Daily Archives: Wednesday,October 15, 2008

Tochuina tetraquetra: orange-peel nudibranch–The Race Rocks taxonomy

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Tochuina tetraquetra orange-peel nudibranch. Photo by Erik Schauff

Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Subclass Opisthobranchia
Order Nudibranchia
Suborder Dendronotacea
Family Tritoniidae
Genus Tochhuina
Species tetraquetra
Common name Orange-peel nudibranch
This file is provided as part of a collaborative effort by the students, faculty, volunteers and staff of Lester B. Pearson College– Oct 2010 , by Erik Schauff

Tritonia festiva: (diamond back nudibranch)

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Tritonia festiva Diamondback nudibranch photo by Erik Schauff

At Race Rocks, this nudibranch probably feed on the soft coral ( Gersemia sp.)

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This file is provided as part of a collaborative effort by the students, faculty, volunteers and staff of Lester B. Pearson College– Oct 2010 , by Erik Schauff

Lecanora straminea : Grey Lichen-The Race Rocks Taxonomy

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The orange central lichen is possibly Xanthorea candelaria

The grey lichen in the ring is the Lecanora straminea.

Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Fungi
Division Ascomycota
Class Lecanoromycetes
Order Lecanorales
Family Lecanoraceae
Genus Lecanora
species straminea
Common Name Grey Lichen ?

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Lecanora campestris: grey lichen- The Race Rocks Taxonomy

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This grey lichen is possibly Lecanora campestris.

Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Fungi
Division Ascomycota
Class Lecanoromycetes
Order Lecanorales
Family Lecanoraceae

Genus Lecanora
Species campestris (Schaer.) Hue 1888
Common Name: Grey Lichen

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pearsonlogo2_f2The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams. 

 

Caloplaca marina: Orange lichen- The Race Rocks Taxonomy

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Thanks for assistance in identification to Dr. Irwin Brodo a world renowned lichenologist and the author of the Lichens of North America. He is now retired from the museum in Ottawa.

There are several possibilities for the identifications of these orange lichens ,  the  smooth orange crustose lichen is probably the Caloplaca rosei

Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Fungi
Division  Ascomycota
Class Lecanoromycetes
OrderTeloschistales
Family teloschistaceae
Genus Caloplaca
Species marina
orange Sea Lichen

taxonomyiconReturn to the Race Rocks Taxonomy and Image File
pearsonlogo2_f2The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.