut Cowrie, Date Cowrie, Cypraea spadicea, Eudistylia polymorpha Location: Santa Cruz Island, California, USA | Chestnut cowry, mantle exposed. Image ID: 00624 Species: Chestnut Cowrie, Date Cowrie, Cypraea spadicea Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA | Nudibranch. Image ID: 00639 Species: Yellow-marginate nudibranch, Cadlina luteomarginata Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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| Pink abalone. Image ID: 01058 Species: Green abalone, Haliotis corrugata Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Chestnut cowrie with mantle extended. Image ID: 01062 Species: Chestnut Cowrie, Date Cowrie, Cypraea spadicea Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA | Nudibranch on calcareous coralline algae. Image ID: 01064 Species: Opalescent nudibranch, Hermissenda crassicornis Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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| Califonia cone, Coronado Islands. Image ID: 02551 Species: California cone, Conus californicus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Flamingo tongue snail. Image ID: 02554 Species: Flamingo tongue cowrie, Cyphoma gibbosum Location: Roatan, Honduras | Simnia and egg cluster on gorgonian. Image ID: 02556 Species: Simnia, Delonovolva aequalis Location: Anacapa Island, California, USA |
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| Flamingo tongue snail. Image ID: 02567 Species: Flamingo tongue cowrie, Cyphoma gibbosum Location: Roatan, Honduras | Nudibranch on calcareous coralline algae. Image ID: 05285 Species: Opalescent nudibranch, Hermissenda crassicornis Location: Monterey, California, USA | Chestnut cowrie with mantle extended. Image ID: 01035 Species: Chestnut Cowrie, Date Cowrie, Cypraea spadicea Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA |
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| Green abalone with mantle fringe visible extending outside shell. Image ID: 09242 Species: Green abalone, Haliotis fulgens | Simnia and egg cluster on red gorgonian. Image ID: 01983 Species: Simnia, Delonovolva aequalis, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: Anacapa Island, California, USA | Nudibranch. Image ID: 00704 Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA |
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| Norris topsnail (aka, kelp snail), clings to a kelp pneumatocyst (bubble) at the base of a stipe/blade, midway in the water column. Image ID: 10214 Species: Norris' top snail, Norrisia norrisi, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA | Red abalone. Image ID: 11822 Species: Red abalone, Haliotis rufescens | Red abalone. Image ID: 11823 Species: Red abalone, Haliotis rufescens |
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| Red abalone. Image ID: 11824 Species: Red abalone, Haliotis rufescens | Red abalone. Image ID: 11825 Species: Red abalone, Haliotis rufescens | California sea cucumber. Sea cucumbers are related to sea stars and sea urchins. The sharp looking spines are soft to the touch and disappear into the skin when disturbed. If this visual defense doesnt work, the sea cucumber will expel its respiratory system. When this occurs in the wild it can regrow the lost organs. Image ID: 13732 Species: California sea cucumber, Parastichopus californicus |
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| California sea cucumber. Sea cucumbers are related to sea stars and sea urchins. The sharp looking spines are soft to the touch and disappear into the skin when disturbed. If this visual defense doesnt work, the sea cucumber will expel its respiratory system. When this occurs in the wild it can regrow the lost organs. Image ID: 13733 Species: California sea cucumber, Parastichopus californicus | Chestnut cowry, mantle exposed to completely cover the hard exterior shell. Image ID: 14020 Species: Chestnut Cowrie, Date Cowrie, Cypraea spadicea | Pelagic opisthobranch or pteropod (wing foot), open ocean. Image ID: 01264 Species: Pteropod, Corolla calceola Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| Pelagic opisthobranch or pteropod (wing foot), open ocean. Image ID: 02490 Species: Pteropod, Corolla calceola Location: San Diego, California, USA | Simnia and egg cluster on gorgonian. Image ID: 07025 Species: Simnia, Delonovolva aequalis Location: Anacapa Island, California, USA | Spanish shawl nudibranch. Image ID: 00266 Species: Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellina iodinea Location: California, USA |
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| California sea cucumber detail. Image ID: 00607 Species: California sea cucumber, Parastichopus californicus Location: San Diego, California, USA | Hermit crab in olive shell. Image ID: 01033 Species: Hermit crab, Pagurus granosimanus, Olivella biplicata Location: Monterey, California, USA | Eolid nudibranch (prob Hermissenda), San Miguel Island. Image ID: 01065 Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA |
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