Sponge (Dysidea fragilis)
Porifera (phylum) Demospongiae (class) Dictyoceratida (order) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 12/22/2013 Migle Janusonis |
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Sponge (Dysidea fragilis)
Porifera (phylum) Demospongiae (class) Dictyoceratida (order) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 12/22/2013 Migle Janusonis |
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Sponge (Dysidea fragilis) [Bleach-treated supporting fibers] Porifera (phylum) Demospongiae (class) Dictyoceratida (order) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 12/22/2013 Migle Janusonis |
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Hydromedusa (Polyorchis penicillatus)
Cnidaria (phylum) Hydrozoa (class) Anthoathecata [Anthomedusae] (order) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 6/15/2012 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Hydromedusa (Polyorchis penicillatus)
Cnidaria (phylum) Hydrozoa (class) Anthoathecata [Anthomedusae] (order) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 6/15/2012 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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By-the-wind sailor (Velella velella)
Cnidaria (phylum) Hydrozoa (class) Anthoathecata [Anthomedusae] (order) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 5/3/2015 Aras Janusonis |
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By-the-wind sailor (Velella velella)
Cnidaria (phylum) Hydrozoa (class) Anthoathecata [Anthomedusae] (order) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 5/3/2015 Aras Janusonis |
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Aggregating anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima)
Cnidaria (phylum) Anthozoa (class) Actiniaria (order) Actiniidae (family) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve (tidepools) 8/13/2017 Aras Janusonis Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Starburst anemone (Anthopleura sola)
Cnidaria (phylum) Anthozoa (class) Actiniaria (order) Actiniidae (family) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve (tidepools) 6/8/2016 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Starburst anemone (Anthopleura sola)
Cnidaria (phylum) Anthozoa (class) Actiniaria (order) Actiniidae (family) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve (tidepools) 6/8/2016 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus)
Arthropoda (phylum) Crustacea (subphylum) Malacostraca (class) Eumalacostraca (sublass) Decapoda (order) Palinuridae (family) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 7/6/2014 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Red rock crab (Cancer productus)
Arthropoda (phylum) Crustacea (subphylum) Malacostraca (class) Eumalacostraca (subclass) Decapoda (order) Cancridae (family) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 8/13/2017 Skirmantas Janusonis Aras Janusonis |
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Globose kelp crab (Taliepus nuttallii)
Arthropoda (phylum) Crustacea (subphylum) Malacostraca (class) Eumalacostraca (subclass) Decapoda (order) Epialtidae (family) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve (as found) 5/30/2016 Aras Janusonis |
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Globose kelp crab (Taliepus nuttallii)
Arthropoda (phylum) Crustacea (subphylum) Malacostraca (class) Eumalacostraca (subclass) Decapoda (order) Epialtidae (family) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve (as found) 5/30/2016 Aras Janusonis |
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Shield-backed kelp crab (Pugettia producta)
Arthropoda (phylum) Crustacea (subphylum) Malacostraca (class) Eumalacostraca (subclass) Decapoda (order) Epialtidae (family) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve (found dead) 7/2/2016 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Shield-backed kelp crab (Pugettia producta)
Arthropoda (phylum) Crustacea (subphylum) Malacostraca (class) Eumalacostraca (subclass) Decapoda (order) Epialtidae (family) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve (left undisturbed) 2/25/2018 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Pacific sand crab (Emerita analoga)
Arthropoda (phylum) Crustacea (subphylum) Malacostraca (class) Eumalacostraca (subclass) Decapoda (order) Hippidae (family) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve (in sand) 1/5/2014 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Spiny mole crab (Blepharipoda occidentalis)
Arthropoda (phylum) Crustacea (subphylum) Malacostraca (class) Eumalacostraca (subclass) Decapoda (order) Blepharipodidae (family) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 8/13/2017 Skirmantas Janusonis Aras Janusonis Video by meritmccrea |
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Spiny mole crab (Blepharipoda occidentalis)
Arthropoda (phylum) Crustacea (subphylum) Malacostraca (class) Eumalacostraca (subclass) Decapoda (order) Blepharipodidae (family) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 8/13/2017 Skirmantas Janusonis Aras Janusonis |
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Spiny mole crab (Blepharipoda occidentalis)
Arthropoda (phylum) Crustacea (subphylum) Malacostraca (class) Eumalacostraca (subclass) Decapoda (order) Blepharipodidae (family) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 8/13/2017 Skirmantas Janusonis Aras Janusonis |
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Goose barnacle (Pollicipes polymerus)
Arthropoda (phylum) Crustacea (subphylum) Hexanauplia (class) Thecostraca (subclass) Cirripedia (infraclass) Scalpelliformes (order) Pollicipedidae (family) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 8/13/2017 Aras Janusonis Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Buckshot barnacles (Chthamalus fissus) (Darwin, 1854) Arthropoda (phylum) Crustacea (subphylum) Hexanauplia (class) Thecostraca (subclass) Cirripedia (infraclass) Sessilia (order) Chthamalidae (family) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 8/13/2017 Aras Janusonis Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Red-striped acorn barnacle (Balanus pacificus?)
