August 19, 2020
Sea wrack treasures just ahead Hitchhikers Lepas (Anatifa) anatifera Wondrous sea wrack Pinching claw | Metacarcinus magister Razor | Siliqua patellae Thatched barnacles | Semibalanus cariosus Drifted from the rocky intertidal | Mytilus californianus Lots to identify here Dungeness carapace | Metacarcinus magister Oral surface | Dendraster excentricus Exoskeleton | Emerita analoga Moon jelly | Aurelia Melobesia on drift Phyllospadix You never know what you’ll find in the sea wrack
July 14, 2020
Smooth bay shrimp molt | Lissocrangon stylirostris Pacific mole crab trail | Emerita analoga Drift surfgrass, Phyllospadix Molted Dungeness carapace | Metacarcinus magister Dungeness crab molt | Metacarcinus magister Laminaria sinclairii Birds excavate female Emerita to eat only their eggs | Detached telson, upper right
July 13, 2020
Tideline treasures just ahead Pelagic goose barnacles, Lepas anatifera, on a drifted log Drifted Alaria marginata Molted Dungeness crab carapace | Metacarcinus magister Fresh Dungeness crab molt | Metacarcinus magister Mostly crustacean molts in night’s tideline Fried egg jelly fragment | Phacellophora camtschatica A good-sized jellyfish |Phacellophora camtschatica
July 7, 2020
What finds await in the sea wrack? Fifty paces down the beach, a clean tide line Drift eelgrass, Zostera Broken down sand dollar test, Dendraster excentricus Purple olive show, Callianax biplicata A sea wrack mystery Unfortunate female mole crab, Emerita analoga | Birds key in on the eggs (only a remnant remains) Sea nettle fragment, Chrysaora fuscescens Female Dungeness molt, Metacarcinus magister A sea wrack treasure trove
July 6, 2020
A fairly clean tide line The molt is on | Barnacle feeding appendages Molted Dungeness carapace, Metacarcinus magister A stranded pleuronectid | Starry flounder? Curlfin turbot? Mole crab molt, Emerita analoga