Royal Palms Park


Very low tide	Very low tide	Contorted geology	Kelp holdfast on sandcastle worm colony

Sea Bubble (Colpomenia sinuosa)	Dead Man's Fingers (Codium fragile)	Calcareous algae	Solitary Green Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica)

Solitary green anemones in sulphur pool	Solitary Green Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica)	Solitary Green Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica)	Solitary Green Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica)

Aggregate Anemones (Anthopleura elegantissima)	Aggregate Anemones (Anthopleura elegantissima)	Starburst anemone (Anthopleura sola)	Troglodyte Chiton (Nuttallina fluxa)

Mossy Chiton (Mopalia muscosa)	Merten's Chiton (Lepidozoma mertensii)	California Mussels (Mytilus californicus)	Green Abalone (Haliotis fulgens)

Giant Keyhole Limpet (Megathura crenulata)	Giant Keyhole Limpet (Megathura crenulata)	Giant Keyhole Limpet (Megathura crenulata) out of shell	Fingered Limpet (Collisella digitalis)

Norris' Topsnail (Norrisia norrisi) shell	Little Tube Snail (Serpulorbis squamigerus)	California Sea Hare (Aplysia californica)	Sea hare inking

Gooseneck barnacles (Pollicipes polymerus) and CA mussels	Thatched Barnacle (Teraclita rubescens)	White Buckshot Barnacle (Balanus glandula)	Striped Shore Crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)

Ochre Starfish (Pisaster ochraceous)	Ochre Starfish (Pisaster ochraceus)	Purple Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)	Starfish, urchins, and anemones

All photos (c) John Thomlinson, 2006-2012