Arthropoda (phylum) Crustacea (subphylum) Hexanauplia (class) Thecostraca (subclass) Cirripedia (infraclass) Sessilia (order) Balanidae (family) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 8/13/2017 Aras Janusonis |
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White-ribbed red barnacle (Megabalanus californicus)
Arthropoda (phylum) Crustacea (subphylum) Hexanauplia (class) Thecostraca (subclass) Cirripedia (infraclass) Sessilia (order) Balanidae (family) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve Skirmantas Janusonis |
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American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) [Female] A potential vector for human diseases. Arthropoda (phylum) Chelicerata (subphylum) Arachnida (class) Ixodida (order) |
Goleta, CA Devereux Slough 6/8/2016 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) [Male] A potential vector for human diseases. Arthropoda (phylum) Chelicerata (subphylum) Arachnida (class) Ixodida (order) |
Goleta, CA Ocean Walk I 8/2/2017 Ula Janusonis |
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Bagrada bug (Bagrada hilaris)
Arthropoda (phylum) Hexapoda (subphylum) Insecta (class) Hemiptera (order) |
Goleta, CA Ocean Walk, Open Space 7/23/2014 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
Arthropoda (phylum) Hexapoda (subphylum) Insecta (class) Hemiptera (order) |
Goleta, CA Ocean Walk, Open Space 7/31/2016 Aras Janusonis |
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California angle-wing katydid (Microcentrum californicum)
Arthropoda (phylum) Hexapoda (subphylum) Insecta (class) Orthoptera (order) |
Goleta, CA Storke Ranch bus stop 10/5/2016 Migle Janusonis |
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California angle-wing katydid (Microcentrum californicum)
Arthropoda (phylum) Hexapoda (subphylum) Insecta (class) Orthoptera (order) |
Goleta, CA Storke Ranch bus stop 10/5/2016 Migle Janusonis |
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Painted lady (Vanessa cardui)
Arthropoda (phylum) Hexapoda (subphylum) Insecta (class) Lepidoptera (order) |
Goleta, CA Street 4/12/2015 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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California oak moth (Phryganidia californica)
Arthropoda (phylum) Hexapoda (subphylum) Insecta (class) Lepidoptera (order) |
Goleta, CA Ocean Walk I (cold car window in the morning) 5/2/2017 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Ten-lined June beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata)
Arthropoda (phylum) Hexapoda (subphylum) Insecta (class) Coleoptera (order) |
Goleta, CA Ocean Walk I 8/21/2018 Aras Janusonis |
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Ten-lined June beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata)
Arthropoda (phylum) Hexapoda (subphylum) Insecta (class) Coleoptera (order) |
Goleta, CA Ocean Walk I 8/21/2018 Aras Janusonis |
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Red-headed beetle (Podabrus pruinosus)
Arthropoda (phylum) Hexapoda (subphylum) Insecta (class) Coleoptera (order) |
Goleta, CA Ocean Walk I 3/30/2019 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Argentine ant (Linepithema humile)
Arthropoda (phylum) Hexapoda (subphylum) Insecta (class) Hymenoptera (order) |
Goleta, CA Ocean Walk I (inside house) 9/7/2013 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Garden snail (Cornu aspersum)
Mollusca (phylum) Gastropoda (class) Heterobranchia (subclass) Stylommatophora (order) Helicidae |
Goleta, CA Ocean Walk I 3/20/2017 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Cellar glass-snail (Oxychilus cellarius)
Mollusca (phylum) Gastropoda (class) Heterobranchia (subclass) Stylommatophora (order) Oxychilidae |
Goleta, CA Ocean Walk I (attracted by a watermelon bait) 5/10/2017 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Three-band garden slug (Ambigolimax valentianus)
Mollusca (phylum) Gastropoda (class) Heterobranchia (subclass) Stylommatophora (order) Limacidae |
Goleta, CA Ocean Walk I 5/20/2017 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Bat star (Asterina miniata)
Echinodermata (phylum) Asteroidea (class) Valvatida (order) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 3/21/2014 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) [Test/"Skeleton"] Echinodermata (phylum) Echinoidea (class) Camarodonta (order) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve Aras Janusonis |
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Eccentric sand dollar (Dendraster excentricus) [Test/"Skeleton"] Echinodermata (phylum) Echinoidea (class) Clypeasteroida (order) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Colonial ascidian (Aplidium sp.) [Almost a vertebrate!] Chordata (phylum) Urochordata [Tunicata] (subphylum) Ascidiacea (class) Aplousobranchia (order) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 4/18/2021 Ula Janusonis |
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Colonial ascidian (Aplidium sp.) [Almost a vertebrate!] Chordata (phylum) Urochordata [Tunicata] (subphylum) Ascidiacea (class) Aplousobranchia (order) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 4/18/2021 Ula Janusonis |
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Colonial ascidian (Aplidium sp.) [Almost a vertebrate!] Chordata (phylum) Urochordata [Tunicata] (subphylum) Ascidiacea (class) Aplousobranchia (order) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 4/18/2021 Ula Janusonis |
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Salp (Thetys vagina) [Almost a vertebrate!] Chordata (phylum) Urochordata [Tunicata] (subphylum) Thaliacea (class) Salpida (order) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 5/28/2012 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Salp (Thetys vagina) [Almost a vertebrate!] Chordata (phylum) Urochordata [Tunicata] (subphylum) Thaliacea (class) Salpida (order) |
Goleta, CA Coal Oil Point Reserve 5/28/2012 Skirmantas Janusonis |
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Salp (Thetys vagina)
Chordata (phylum) Urochordata [Tunicata] (subphylum) Thaliacea (class) Salpida (order) |
Video by Matt Gieselman YouTube |