Friday Harbor Marine Health Observatory - Monthly Biodiversity Check-List Page 2
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2STEP 2 - CONTINUED
STEP 3: NEW ANIMALS
NUDIBRANCHS
Number
Choose a float or a dock segment in your area that (1) is not
Clown nudibranch
Triopha catalinae
one of your special places, and that (2) you have not yet
Frosted dirona
Dirona albolineata
examined closely this year. Look very closely and record any
Golden dirona
Dirona aurantia
animals that you have not seen before on your dock walks.
Even if you can identify the animal with your field guides, try to
Red dendronotus
Dendronotus rufus
get a photograph, and alert Aileen by email. New nudibranchs
Red sponge nudibranch
Rostanga pulchra
are especially useful.
Monterey dorid
Ddoris montereyensis
Sea lemon
Peltodoris nobilis
Dock letter and slip number: ____________________
Nanaimo dorid
Acanthodoris nanaimoensis
Shaggy mouse
Aeolida papillosa
New animals observed:
Horned opalescent
Hermissenda crassicornis
ACTINARIA
Christmas anemone
Urticina grebelnya
Red-beaded anemone
Urticina coriacea
White-spotted anemone
Cribinopsis albopunctata
Solitary anemone
Anthopleura sola
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Green proliferating
Anthopleura elegantissima
DECAPODA
Northern kelp crab
Pugettia producta
Graceful kelp crab
Pugettia gracilis
STEP 4: SITE CONDITIONS
Decorator crab
Oregonia gracilis
Black-clawed crab
Lophopanopeus bellus
Use this section to record weather and water conditions that
ASTEROIDEA
may affect your observations.
Sunflower star
Pycnopodia helianthoides
Water surface temperature in Celsius:
Rose sun star
Crossaster papossus
o
C
Striped sun star
Solaster stimpsoni
Dawson’s sun star
Solaster dawsoni
Secci depth in centimeters:
Ochre star
Pisaster ochraeus
Cm
Giant spiny sea star
Pisaster giganteus
Tide height in feet (from tide chart):
Mottled false ochre star
Evasteria troschelii
Ft
Blood star
Henricia leviuscula
PAR and Wind speed (FHL website):
W/m2
OTHERS
Green sea urchin
Strongylocentrotus dröbachiensis
M/sec
California sea cucumber Parastichopus californicus
UV Absorbance of water (spectro):
220 nm
White sea cucumber
Cucumaria pallida
254 nm
Ridged lamp shell
Terebratalia transversa
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