The Natural History of Bodega Head

    Hard to believe another year has gone by.  Here are a few festive invertebrates from our tidepooling last week to help celebrate turning...

    Okay, I know I've shown a few peanut worms recently, but this was a nice view of several different peanut worms ( Phascolosoma agass...

    Eric noticed a beautiful scene in the low intertidal zone a few days ago.  There are six (!) different phyla (major animal groups) repre...

And two more to wrap up this series illustrating color variation in the tentacles of the tubeworm, Spirobranchus spinosus :         Photogra...

    Another in the tubeworm series — this one with beautiful golden stripes and blue tips!  Spirobranchus spinosus photographed in the Car...

    We were long overdue on a survey that we needed to get done in Monterey County, so we made a quick day-trip down to the Carmel area this...

  Yes, you guessed it, another outstanding tubeworm.  This one is a Giant Feather Duster Worm, Eudistylia polymorpha .  It was also pho...

  A beautiful tubeworm, Spirobranchus spinosus , photographed in the low intertidal zone in Monterey County on 31 August 2019. ...

Below is a close-up mystery photo for you.  I know it might be challenging, but it's always fun to have a chance to wonder.  Can you gue...