Intertidal Life of Yerba Buena Island

A guide to the invertebrates, seaweeds, and vertebrates found in the intertidal areas of Yerba Buena Island. Data was primarily collected during surveys conducted by the California Academy of Sciences in 2019-2021 and during bioblitzes held in 2017-2021.

Todos(as) 182

Amphoriscidae ¹

smooth urn sponge ²
Leucilla nuttingi

Raspailiidae ³

Haliclona cinerea ⁴

Red Velvet Sponge ⁵
Clathria pennata

Red Beard Sponge ⁶
Clathria prolifera

Bread-crumb Sponge ⁷
Halichondria panicea

Halichondria bowerbanki ⁸

Polyorchis ⁹

Giant Bell Jelly ¹⁰
Scrippsia pacifica

Hydroids ¹¹
Hydroidolina

Sertulariidae ⁶

Ectopleura ¹²

Pacific Sea Nettle ¹³
Chrysaora fuscescens

Moonglow Anemone ¹⁴
Anthopleura artemisia

white burrowing anemone ¹⁵
Flosmaris grandis

Striped Green Sea Anemone ¹⁶
Diadumene lineata

Diadumene ¹⁷

Plumose Anemone ¹⁸
Metridium senile

Slender Sea Pen ⁹
Stylatula elongata

Pacific Sea Gooseberry ¹⁷
Pleurobrachia bachei

Stylochoidea ¹⁹

green ribbon worm ²⁰
Emplectonema gracile

Purple Ribbon Worm ²
Paranemertes peregrina

Tubulanus ²¹

Arenicola ⁷

Nereididae ⁷

Pile Worm ²²
Nereis vexillosa

Eighteen-scaled Worm ²³
Halosydna brevisetosa

Fifteen-scaled Worm ⁶
Harmothoe imbricata

Honeycomb Worms ²⁴
Sabellariidae

Myxicola ²⁵

Split-branch Feather Duster Worm ²⁶
Schizobranchia insignis

Megasyllis nipponica ²⁷

Pista pacifica ²

Spaghetti Worms ²⁸
Terebellidae

Pacific Acorn Barnacle ²⁹
Balanus glandula

Chthamalus ³⁰

Gooseneck Barnacle ³¹
Pollicipes polymerus

Pink Volcano Barnacle ³²
Tetraclita rubescens

Wormpods ⁶
Anthuroidea

Cirolanidae ³³

Idotea ³⁴

Eelgrass Isopod ³⁵
Pentidotea resecata

Rockweed isopod ⁶
Pentidotea wosnesenskii

Western Sea Slater ³⁶
Ligia occidentalis

Gnorimosphaeroma ³⁷

New Zealand Burrowing Isopod ⁷
Sphaeroma quoianum

Typical Seapills ³⁸
Sphaeromatidae

Skeleton Shrimp ³⁹
Caprellidae

Bivalve Scuds ⁴⁰
Melitidae

California Beach Flea ⁴¹
Megalorchestia californiana

Pacific beach hopper ⁴²
Traskorchestia traskiana

Amphipods ⁷
Amphipoda

Red Rock Crab ²³
Cancer productus

Graceful Rock Crab ⁴³
Metacarcinus gracilis

Dungeness Crab ⁴⁴
Metacarcinus magister

Pacific Rock Crab ²³
Romaleon antennarium

Northern Kelp Crab ⁴⁵
Pugettia producta

Striped Shore Crab ⁴⁶
Pachygrapsus crassipes

Tuberculate Pear Crab ⁴⁷
Pyromaia tuberculata

Pacific Hairy Hermit Crab ⁴⁸
Pagurus hirsutiusculus

pubescent porcelain crab ⁶
Pachycheles pubescens

Thickclaw Porcelain Crab ⁴⁹
Pachycheles rudis

Chocolate Porcelain Crab ⁶
Petrolisthes manimaculis

Heptacarpus ⁶

Purple Shore Crab ⁵⁰
Hemigrapsus nudus

Yellow Shore Crab ⁵¹
Hemigrapsus oregonensis

Ammothea hilgendorfi ⁹

Sea Spiders ⁵²
Pantopoda

Neomolgus littoralis ⁵³

Hind's Chiton ²⁹
Mopalia hindsii

Mossy Chiton ⁵⁴
Mopalia muscosa

Gould's baby chiton ⁵⁵
Cyanoplax dentiens

California Spiny Chiton ⁶
Nuttallina californica

Lined Chiton ⁵⁶
Tonicella lineata

Flame Lined Chiton ⁶
Tonicella lokii

Dire Whelk ⁵⁷
Lirabuccinum dirum

Onyx Slippersnail ²⁸
Crepidula onyx

Carinate Dovesnail ⁶
Alia carinata

Wrinkled Amphissa ⁵⁸
Amphissa columbiana

Variegate Amphissa ⁷
Amphissa versicolor

Mitrella gausapata ⁵⁹

Lacuna Snails ²⁸
Lacuna

Eroded Periwinkle ⁶⁰
Littorina keenae

Common Periwinkle ⁶
Littorina littorea

Checkered Periwinkle ⁶¹
Littorina scutulata

Angular Unicorn ⁶²
Acanthinucella spirata

Wrinkled Purple ²³
Nucella lamellosa

Striped Dogwinkle ⁶³
Nucella ostrina

Purple Olive Snail ⁶⁴
