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All Marine Animals

Invertebrates
Echinoderms

Sea Stars
Bat star (Asterina miniata)
Blood star (Henricia leviuscula)
Leather star (Dermasterias imbricata)
Morning sunstar (Solaster dawsoni)
Mottled star (Evasterias troschelli)
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Northern sunstar (Solaster endeca)
Ochre star (Pisaster ochraceus)
Painted star (Orthrasterias koehleri)
Rose star (Crossaster papposus)
Six ray star (Leptasterias hexactis)
Slime star (Pteraster tesselatus)
Spiny pink star (Pisaster brevispinus)
Spiny red star (Hippasteria phrygiana)
Striped sunstar (Solaster stimpsoni)
Sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)
Vermilion star (Mediaster aequalis)
​Wrinkled star (Pteraster militaris)

Brittle Stars and Feather Stars
Common feather star (Florometra serratissima)
Daisy brittle star (Ophiopholis aculeata)
Long arm brittle star (Amphiodia periercta)

Urchins and Sand Dollars
Eccentric sand dollar (Dendraster excentricus)
Green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droenbchiensis)
Purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)
Red sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus)
​White sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus pallidus)

Sea Cucumbers
Orange sea cucumber (Cucumaria miniata)
Giant red sea cucumber (Parastichopus californicus)
​Pale sea cucumber (Cucumaria pallida)
Tar spot sea cucumber (Cucumaria pseudocurata)


Crustaceans

Crabs, Shrimp, Amphipods, and Isopods
Beach hopper (Traskorchestia traskiana)
​Bering hermit crab (Pagurus beringanus)
Blackeyed hermit (Pagurus armatus)
Blue mud shrimp (Upogebia pugettensis)

Butterfly crab (Cryptolithodes typicus)
Coonstripe shrimp (Pandalus danae)
Cryptic kelp crab (Pugettia richii)
Dungeness crab (Cancer magister)

Eelgrass isopod (Idotea resecata)
Flat porcelain crab (Petrolisthes cinctipes)
Flattop crab (Petrolisthes eriomerus)
Foliate kelp crab (Mimulus foliatus)
Gaper pea crab (Pinnixa littoralis)
Graceful kelp crab (Pugettia gracillis)
​Grainyhand hermit (Pagurus granosimanus)
Granular claw crab (Oedignathus inermis)
Grooved mussel crab (Fabia subquadrata)
Hairy hermit crab (Pagurus hirsutiusculus)
Hairy shore crab (Hemigrapsus oregonensis)
Heart crab (Phyllolithodes papillosus)
Helmet crab (Telmessus cheiragonus)
Kelp isopod (Idoea wosnesenskii)
Longhorn decorator crab (Chorilia longipes)
Northern kelp crab (Pugettia producta)
Pale beach hopper (Megalorchestia columbiana)
Pink beach hopper (Maera danae)
Puget sound king crab (Lopholithodes mandtii)
Purple shore crab (Hemigrapsus nudus)
Pygmy rock crab (Glebocarcinus oregonensis)
Red rock crab (Cancer productus)
Sea slater (Ligia pallasi)
Sharp-nosed crab (Scyra acutafrons)
Slender decorator crab (Oregonia gracilis)
Spiny lithode crab (Acantholithodes hispidus)
Sponge eualid (Eualus butleri)
Spot prawn (Pandalus platyceros)
Tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi)
​Tube-dwelling sea flea (Ericthonius rubricornis)

Umbrella crab (Cryptolithodes sitchensis)
​Widehand hermit (Elassochirus tenuimanus)

Barnacles
Acorn barnacle (Balanus glandula)
​Giant acorn barnacle (Balanus nubilus)
Goose neck barnacle (Polliciipes polymerus)
Pelagic goose barnacle (Lepas anatifera)
Thatched barnacle (Semibalanus cariosus)


Molluscs

Chitons
Black katy chiton (Katharina tunicata)
Giant Pacific chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri)
Hind's mopalia (Mopalia hindsii)
Lined chiton (Tonicella lineata)
Mossy chiton (Mopalia muscosa)
​Veiled chiton (Placiphorella velata)

White-line chiton (Tonicella insignis)

