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    • Scientific Sort - Phylogenetic Central California Species >
      • Algae and Plants - Domain Eukaryota >
        • Division Cholorophyta - Green Algae >
          • Ulva sp. - Sea Lettuce
        • Class Phaeophyceae - Brown Algae >
          • Order Fucales - Rock Weeds >
            • Stephanocystis osmundacea - Chain-Bladder Kelp
          • Order Laminariales - Kelp >
            • Alaria marginata - Winged Kelp
            • Costaria costata - Ribbed Kelp
            • Desmarestia ligulata - Acid Kelp
            • Dictyoneuropsis reticulata - Dictyoneuropsis
            • Egregia menziesii - Feather Boa Kelp
            • Eisenia arborea - Southern Sea Palm / Crotch Kelp
            • Laminaria setchellii - Laminaria
            • Macrocystis pyrifera - Giant Kelp
            • Nereocystis luetkeana - Bull Kelp
            • Pleurophycus gardneri - Pleurophycus
            • Pterygophora californica - Walking Kelp
        • Kingdom Plantae - Plants >
          • Phyllospadix sp. - Surf Grass
          • Zostera marina - Eel Grass
        • Division Rhodophyta - Red Algae >
          • Botryocladia pseudodichotoma - Sea Grapes
          • Calliarthron spp. - Coralline Algae
          • Chondracanthus corymbiferus - Turkish Towel/Cow's Tongue
          • Gracilaria sp. - Gracilaria / Ogonori
          • Microcladia coulteri - Epiphytic Red Alga
          • Opuntiella californica - Opuntiella
          • Plocamium pacificum - Red Algae
      • Birds - Class Aves >
        • Family Laridae - Gulls >
          • Larus heermanni - Heermann's Gull
        • Family Phalacrocoracidae - Cormorants >
          • Phalacrocorax pelagicus - Pelagic Cormorant
      • Fish - Subphylum Vertebrata >
        • Class Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous Fishes >
          • Superorder Selachii - Modern Sharks >
            • Order Carcharhiniformes - Ground Sharks >
              • Cephaloscyllium ventriosum - Swell Shark
              • Triakis semifasciata - Leopard Shark
            • Order Heterodontiformes - Bullhead Sharks >
              • Heterodontus francisci - Horn Shark
            • Order Lamniformes - Mackerel Sharks >
              • Carcharodon carcharias - Great White Shark
            • Order Squatiniformes - Angel Sharks >
              • Squatina californica - Pacific Angel Shark
          • Superorder Batoidea - Rays and Skates >
            • Order Torpediniformes - Electric Rays >
              • Torpedo californica - Pacific Electric Ray
            • Order Myliobatiformes - Rays >
              • Platyrhinoidis triseriata - Thornback Ray
        • Class Osteichthyes - Bony Fishes >
          • Family Agonidae - Poachers >
            • Odontopyxis trispinosa - Pygmy Poacher
          • Family Anarhichadidae - Sea Wolfs >
            • Anarrhichthys ocellatus - Wolf Eel
          • Family Atherinopsidae - Topsmelts and Silversides >
            • Atherinops affinis - Topsmelt
          • Family Aulorhynchidae - Tubesnouts >
            • Aulorhynchus flavidus - Tubesnout
          • Family Bathymasteridae - Ronquils >
            • Rathbunella sp. - Ronquil
          • Family Batrachoididae - Toadfishes >
            • Porichthys notatus - Plainfin Midshipman
          • Family Chaenopsidae - Pike, Tube, and Flag Blennies >
            • Neoclinus uninotatus - Onespot Fringehead
            • Neoclinus stephensae - Yellowfin Fringehead
          • Family Clinidae - Kelpfishes >
            • Gibbonsia sp. - Kelpfish
          • Family Cottidae - Common Sculpins >
            • Artedius corallinus - Coralline Sculpin
            • Hemilepidotus spinosus - Brown Irish Lord
            • Jordania zonope - Longfin Sculpin
            • Leptocottus armatus - Pacific Staghorn Sculpin
            • Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus - Great Sculpin
