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Joaninha-de-Sete-Pintas (Coccinella septempunctata)Observador
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Typical lady bug size. Had the zoomies so pics are a bit blurry and so shiny that highlights obscure some characteristics but clearly has the 7 spot pattern
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Género ArgiaObservador
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About 3 cm body length. Pretty blue color. Didn't get any photos but there were numerous mating CA dogface butterflies in same area
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Papa-Léguas-Grande (Geococcyx californianus)Observador
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See lower left corner of photo. Nearly caused an accident braking suddenly to get a good look at it lol
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Lagarto-de-Mancha-Lateral-Ocidental (Uta stansburiana ssp. elegans)Observador
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Holorusia hesperaObservador
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The largest crane fly I have ever seen, almost 2x the size of the most common species body can. 5 cm. I am guessing that makes it the "giant western" lol
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Género ArgyrotaeniaObservador
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Inat at suggested this genus, it's definitely a moth.
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Género PseudopameraObservador
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About 1 cm walking fast across a tennis court in the morning.
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About 3 cm, nestled into its own little depression in the rock
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Género MastocarpusObservador
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I think this is tar spot and that it is a red algae, iNat did not recognize it
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Clinocottus analisObservador
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Fairly large sculpin, maybe 10 cm. Large pectoral fins.
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Género EpiactisObservador
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Soft and slimy, radially symmetrical with radiating lines. Could be a retracted anemone. Weird-looking, though this was ID from iNaturalist.
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Sipúnculos (Ordem Sipuncula)Observador
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Did not see extended, only retracted.
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Bright yellow with a thicker centerline. Pair of visible black eye spots close together. About 2 cm
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Lebre-Do-Mar-da-Califórnia (Aplysia californica)Observador
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Around 10 cm. There were a lot of these guys all over the beach in this size range. No large ones, though.
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Ouriço-Do-Mar-Lavanda (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)Observador
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Baby purple urchin? Greenish, not purple.
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Aiolochroia thionaObservador
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Under rock overhang at very low tidal level, not exposed by regular low tides, this was a king tide. On vertical surface, chimneys about finger sized.
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Família ChthamalidaeObservador
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Tiny, 5mm or less, covering rocks at all tide levels
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Lottia giganteaObservador
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Lip balm for scale. Extremely large limped, very high tidal level.
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Ouriço-Do-Mar-Lavanda (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)Observador
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Lots of purple and green urchins at False Point on this day
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Urocordados (Subfilo Tunicata)Observador
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Flattened, soft and slimy. Around 3 cm across. Not fibrous like a sponge or with any calcium carbonate inner structure like a bryozoan. Nothing else I can think of except tunicate?
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Tiny, soft and slimy to touch. Loose colony structure? Maybe a tunicate? Oval so probably not a Cnidarian?
