Plate 73
  • CAL0073. closeup of sun starfish; Pycnopodia helianthoides; pincers on skin keep surface clean; defense; Monterey, California
Plate 74
  • CAL0074. sea urchin; Strongylocentrotus purpuratus; feeds on algae; bottom has central circle of rasping teeth; Southern California
Plate 75
  • CAL0075. white sea urchins; Lytechinus anamesus; attack and feed on larger urchins; Strongylocentrotus franciscanis; Southern California
Plate 76
  • CAL0076. sea cucumber; Cucumaria piperata; feeding; by licking bushy arms off in mouth one after another; Monterey, California
Plate 77
  • CAL0077. wolf eel; Anarrhichthys ocellatus; feed on crabs and urchin; six feet long; Monterey, California
Plate 78
  • CAL0078. wolf eel; Anarrhichthys ocellatus; feed on crabs and urchin; Strongylocentrotus purpuratus; six feet long; Monterey, California
Plate 79
  • CAL0079. wolf eel; Anarrhichthys ocellatus; feed on crabs and urchin; Strongylocentrotus purpuratus; six feet long; Monterey, California
Plate 80
  • CAL0080. mosshead warbonnet; Chirolophis nugator; bushy fringes on head allow camouflage; Monterey, California
Plate 81
  • CAL0081. hermit crab in jeweled top shell; Calliostoma annulatum; in purple stinging hydrocoral; Allopora californica; Monterey, California
Plate 82
  • CAL0082. red abalone; Haliotis rufescens; with mantle extended; rasps away at algal cover; Southern California
Plate 83
  • CAL0083. eyes of scallop; San Juan Islands; Washington (Note: Could be Hinnetes giganteus)
Plate 84
  • CAL0084. jeweled top snails Calliostoma annulatum on kelp bulb; mate at top of kelp canopy; Monterey, California