            • Nautichthys oculofasciatus - Sailfin Sculpin
            • Orthonopias triacis - Snubnose Sculpin
            • Scorpaenichthys marmoratus - Cabezon
          • Family Embioticidae - Surfperches >
            • Brachyistius frenatus - Kelp Perch
            • Cymatogaster aggregata - Shiner Surfperch
            • Embiotoca jacksoni - Black Surfperch
            • Embiotoca lateralis - Striped Surfperch
            • Hyperprosopon argenteum - Walleye Surfperch
            • Hypsurus caryi - Rainbow Surfperch
            • Phanerodon atripes - Sharpnose Surfperch
            • Phanerodon furcatus - White Surfperch
            • Rhacochilus toxotes - Rubberlip Surfperch
            • Rhacochilus vacca - Pile Surfperch
          • Family Gobiesocidae - Clingfishes >
            • Gobiesox meandricus - Northern Clingfish
          • Family Gobiidae - Gobies >
            • Rhinogobiops nicholsii - Black-Eyed Goby
          • Family Hexagrammidae - Greenlings >
            • Hexagrammos decagrammus - Kelp Greenling
            • Ophiodon elongatus - Lingcod
            • Oxylebius pictus - Painted Greenling
          • Family Kyphosidae - Sea Chubs >
            • Girella nigricans - Opal Eye
          • Family Labridae - Wrasses >
            • Oxyjulis californica - Señorita
            • Semicossyphus pulcher - California Sheephead
          • Family Malacanthidae - Tilefishes >
            • Caulolatilus princeps - Ocean Whitefish
          • Family Muraenidae - Moray Eels >
            • Gymnothorax mordax - California Moray Eel
          • Family Ophidiidae - Cusk-Eels >
            • Ophidion scrippsae - Basketweave Cusk-Eel
          • Family Paralichthyidae - Left-Eye Flounders >
            • Citharichthys stigmaeus - Speckled Sanddab
          • Family Pholidae - Gunnels >
            • Apodichthys flavidus - Penpoint Gunnel
          • Family Pleuronectidae - Right-Eye Flounders >
            • Pleuronichthys sp. - Sole / Turbot
          • Family Pomacentridae - Damselfishes >
            • Chromis punctipinnis - Blacksmith
          • Family Sebastidae - Rockfishes >
            • Sebastes atrovirens - Kelp Rockfish
            • Sebastes auriculatus - Brown Rockfish
            • Sebastes caurinus - Copper Rockfish
            • Sebastes carnatus - Gopher Rockfish
            • Sebastes chrysomelas - Black and Yellow Rockfish
            • Sebastes constellatus - Starry Rockfish
            • Sebastes flavidus - Yellowtail Rockfish
            • Sebastes melanops - Black Rockfish
            • Sebastes miniatus - Vermillion Rockfish
            • Sebastes mystinus - Blue Rockfish
            • Sebastes nebulosus - China Rockfish
            • Sebastes paucispinis - Boccacio
            • Sebastes pinniger - Canary Rockfish
            • Sebastes rastrelliger - Grass Rockfish
            • Sebastes rosaceus - Rosy Rockfish
            • Sebastes semicintus - Half-Banded Rockfish
            • Sebastes serranoides - Olive Rockfish
            • Sebastes serriceps - Treefish
          • Family Serranidae - Bass and Groupers >
            • Paralabrax clathratus - Kelp Bass
          • Family Stichaeidae - Pricklebacks >
            • Cebidichthys violaceus - Monkeyface Eel
            • Ernogrammus walkeri - Masked Prickleback
          • Family Stromateidae - Butterfishes >
            • Peprillus simillimus - Pacific Butterfish/Pompano
          • Family Sygnathidae - Pipefishes and Seahorses >
            • Sygnathus sp. - Pipefish
          • Family Synodontidae - Lizardfishes >
            • Synodus lucioceps - California Lizarfish
          • Family Molidae - Molas >
            • Mola mola - Ocean Sunfish
      • Invertebrates - 97% of Animalia >
        • Phylum Annelida - Ringed Worms >
          • Class Polychaeta - Bristle Worms >
            • Order Aciculata - Bristle-Foot Worms >
              • Nereis sp. - Pile Worm
            • Order Eunicida - Eunicid Worms >
