Northern ronquil photo by Ryan Murphy
| Domain | Eukarya |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Actnopterigii |
| Order | Perciformes |
| Family |
Bathymasteridae |
| Genus | Ronquilus jordani |
| Species | jordani |
| Common Name: | Northern ronquil |
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Ryan Murphy |
The Oregon junco is the most common form of the Black-eyed junco found on the West Coast. Photo by Raisa Mira
These Juncos are common winter residents throughout southern Vancouver Island although this is the first one photographed at Race Rocks in November 2010.
Domain :Eukarya
Kingdom :Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Sub-Phylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family :Emberizidae
Genus: Junco
Species hyemalis (Linnaseus, 1758)
Common Name: (Black-eyed) Oregon Junco
On March 10 , 2015 Nick Townley took these images of the Junco at Race Rocks.
From The Cornell Lab a note on colour variation of the dark-eyed junco:
“There is a huge range of geographic variation in the Dark-eyed Junco. Among the 15 described races, six forms are easily recognizable in the field and five used to be considered separate species until the 1980s. A field guide is the best place to look for complete illustration of ranges and plumages, but in general there are two widespread forms of the Dark-eyed Junco: “slate-colored” junco of the eastern United States and most of Canada, which is smooth gray above; and “Oregon” junco, found across much of the western U.S., with a dark hood, warm brown back and rufous flanks. Other more restricted variations include the slate-colored-like “white-winged” and Oregon-like “pink-sided” juncos of the Rockies and western Great Plains; and the Yellow-eyed Junco-like “red-backed” and “gray-headed” juncos of the Southwest.”
Other Members of the Class Aves at Race Rocks.
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Photo by Dr. Anita Brinckmann-Voss
This species is classified in The Lophophorate Phyla of British Columbia: Entoprocts,Bryozoans,Phoronids and Brachiopods by Aaron Baldwin School of Fisheries, U. of Alaska.
We see this bryozoan frequently in the lower intertidal while diving at Race Rocks in 8-12 metres of water.
“Each colony is hte result of budding or cloning from the original individual itself having developed from a planktonic larvae that settled … In the case of this species, the process is programmed as a spiral growth pattern. From ” Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest, Andy Lamb and Bernard P. Hanby ,2005,
| Domain | Eukarya |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Bryozoa |
| Class | Gymnolaemata |
| Order | Cheilostomata |
| Suborder | Anasca |
| Family | Bugulidae |
| Genus | Bulgula |
| Species | californica Robertson,1905 |
| Common Name: | Spiral bryozoan |
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Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Scolopacidae
Genus Tringa
Species incana
Common Name: Wandering Tattler (Gmelin, 1789)
Other Members of the Class Aves at Race Rocks.
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Sebastes emphaeus, Puget Sound Rockfish photo by Ryan Murphy
Ryan took this photo in late August 2010, while diving at 10 metres at Race Rocks.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Scorpaeniformes
Family Sebastidae
Genus Sebastes
Species S. emphaeus (Starks, 1911)
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Other Members of the Class Actinopterigii at Race Rocks.
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This photo taken by Andrew McCurdy in August 2010 is from West Race Rocks around 40ft depth. It is not a very common sea star out there..
From Wikipedia: The velcro star feeds on invertebrates such as gastropod molluscs and chitons. When alert to movement in the water nearby, the rings of pedicellariae are extended, ready for action. If anything touches its aboral (upper) surface, the starfish reacts by snapping shut the pedicellariae in the vicinity of the stimulus. By this means it can catch prey items such as small fish.[3] The victim is passed to the mouth by movements of the arms and by actions of the tube feet. The velcro star can also defend itself against attack by predators such as the voracious morning sun star (Solaster dawsoni).[3] To fight back, it coils its arms around the attacker and inflicts thousands of nips with its pedicellariae. The attacker often retreats and the velcro star escapes.[3]
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Forcipulatida
Family Curculionoidea
Genus Stylasterias
Species forreri ( de Loriol, 1887)
Common Name: Fish-eating star or Velc
| Other Members of the Phylum Echinodermata at Race Rocks |
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Image by Adam Harding, West Race Rocks July 2010
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Urochordata
Class Ascidiaceae
Order Enterogona
Suborder Aplousobranchia
Family Clavelinidae
Genus Pycnoclavella
Species stanleyi
Common Name: Yellow social ascidian
Pycnoclavella and the nudibranch Flabellina verrucosa
Close up of the tunicate,image by Ryan Murphy
| Other Members of the Subphylum Urochordata underwater at Race Rocks < |
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Part of the dorsal side.. the skate had been partially eaten, perhaps by a seaion.
In the summer of 2006, this skate washed up near the jetty at Race Rocks. This is the ventral side with the mouth showing at the left side.
| Domain | Eukarya |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Elasmobranchii |
| Order | Rajiformes |
| Family |
Rajidae |
| Genus | Raja |
| Species | rhina |
| Common Name: | Longnose skate |
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This file is provided as part of a collaborative effort by the students , faculty , staff and volunteers of Lester B. Pearson College,—- 2006 —G. Fletcher
This is a very common crab subtidally at Race Rocks, frequently seen dangling from kelp as it reaches wide with its pincers for catching prey
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Epialtidaae
Genus Pugettia
Species producta
Common Name:Kellp Crab
| Other Members of the Phylum Arthropoda at Race Rocks |
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The introduced invasive species Lactuca tatarica appears occasionally at Race Rocks
Cautionary note in case someone gets hungry on the island:
“The milky-sap from this plant, contains a medicinal compound called ‘lactucarium’. It has been used for its pain-relieving, antispasmodic, digestive, urinating-inducing, hypnotic, narcotic and sedative inducing properties If one injests the plant it is used to treat insomnia, anxiety, neuroses, hyperactivity in children, dry coughs, whooping cough, and rheumatic pain. An external dose can even be applied to warts. However, it should be noted that this plant should not be used in these cases excepted by trained professionals. This is because the plant, even in small doses, could lead to death through cardiac paralysis.” (plant-life.org)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Lactuca
Species: L. tatarica
Lactuca tatarica
Other Angiosperms at Race Rocks.
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