Bivalves
Baltic macoma (Macoma balthica)
Bent-nose macoma (Macoma nasuta)
Blue mussel (Mytilus spp.)
Butter clam (Saxidomus gigantea)
California mussel (Mytilus californianus)
California sunsetclam (Gari californica)
Fat gaper (Tresus capax)
Green false-jingle (Pododesmus macrochisma)
Nuttall's cockle (Clinocardium nuttallii)
Pacific gaper (Tresus nuttallii)
Pacific littleneck clam (Leukoma staminea)
Pacific razor-clam (Siliqua patula)
Rock entodesma (Entodesma navicula)
Rock scallop (Crassodoma gigantea)
Smooth pink scallop (Chlamys rubida)
Spiny pink scallop (Chlamys hastata)

Threaded pandora (Pandora filosa)
Weathervane scallop (Patinopecten caurinus)
Western ringed lucine (Lucinoma annulatum)


Limpets, Snails, and Abalone
Black periwinkle (Littorina plena)
Black turban snail (Tegula funebralis)
Blue topsnail (Calliostoma ligatum)
Checkered periwinkle (Littorina scutulata)
Dire whelk (Lirabuccinum dirum)
Dusky turban snail (Tegula pulligo)
Frilled dogwinkle (Nucella lamillosa)
Hooked slippersnail (Crepidula adunca)
Leafy hornmouth (Ceratostoma foliatum)
Lewis's moonsnail (Euspira lewisii)
Mask limpet (Tectura persona)
Northern abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana)
Northern striped dogwinkle (Nucella ostrina)
Oregon triton (Fusitriton oregonensis)
Purple olive (Olivella biplicata)
Purple-ringed topsnail (Calliostoma annulatum)
Red turban snail (Pomaulax gibberosa)
Ribbed limpet (Lottia digitalis)
Rough keyhole limpet (Diodora aspera)
Sitka periwinkle (Littorina sitkana)
​Two-spot keyhole limpet (Fissurellidea bimaculata)
Unstable limpet (Lottia instabilison)
Whitecap limpet (Acmaea mitra)

Wrinkled amphissa (Amphissa columbiana)

Nudibranchs and Other Opisthobranchs
Barnacle nudibranch (Onchidoris bilamellata)
Bushy-backed nudibranch (Dendronotus venustus)
Cockerell's nudibranch (Limacia cockerelli)
Clown nudibranch (Triopha catalinae)
Heath's dorid (Geitodoris heathi)
Giant nudibranch (Dendronotus iris)
Giant white dorid (Doris odhneri)
Hooded nudibranch (Melibe leonina)
Leopard dorid (Diaulula sandiegensis)
Monterey sea lemon (Doris montereyensis)
Nanaimo dorid (Acanthodoris nanaimoensis)
Opalescent nudibranch (Hermissenda crassicornis)
Orange peel nudibranch (Tochuina tetraquetra)
Red sponge nudibranch (Rostanga pulchra)
Red-gilled nudibranch (Flabellina verrucosa)
Sea butterfly (Corolla spectabilis)
​Striped nudibranch (Armina californica)
Three-lined aeolid (Flabellina trilineata)
​Variable dendronotid (Dendronotus albus)
White-and-orange-tipped nudibranch (Janolus fuscus)
White-lined dirona 
(Dirona albolineata)
Yellow-rimmed nudibranch (Cadlina luteomarginata)


Octopus and Squid
Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)
Opalescent squid (Doryteuthis opalescens)
Pacific red octopus (Octopus rubescens)


Cnidarians

Anemones
Aggregate anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima)
​Brooding anemone (Epiactis lisbethae)
Buried green anemone (Anthopleura artemisia)
Fish-eating anemone (Urticina piscivora)
Giant green anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica)
Giant plumose anemone (Metridium farcimen)
Painted anemone (Urticina crassicornis)
Proliferating anemone (Epiactis prolifera)
Short plumose anemone (Metridium senile)

Stubby rose anemone (Urticina clandestina)
Swimming anemone (Stromphia didemon)
Tube-dwelling anemone (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus)
White-spotted rose anemone (Cribrinopsis albopunctatus)

Corals
Orange cup coral (​Balanophyllia elegans)
​Red soft coral (Gersemia rubiformis)

Sea Pens
Orange sea pen (Ptiolsarcus gurneyi)

Hydroids
Fibre-optic hydroid (Abietinaria greenei)
Glassy plume hydroid (Plumularia setacea)
​Orange hydroid (Garveia annulata)
Ostrich-plume hydroid (Aglaophenia sp.)
Surfgrass hydroid (Amphisbetia furcata)

Jellyfish - Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa
Cat's eye comb jelly (Pleurobranchia bachei)
Cross jelly (Mitrocoma cellularia)
Fried egg jellyfish (Phacellophora camtschatica)

Herring-bone stalked jelly (Manania distincta)
Lion’s mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata)
Lobed comb jelly (Bolinopsis infundibulum)
Moon jellyfish (Aurelia labiata)
Oval-anchored stalked jelly (Haliclystus stejnegeri)
Red-eye medusa (Polyorchis pencillatus)
Sail jellyfish (Velella velella)
Water jellies (Aequorea spp.)


