Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California
Compiled & photographed by Gary McDonald, Long Marine Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz
Monterey Bay, CA; 7 Apr 1973.
Description: Color variable: green, brown, olive, yellow, orange, pink, or purple, frequently matching the color of the substrate to which it is attached. With 8 well developed lobes, each with a terminal cluster of up to 130 tentacles.
Size: Up to about 2cm in diameter.
Notes: Relatively rare, and inconspicuous because they are usually similar in color to the substrate to which they are attached. The species found in our area is apparently unnamed.
Sand Dollar Beach, Monterey Co., CA; 27 May 2009; 20mm diameter.
Sand Dollar Beach, Monterey Co., CA; 27 May 2009; 20mm diameter.