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
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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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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When you rub your finger on this species a coating of black spores sticks.
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Fungi
Division Ascomycetales
Class
Order
Family
Genus Thelomma
Species mammosum
Common Name: Grey Lichen
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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
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Possibly this species is Xanthoria candelaria
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Fungi
Division Ascomycota
Class Lecanoromycetes
Order Teloschistales
Family Teloschistaceae
Genus Xanthoria
Species candelaria
Common Name: Orange Lichen
The grey lichen on a ring on the outside is probably Lecanora straminea
| Other Members of the Division Ascomycota at Race Rocks |
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Garry Fletcher |
Calendula officinalis growing every month at Race Rocks– photo G.Fletcher
Many of the pathways are lined by this plant.
Although introduced to Race Rocks by lightkeepers to brighten up their garden years ago, Calendula sp.is an interesting exotic since because of the ocean moderated temperature of the Ecological Reserve, it blooms at Race Rocks every month of the year. The reason it is so successful there is probably that it is not grazed by gulls or geese.
Also see the notation and images by Ecoguardian Anne Stewart, Sept 13 2015.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Calenduleae
Genus: Calendula
species: officinalis
Other Angiosperms (flowering plants) at Race Rock
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This moss appears only on the top of the rock wall . January 25, 2008
This small moss was found along the top surface of the rock wall leading to the water desalinator. It was distinctive from the other species of moss because it had a greyish appearance which it turns out is due to tiny white hairs on the ends of the gametophyte leaves.
Tentative classification is as above, The reference used for classification was the USDA
http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=TOMU&display=31
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Plantae
Division Bryophyta
Subdivision Musci
Class Bryopsida
Subclass Bryidae
Order Pottiales
Family Pottiaceae
Genus Tortula Hedw.
Species muralis
COMMON NAME: tortula moss
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We are awaiting positive identification on this one as we do not see these often while diving at Race Rocks. This photo was by Pearson College Divers in the spring of 2007,
spring, 2007
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malocostrac
Subclass Eumalacostraca
Superorder Eucarida
Order Decapoda
Suborder Pleocyematya
Infraorder Anomura
Superfamily Paguroidea
Family Lithodidae
Genus Placetron
Species wosnessenskii
Schalfeew,1892
Common Name: Scaled Crab
| Other Members of the Phylum Arthropoda at Race Rocks |
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2007 (PC) |
Earwig on the remote camera 5 housing at Race Rocks, November 16, 2007.P.B. photo
An interesting fact about these insect is that they are found on every continent except Antarctica. They have a pair of forceps-like pincers on their abdomen. Short folded wings or forewings give the scientific order name “skin wings”– Dermaptera
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Sub-Phylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Sub-Class Pterygota
Order Dermaptera , (De Geer, 1773)
Family Forficulidae
Genus Forficula
Species auricularia
Common Name: European Earwig
| Other Members of the Phylum Arthropoda at Race Rocks |
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| The 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.
Garry Fletcher |