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Hydroids (Subclass Hydroidolina)Observer
kelpricornDescription
Location: Brown Point, Olympic National Park
Substrate: Laminaria sinclairii
Tide height: -2’ MLLW
Wave exposure: high
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Carinate Dovesnail (Alia carinata)Observer
ewrunn1ngDescription
Found under a Moon Snail egg case
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Gastropods (Class Gastropoda)Observer
bogsnailDescription
I think they're the eggs of rough keyhole limpets?
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Frilled Dogwinkle (Nucella lamellosa)Observer
ljv2023Description
@ewrunn1ng Have you ever seen something like this? Not sure if that slime/ mucus is related to the two Nucella mating, or if they normally produce slime. Also, thanks for the lightening fast IDs tonight!
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Weechdéieren (Phylum Mollusca)Observer
maria_lDescription
this had a slimy texture
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True Whelks and Allies (Superfamily Buccinoidea)Observer
wendy5Description
This large (between 2- 3" long) shell was lying on the moss by the trail, over half a mile from the beach. Maybe a Wrinkled Amphissa or Frilled Dogwinkle? Did a predator or person drop it there?
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Winged Trophon (Scabrotrophon stuarti)Observer
johndreynoldsDescription
Russell Island, Gulf Islands, BC, Canada
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Dire Whelk (Lirabuccinum dirum)Observer
marilynnebDescription
it appears to be laying eggs
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Lewis's Moon Snail (Neverita lewisii)Observer
neflufDescription
It had a spot on its shell that looked like an eye, looked a bit like a squid at first
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Genus GlossaulaxObserver
shanafelt_benDescription
This is a moonsnail, also known as Drake's moonsnail. It can be found on page 235, MC. 226, of the book Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest - Lamb and Hanby. My justification for this ID is the size, shape and coloration, which is different from Euspira lewisii. The black tip of the shell is one clue. Shell is 3cm long, the foot is carmal colored. The uncertainty lies in Drake's Moonsnail is usually found in deeper waters.
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Lean Western Nassa (Nassarius mendicus)Observer
hakaiinstituteDescription
Photo license and credit belong to the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH), the Hakai Institute, and MarineGEO | http://specifyportal.flmnh.ufl.edu/iz/ | Field Number: BHAK-6650 | This observation is a part of the collaborative work between FLMNH, the Smithsonian Institution's Marine Global Earth Observatory (MarineGEO) and Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, and the Hakai Institute
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Lurid Rocksnail (Paciocinebrina lurida)Observer
johndreynoldsDescription
Diana Island, Deer Group, Bamfield, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
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bastefanidisDescription
In a small pool of water by the shoreline at low tide. Tiny, very active with a long syphon. The last photo shows at least three individuals.
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Dire Whelk (Lirabuccinum dirum)Observer
drshawntdashDescription
Maybe...the operature opening seems off
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Lean Western Nassa (Nassarius mendicus)Observer
johndreynoldsDescription
With a Paguris holmi inside (separate observation). Ruxton Island, Gulf Islands, BC
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Genus NucellaObserver
mtncattDescription
So much life in this photo (muscles, acorn barnacles, leaf barnacle, limpet, sea lettuce) but I'm looking at the snail. It's pretty small, only about 1.5 cm long. Anyone recognize it? Bonanza Beach, Graham Island, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada.
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Murex Snails (Family Muricidae)Observer
shanafelt_benDescription
Maybe? Looking at the pink shell, not the Nucella eggs
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Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus)Observer
ewrunn1ngDescription
Unusual seven-armed individual! I've seen some with six, but this is the first with seven I've ever found.
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Purple Ribbon Worm (Paranemertes peregrina)Observer
ewrunn1ngDescription
Purple Ribbon worm observed in the process of swallowing a Nereid polychaete. Fourth photo shows the ribbon worm everting its proboscis and injecting the prey with a toxin.
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Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)Observer
ewrunn1ngDescription
AI is saying this is a tanager, although it seems very late in the year for one to be this far north.
