Saturday, July 15, 2017

Intertidal photos

The lowest tide of the year - it was -0.64 feet at 9:40 am.



The Burnaby Narrows Passage is dry








Photos of the Intertidal sea life in Burnaby Narrows.



Red Rock Crab



Moon snail egg case



Sunflower Starfish. They have been hit with a wasting disease. This one is very small. Hopefully they will start to recover. They helped keep down the sea urchin population.




Operculum in the Red Turban snail - used in Haida art - often for teeth in killer whales



The Red Turban snail




Leather Star fish.



Bat Stars.




Plumose anemones and rock scallops




Bat Star and a sea cucumber.




Moon snail




Horse Clam




Big Leather Star with a Bat Star












Thousands of Bar Stars on the shore.




Kelp crab




Snails with eggs on a rock



Plumose anemones



More Plumose anemones




Pink Sea Star ( Pisaster brevispinus )




Kelp beds




Eelgrass beds



Phoenix Hunter on the Mooring ball.


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2 comments:

  1. i'm so up on tides............lol......how long will these guys stay out of water for???
    So many creatures........so pleased you could tell me what they are as I would have no idea except for the star fish.........so many colours and shapes.......

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  2. What a cool thing to see. You took the right biologist with you!

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