              • Diopatra ornata - Ornate Tube Worm
            • Order Sabellida - Fan Worms >
              • Eudistylia polymorpha - Feather Duster Worm
              • Eudistylia vancouveri - Giant Feather Duster Worm
              • Myxicola infundibulum - Slime Fan Worm
              • Phragmatopoma californica - Honeycomb Worm
            • Order Scolecida - Tube 'O Mucus Worms >
              • Arenicola brasiliensis - Lug Worm
              • Praxillura maculata - Windmill Worm
            • Order Spionida - Twin-Palp Worms >
              • Phyllochaetopterus prolifica - Chaetopterid Worm
            • Order Terebellidae - Spaghetti Worms >
              • Dodecaceria fewkesi - Colonial Tube Worms
              • Thelepus crispus - Spaghetti Worm
          • Class Echiura - Spoon Worms >
            • Urechis caupo - Fat Innkeeper Worm
        • Phylum Arthropoda - Barnacles, Crabs, Shrimps >
          • Order Decapoda - Shrimp and Crabs >
            • Infraorder Anomura - Hermit Crabs and Allies >
              • Cryptolithodes sitchensis - Umbrella Crab
              • Discorsopagurus schmitti - Tube Worm Hermit Crab
              • Pagurus granosimanus - Hermit Crab
              • Pagurus hemphilli - Chlorostoma Hermit Crab
              • Phyllolithodes papillosus - Lithoid Crab
            • Infraorder Brachyura - True Crabs >
              • Cancer antennarius - Brown Rock Crab
              • Cancer magister - Dungeness Crab
              • Heterocrypta occidentalis - Elbow Crab
              • Loxorhynchus crispatus - Decorator Crab
              • Loxorhynchus grandis - Sheep Crab
              • Mimulus foliatus - Mimicking Crab
              • Pugettia producta - Northern Kelp Crab
              • Pugettia richii - Cryptic Kelp Crab
              • Pugettia gracilis - Graceful Kelp Crab
              • Scyra acutifrons - Sharpnose Crab
            • Infraorder Caridea - Caridean Shrimp >
              • Crangon sp. - Crangon Shrimp
              • Pandalus danae - Coon-Stripe / Dock Shrimp
          • Order Thoracica - Barnacles >
            • Alepas pacifica - Jellyfish Barnacle
            • Balanus nubilus - Giant Acorn Barnacle
            • Menesiniella aquila - Giant Acorn Barnacle
        • Phylum Bryozoa - Moss Animals >
          • Celleporella sp. - Northern Staghorn Bryozoan
          • Hippoporina insculpata - Fluted Bryozoan
          • Membranipora serrilamella - Bryozoan
          • Phidolopora pacifica - Lacy Bryozoan
          • Watersipora subtorquata - Red Bryozoan
        • Phylum Cnidaria - Jellies, Anemones, Hydrozoans >
          • Class Anthozoa - Anemones and Kin >
            • Order Actinaria - Anemones >
              • Anthopleura artemisia - Moonglow Anemone
              • Anthopleura sola - Sunburst Anemone
              • Anthopleura xanthogrammica - Giant Green Anemone
              • Epiactis prolifera - Brooding Anemone
              • Halcampa decemtentaculata - Burrowing Anemone
              • Metridium farcimen - Giant Plumose Anemone
              • Metridium senile - Plumose Anemone
              • Urticina columbiana - Sand Rose Anemone
              • Urticina coriacea - Stubby Rose Anemone
              • Urticina crassicornis - Painted Anemone
              • Urticina lofotensis - White-Spotted Rose Anemone
              • Urticina piscivora - Fish-Eating Anemone
            • Order Alcyonacea - Soft Corals >
              • Clavularia sp. - Octocoral
            • Order Ceriantharia - Tube Anemones >
              • Pachycerianthus fimbriatus - Tube Anemone
            • Order Corallimorpharia - Coral Anemones >
              • Corynactis californica - Strawberry Anemone
            • Order Pennatulacea - Sea Pens >
              • Stylatula elongata or Virgularia sp. - White Sea Pen
            • Order Scleractinia - Stone Corals >
              • Astrangia lajollaensis - Colonial Stone Coral