Worms
Calcareous tube worm (Serpula columbiana)
Clam worm (Nereis vexillosa)
Giant clam worm (Nereis brandti / Nereis virens)
Green ribbon worm (Emplectonema gracile)
Northern feather duster worm (Eudistylia vancouveri)
Ornate tubeworm (Diopatra ornata)


Bryozoans
Fluted bryozoan (Hippodiplosia insculpta)
Kelp-encrusting bryozoan (Membranipora serrilamella)
Lattice-work bryozoan (Phidolopora pacifica)
Northern staghorn bryozoan (Heteropora pacifica)
Spiral bryozoan (Bugula californica)
Stick bryozoan (Microporina borealis)


Sponges
Aggregated nipple sponge (Polymastia pachymastia)
Cloud sponge (Aphrocallistes vastus)
Orange finger sponge (Isodictya rigida)
Purple encrusting sponge (Haliclona permollis)
Red velvet sponge (Ophlitaspongia pennata)
Red volcano sponge (Acarnus erithacus)
Tube ball sponge (Leucosolenia eleanor)

Yellow-green encrusting sponge (Halichondria panicea)

Tunicates
Fused orange social ascidians (Metandrocarpa dura)
Lightbulb tunciate (Clavelina huntsmani)

Monterey stalked tunicate (Styela montereyensis)
Pacific white crust (Didemnum carnulentum)
Red ascidian (Aplidium solidum)

Sea grapes (Perophora annectens)

Shiny orange sea squirt (Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis)
Speckled compound tunicate (Trididemnum alexi)


Vertebrates
Fish
Arrow goby (Clevelandia ios)
Bay goby (Lepidogobius lepidus)
Bay pipefish (Syngnathus leptorhynchus)

Big skate (Raja binoculata)
Black rockfish (Sebastes melanops)

Blackeye goby (Rhinogobiops nicholsii)
Bocaccio rockfish (Sebastes paucispinis)
Buffalo sculpin (Enophrys bison)

Cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus)
Canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger)
China rockfish (Sebastes nebulosus)
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
Coastrange sculpin (Cottus aleuticus)
Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

Copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)
Crescent gunnel (Photis laeta)
​Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii)

Decorated warbonnet (Chirolophis decoratus)
Kelp clingfish (Rimicola muscarum)
Kelp greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus)
​Kelp perch (Brachyistius frenatus)

Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus)
Longfin sculpin (Jordania zonope)
Midshipman (Porichthys notatus)
Ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi)
Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus)
Pacific sanddab (Citharichthys sordidus)
​Pacific sandfish (Trichodon trichodon)
Pacific staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus)

Painted greenling (Oxylebius pictus)
Penpoint gunnel (Apodichthys flavidus)
Pile perch (Rhacochilus vacca)

Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)
​Puget Sound rockfish (Sebastes emphaeus)
Prickly sculpin (Cottus asper)

Quillback rockfish (Sebastes maliger)
Red Irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus)
Redtail surfperch (Amphistichus rhodoterus)
Rock prickleback (Xiphister mucosus)
Shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata)
Silverspotted sculpin (Blepsias cirrhosus)

Snake prickleback (Lumpenus sagitta)
Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
Speckled sanddab (Citharichthys stigmaeus)
Spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei)

Starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus)
Steelhead/ rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Striped seaperch (Embiotoca lateralis)
Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Tidepool sculpin (Oligocottus maculosus)
Tubesnout (Aulorhynchus flavidus)
Vermilion rockfish (Sebastes miniatus)

Whitespotted greenling (Hexagrammos stelleri)
Wolf-eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus)
​Yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus)
Yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus)


Marine Mammals
Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli)
Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Killer whale (Orcinus orca)
Pacific harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)
Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
River otter (Lontra canadensis pacifica)
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus)

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