Santa Monica Baykeeper


Giant Kelp Adult Macrocystis pyrifera brown alga attached by holdfast size: up to 30 m (100 ft) Click Here for More Information	Warty Sea Cucumber Parastichopus parvimensis soft cylindrical orange-brown body with pointy projections size: up to 25 cm (10 in) Click Here for More Information	Bat Star Asterina miniata Webbed 5-arm shape, solid or mottled colors (red, orange, yellow, brown, green, purple) size: up to 20 cm (8 in) Click Here for More Information

Giant Spined Star Pisaster giganteus 5-arm shape, covered with white spines with blue bumps size: up to 50 cm (20 in) Click Here for More Information	Sheep Crab Loxorhynchus grandis large, slow moving crab with long legs size: carapace up to 15 cm (6 in), leg span up to 45 cm (18 in) Click Here for More Information	California Spiny Lobster Panulirus interruptus look for long antennae sticking out of crevices size: up to 60 cm (2 ft) Click Here for More Information

Giant Keyhole Limpet Megthura crenulata shell can be covered by soft body (mantle), “keyhole” on top of shell size: up to 13 cm (5 in) Click Here for More Information	Rock Scallop Crassedoma giganteum look for slit with orange or gray body and small tentacles, very cryptic size: up to 20 cm (8 in) Click Here for More Information	Abalone Haliotis sp. holes on edge of shell, very cryptic, can be covered with algae size: up to 30 cm (12 in) Click Here for More Information

Special thanks to volunteer diver Ian Craig for donating his pictures!