              • Balanophyllia elegans - Orange Cup Coral
              • Paracyathus stearnsi - Solitary Cup Coral
          • Class Hydrozoa - Hydra >
            • Order Anthomedusae >
              • Scrippsia pacifica - Giant Bell Jelly
              • Stylaster californicus - California Hydrocoral
              • Velella velella - By-The-Wind Sailor
            • Order Leptomedusae >
              • Aglaophenia spp. - Ostrich Plume Hydroid
              • Mitrocoma cellularia - Cross Jelly
            • Order Siphonophorae >
              • Calycophoran - Rocketship Siphonophore
              • Nanomia bijuga - Nanomia
              • Praya sp. - Praya Siphonophore
            • Order Narcomedusae >
              • Solmaris spp. - Solmaris
          • Class Scyphozoa - "True" Jellies >
            • Aurelia labiata - Moon Jelly
            • Chrysaora colorata - Purple-Striped Jelly
            • Chrysaora fuscescens - Brown Sea Nettle
            • Phacellophora camtschatica - Egg-Yolk Jelly
          • Class Staurozoa - Stalked Jellies >
            • Manania sp.- Stalked Jelly
        • Phylum Ctenophora - Comb Jellies >
          • Beroe spp. - Beroe
          • Mertensiid - Comb Jelly
          • Leucothea pulchra - Warty Comb Jelly
          • Ocyropsis spp. - Lobed Comb Jelly
          • Velamen parallelum - Flying-Wing Comb Jelly
        • Phylum Echinodermata - Stars, Cucumbers, Urchins >
          • Class Asteroidea - Seastars >
            • Patiria miniata - Bat Star
            • Astropecten verrilli - Spiny Sand Seastar
            • Dermasterias imbricata - Leather Seastar
            • Henricia leviuscula - Blood Seastar
            • Henricia pumila - Dwarf Brooding Seastar
            • Leptasterias sp. - Six-Rayed Seastar
            • Mediaster aequalis - Vermillion Seastar
            • Orthasterias koehleri - Rainbow Seastar
            • Pisaster brevispinus - Short-Spined Seastar
            • Pisaster giganteus - Jewel/Giant/Knobby Seastar
            • Pisaster ochraceus - Ochre Seastar
            • Pycnopodia helianthoides - Sunflower Seastar
            • Stylasterias forreri - Velcro Seastar
          • Class Holothuroidea - Sea Cucumbers >
            • Cucumaria miniata - Orange Sea Cucumber
            • Parastichopus californicus - California Sea Cucumber
            • Parastichopus parvimensis - Warty Sea Cucumber
            • Pseudocnus lubricus - White Sea Cucumber
          • Class Echinoidea - Urchins and Sanddollars >
            • Dendraster excentricus - Sanddollars
            • Mesocentrotus franciscanus - Red Sea Urchin
            • Strongylocentrotus purpuratus - Purple Sea Urchin
          • Class Ophiuroidea - Basket and Brittle Stars >
            • Amphiura arcystata - Sand Brittle Star
            • Ophioplocus esmarki - Day Brittle Star
            • Ophiothrix spiculata - Spiny Brittle Star
        • Phylum Mollusca - Gastropods, Bivalves, Cephalopods >
          • Class Bivalvia - Clams, Mussels, Cockles, Scallops, Etc. >
            • Clinocardium nuttallii - Nuttal's Cockle
          • Class Cephalopoda - Squids, Octopuses, Cuttlefishes >
            • Order Teuthida - Squids >
              • Dosidicus gigas - Humboldt Squid
              • Doryteuthis opalescens - California Market Squid
            • Order Octopoda - Octopuses >
              • Enteroctopus dofleini - Giant Pacific Octopus
              • Octopus bimaculoides - Two-Spot Octopus
              • Octopus rubescens - Red Octopus
          • Class Gastropoda - Snails, Slugs, Limpets, Nudibranchs >
            • "Prosobranchia" - Shelled Gastropods >
              • Acmaea mitra - Dunce Cap Limpet
              • Caesia fossatus - Sand Snail
              • Callianax biplicata - Olive Snail
              • Calliostoma annulatum - Jeweled Topsnail
              • Carinaria japonica - Heteropod
              • Ceratostoma foliatum - Leafy Hornmouth
