The Natural History of Bodega Head

During our first few days in Iceland, we were fortunate to find some excellent tidepooling locations.  We've been taking lots of photogr...

    Moonglow Anemone ( Anthopleura artemisia ) 

    We were doing some field surveys this morning (2 April 2025) along the rocky shore when Eric noticed these unusual compacted packets of ...

      Happy solstice, everyone! P.S.  From a Ten-tentacled Sea Anemone ( Halcampa decemtentaculata ) photographed recently by Eric along th...

    Eric photographed this gorgeous Moonglow Anemone ( Anthopleura artemisia ) at Point Reyes last week.  Seemed like an appropriate photo t...

      Morning light in a tidepool with sea urchins (purple) and sea anemones (green).

    Sometimes it's hard to choose which photos to share, but I couldn't resist posting this Teddy Bear Crab ( Polydectus cupulifer )...

    A beautiful Sunburst Anemone ( Anthopleura sola ) photographed by Eric on 19 January 2024.

    When your eyes match your background...   A small sculpin in a low zone tidepool, resting on a sponge with an anemone in the background....

    Every now and then we encounter a really bright green Sunburst Anemone ( Anthopleura sola ).     P.S.  Are you kidding me, Celtics?  Bac...

  One year later (see the post from 28 December 2021 ) and we're continuing to document examples of color and pattern variations in the...

    Last week Eric had good luck finding Ten-tentacled Anemones ( Halcampa decemtentaculata ) with interesting color patterns.  [You can cli...

    Moonglow Anemone ( Anthopleura artemisia ), photographed on 14 June 2022

    After field work this morning, I noticed a couple of Giant Green Anemones ( Anthopleura xanthogrammica ) were spawning, so I took a coup...

    Meet Lisbeth's Brooding Sea Anemone ( Epiactis lisbethae ).  This is the first time I've encountered one in Sonoma County (or an...

    We often see Shag-Rug Nudibranchs ( Aeolidia loui ) eating Aggregating Sea Anemones (A nthopleura elegantissima ), but I haven't obs...

    We've been busy lately, but here's a quick shot of a beautiful Moonglow Anemone ( Anthopleura artemisia ) from today, 28 March 2...

    Whew, it's hard to believe another 12 months have gone by.  Here are a couple of 12-tentacled sea anemones to help welcome 2022.    ...

    You might recall the Ten-tentacled Sea Anemones ( Halcampa decemtentaculata ) that we introduced in late November .  We are intrigued by...

Sola green (tentacles of the Sunburst Anemone, Anthopleura sola ):       Sculpin green:         Siphon green (clam siphon):