Videos of Invertebrate Phyla at Race Rocks

PHYLUM PORIFERA

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 Rostanga nudibranch eating
a red sponge
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 Rostanga pulchra
and Ophlitaspongia pennata
 The hermit crab Pagurus
and Suberites sponge –

PHYLUM CNIDARIA: Class Anthozoa

 
Pink soft coral and a close-up study of defense mechanisms. (June 2001) Gersemia rubiformis, Soft pink coral of Race Rocks Gersemia rubiformis,
   

 Sea Pen
Ptilosarcus gurneyi
Zooanthid anemone Epizoanthus scotinus The Plumose Anemone Metridium farcimen

PHYLUM CNIDARIA: Class Scyphozoa

 
The Jellyfish Cyanea Cyanea capillata The Jellyfish Euphysa Euphysa flammea The Stalked Jellyfish Haliclystus sp.

PHYLUM CNIDARIA- Class Hydrozoa

Rare hydroid near Race Rocks
Tubularia sp.
Hydroids,tunicates and sponges
growing on Balanus nubilus
barnacles at the tidal current energy site.

Medusae: jellyfish
swimming in the waters of Race Rocks. (June 2001)

PHYLUM BRYOZOA

The kelp encrusting Bryozoa 

PHYLUM ARTHROPODA

       
Orange Hermit Crab Elassochirus gilli

see also Pagurus in the sponge section above

Flat backed kelp flies Coelopa vanduzeei The Puget Sound King Crab……..Lopholithodes mandtii The Sea Slater Ligia pallasii
The Pea Crab, parasite/commensal in mussel…..Fabia subquadrata The wide-hand hermit crab. Elassochirus tenuimanis Gammarus sp.  The Pycnogonid (SeaSpider) Phoxichilidium femoratum
 Purple Shore crab Hemigrapsus nudus Microscopic video of juvenile feeding.Balanus nubilus The Red velvet Mite:Neomolgus littoralis

 

 

 

 

Puget Sound King Crab

 

PHYLUM ANNELIDA

The Jelly tube worm…. .Myxicola infundibiulum The Feather-Duster tube worm…..…Eudistylia vancouveri

PHYLUM MOLLUSCA

   
The Lined ChitonTonicella lineata The Escape Response of Abalone Pycnopodia Haliotis kamtschatkana Carmen and Garry discuss the abalone Haliotis kamtschatkana Abalone eating diatoms on a glass wall Haliotis kamtschatkana
Octopus body. -an impromptu dissection. Enteroctopus dofleini The Gumboot Chiton…….

Cryptochiton stelleri

The Pteropod Corolla spectabilis The Swimming Scallop Chlamys hastata
 
A microscopic view of a nudibranch of the family Dendronotidae A video of the escape response of the keyhole limpet

PHYLUM SIPUNCULIDA

Peanut Worms Phascolosoma agassizii

PHYLUM ECHINODERMATA

     
Sea Cucumber emitting sperm Parastichopus californicus The California Sea Cucumber escape response An albino sea cucumber Parastichopus californicus The Orange Sea Cucumber Cucumaria curata.
 
The purple urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Predation of the Creeping Pedal Sea Cucumber
Psolus chitinoides
The Blood Star Henricia leviscula The Vermillion StarMediaster aequilis
   
The vermillion star producing sperm. The Spiny Sea star Hippasteria spinosa The Six Rayed Star Leptasterias hexactis The Sunflower star Pycnopodia helianthoides
 
Pycnopodia closeups Brittle Stars Ophiothrix spiculata Microscopic images of a Brittle star.Ophiothrix spiculata Rita introduces the purple urchin and some other Echinoderms. IN PORTUGUESE:

PHYLUM CHORDATA, subclass Tunicata

The club tunicate
Distaplia smithii

MIXED PHYLA

Invertebrates of Race Rocks Zooplankton (Macro) at Race Rocks, 2000