Callianax biplicata

Whitecap Limpet ²
Acmaea mitra

Black Limpet ²
Lottia asmi

Fingered Limpet Complex ²⁷
Lottia digitalis

Owl Limpet ³³
Lottia gigantea

File Limpet ⁶
Lottia limatula

Boreal limpet ⁶⁵
Lottia paradigitalis

Shield Limpet ²³
Lottia pelta

Rough Limpet ⁶⁶
Lottia scabra

Plate Limpet ⁶
Lottia scutum

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Intertidal Life of Yerba Buena Island

smooth urn sponge 2 Leucilla nuttingi

Red Velvet Sponge 5 Clathria pennata

Red Beard Sponge 6 Clathria prolifera

Bread-crumb Sponge 7 Halichondria panicea

Giant Bell Jelly 10 Scrippsia pacifica

Hydroids 11 Hydroidolina

Pacific Sea Nettle 13 Chrysaora fuscescens

Moonglow Anemone 14 Anthopleura artemisia

white burrowing anemone 15 Flosmaris grandis

Striped Green Sea Anemone 16 Diadumene lineata

Plumose Anemone 18 Metridium senile

Slender Sea Pen 9 Stylatula elongata

Pacific Sea Gooseberry 17 Pleurobrachia bachei

green ribbon worm 20 Emplectonema gracile

Purple Ribbon Worm 2 Paranemertes peregrina

Pile Worm 22 Nereis vexillosa

Eighteen-scaled Worm 23 Halosydna brevisetosa

Fifteen-scaled Worm 6 Harmothoe imbricata

Honeycomb Worms 24 Sabellariidae

Split-branch Feather Duster Worm 26 Schizobranchia insignis

Spaghetti Worms 28 Terebellidae

Pacific Acorn Barnacle 29 Balanus glandula

Gooseneck Barnacle 31 Pollicipes polymerus

Pink Volcano Barnacle 32 Tetraclita rubescens

Wormpods 6 Anthuroidea

Eelgrass Isopod 35 Pentidotea resecata

Rockweed isopod 6 Pentidotea wosnesenskii

Western Sea Slater 36 Ligia occidentalis

New Zealand Burrowing Isopod 7 Sphaeroma quoianum

Typical Seapills 38 Sphaeromatidae

Skeleton Shrimp 39 Caprellidae

Bivalve Scuds 40 Melitidae

California Beach Flea 41 Megalorchestia californiana

Pacific beach hopper 42 Traskorchestia traskiana

Amphipods 7 Amphipoda

Red Rock Crab 23 Cancer productus

Graceful Rock Crab 43 Metacarcinus gracilis

Dungeness Crab 44 Metacarcinus magister

Pacific Rock Crab 23 Romaleon antennarium

Northern Kelp Crab 45 Pugettia producta

Striped Shore Crab 46 Pachygrapsus crassipes

Tuberculate Pear Crab 47 Pyromaia tuberculata

Pacific Hairy Hermit Crab 48 Pagurus hirsutiusculus

pubescent porcelain crab 6 Pachycheles pubescens

Thickclaw Porcelain Crab 49 Pachycheles rudis

Chocolate Porcelain Crab 6 Petrolisthes manimaculis

Purple Shore Crab 50 Hemigrapsus nudus

Yellow Shore Crab 51 Hemigrapsus oregonensis

Sea Spiders 52 Pantopoda

Hind's Chiton 29 Mopalia hindsii

Mossy Chiton 54 Mopalia muscosa

Gould's baby chiton 55 Cyanoplax dentiens

California Spiny Chiton 6 Nuttallina californica

Lined Chiton 56 Tonicella lineata

Flame Lined Chiton 6 Tonicella lokii

Dire Whelk 57 Lirabuccinum dirum

Onyx Slippersnail 28 Crepidula onyx

Carinate Dovesnail 6 Alia carinata

Wrinkled Amphissa 58 Amphissa columbiana

Variegate Amphissa 7 Amphissa versicolor

Lacuna Snails 28 Lacuna

Eroded Periwinkle 60 Littorina keenae

Common Periwinkle 6 Littorina littorea

Checkered Periwinkle 61 Littorina scutulata

Angular Unicorn 62 Acanthinucella spirata

Wrinkled Purple 23 Nucella lamellosa

Striped Dogwinkle 63 Nucella ostrina

Purple Olive Snail 64 Callianax biplicata

Whitecap Limpet 2 Acmaea mitra

Black Limpet 2 Lottia asmi

Fingered Limpet Complex 27 Lottia digitalis

Owl Limpet 33 Lottia gigantea

File Limpet 6 Lottia limatula

Boreal limpet 65 Lottia paradigitalis

Shield Limpet 23 Lottia pelta

Rough Limpet 66 Lottia scabra

Plate Limpet 6 Lottia scutum