              • Chlorostoma brunnea - Brown Turban Snail
              • Chlorostoma montereyi - Monterey Turban Snail
              • Conus californicus - California Cone
              • Diodora aspera - Keyhole Limpet
              • Haliotis kamtschatkana - Pinto abalone
              • Haliotis rufescens - Red Abalone
              • Haliotis walallensis - Flat Abalone
              • Lamellaria diegoensis - Ascidian Snail
              • Megasurcula carpenteriana - Carpenter's turrid
              • Megathura crenulata - Giant Keyhole Limpet
              • Mitra idae - Ida's Miter
              • Neobernaya spadicea - Chestnut Cowrie
              • Euspira lewisii - Moon Snail
              • Promartynia pulligo - Dusky Turban Snail
            • Subclass Opisthobranchia - Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs >
              • Aeolidia papillosa - Shaggy Mouse Nudibranch
              • Aplysia californica - California Sea Hare
              • Corolla spectabilis - Sea Butterfly
              • Dendronotus albus - White Dendronotus
              • Dendronotus iris - Rainbow Nudibranch
              • Diaulula sandiegensis - San Diego Dorid
              • Dirona picta - Shaggy Dirona
              • Doriopsilla albopunctata - Yellow Dorid
              • Doris montereyensis - Monterey Dorid
              • Doris odhneri - White Dorid
              • Hermissenda crassicornis - Opalescent Nudibranch
              • Melibe leonina - Lion's Mane Nudibranch
              • Navanax inermis - Navanax
              • Okenia rosacea - Hopkins Rose
              • Onchidoris bilamellata - Rough-Mantled Doris
              • Phidiana hiltoni - Hilton's Aeolid
              • Pleurobranchaea californica - California Sidegill Slug
              • Polycera atra - Black Dorid
              • Triopha catalinae - Clown Nudibranch
          • Class Polyplacophora - Chitons >
            • Cryptochiton stelleri - Gumboot Chiton
            • Stenoplax sp. - Chiton
            • Tonicella spp. - Lined Chiton
        • Phylum Porifera - Sponges >
          • Acarnus erithacus - Red Sponge
          • Leucandra heathi - Spiny Vase Sponge
          • Leucilla nuttingi - Finger Sponge
          • Mycale psila - Sulfur-Yellow Sponge
          • Polymastia pachymastia - Aggregated Nipple Sponge
          • Tethya californiana - Orange Puffball Sponge
          • Stelletta clarella - Mossy Sponge
        • Subphylum Urochordata - Salps and Tunicates >
          • Class Ascidiacea - Benthic Tunicates >
            • Boltenia villosa - Spiny-Headed Tunicate
            • Clavelina huntsmani - Lightbulb Tunicate
            • Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis - Solitary Tunicate
            • Cystodytes lobatus - Lobed Tunicate
            • Didemnum carnulentum - Colonial Tunicate
            • Diplosoma listerianum - Compound Tunicate
            • Distaplia smithi - Smith's Compound Tunicate
            • Eudistoma psammion - Compound Tunicate
            • Polyclinum planum - Elephant Ear Tunicate
            • Ritterella rubra - Red Currant Tunicate
            • Styela montereyensis - Stalked Tunicate
            • Trididemnum opacum - Colonial Tunicate
          • Class Thaliacea - Salps and Kin >
            • Cyclosalpa affinis - Cyclical Salp
            • Cyclosalpa bakeri - Cyclical Salp
            • Thetys vagina - Suggestive Salp
      • Mammals - Class Mammalia >
        • Order Cetacea - Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises >
          • Order Mysticeti - Baleen Whales
          • Order Odontoceti - Toothed Whales
        • Pinnipedia - Seals, Sea Lions, Walruses >
          • Family Phocidae - Seals >
            • Phoca vitulina - Harbor Seal
          • Family Otariidae - Sea Lions and Fur Seals >
            • Zalophus californianus - California Sea Lion
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