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  • Amphipod (Phronima sp.) - Picture 1, Picture 2
Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Arrow worm
Phylum: Chaetognatha
  • Barred Sandbass (Paralabrax nebulifer) 
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Serranidae
  • Bay Pipefish (Syngnathus leptorhynchus)
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Syngnathidae
  • Benttooth Bristlemouth (Cyclothone acclinidens) - Picture 1, Picture 2
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Gonostomatidae
  • California Corbina (Menticirrhus undulatus)
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Sciaenidae
  • California Halibut (Paralichthys californicus)
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Bothidae
  • California Lizardfish (Synodus lucioceps)
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Synodontidae
  • California Tonguefish (Symphurus atricauda) - Picture 1, Picture 2
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Cynoglossidae
  • Comb Jellies (Ctenophore)
Phylum: Ctenophora
  • Diamond Turbot (Hypsopsetta guttulata)
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Pleuronectidae
  • Dover Sole (Microstomus pacificus)
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Pleuronectidae
  • English Sole (Parophrys vetulus)
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Pleuronectidae
  • Fantail Sole (Xystreurys Liolepis)
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Bothidae
  • Fish Larvae
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes
  • Hatchetfish- Picture 1, Picture 2
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Sternoptychidae
  • Hornyhead Turbot (Pleuronichthys verticalis)
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Pleuronectidae
  • Jellyfish (Colobonema sp.) - Picture 1, Picture 2
Phylum: Cnidaria, Class: Scyphozoa
  • Kelp Fish (Gibbonsia sp.)
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Clinidae
  • Krill (Euphausia sp.) - Picture 1, Picture 2
Phylum: Arthropoda, Subphylum: Crustacea,
Class: Malacostraca, Family: Eumalacostraca
  • Lancelet (Amphioxus)
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Cephalochordata
  • Longspine combfish (Zaniolepis latipinnis) - Picture 1, Picture 2, Picture 3
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Zaniolepididae
  • Mantis shrimp (Squillid Schmittius politus) - Picture 1, Picture 2
Phylum: Arthropoda, Subphylum: Crustacea,
Class: Malacostraca, Family: Decapoda
  • Moon Jellies (Aurelia aurita)
Phylum: Cnidaria, Subphylum: Scyphozoa,
Order: Semaeostomeae Family: Ulmaridae
Subfamily: Aureliinae
  • Moon Snail (Polinices sp.)
Phylum: Mollusca, Class: Gastropoda          
  • Northern lampfish (Stenobrachius leucopsarus)
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Myctophidae
  • Queenfish (Seriphus politus) - Picture 1, Picture 2 (the smaller fish is a White Croaker)
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Sciaenidae
  • Pleurobranch
Phylum: Mollusca, Class: Gastropoda
  • Plainfin Midshipman (Porichthys notatus)
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Bactrachoididae
  • Red Urchin
  • Rock Dredge Item
  • Salp - Picture 1, Picture 2
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Urochordata
  • Sea cucumber
​Phylum: Echinodermata, Class: Holothuroidea
  • Sea slug
​Phylum: Mollusca, Class: Gastropoda
  • Seafan 
  • Shovelnose Guitarfish (Rhinobatos productus) - Picture 1, Picture 2, Picture 3, Picture 4
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Chondrichthyes, Family: Rhinobatidae
  • Slender sole (Hyopsetla exilis) 
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes
  • Squid - Picture 1, Picture 2, Picture 3
Phylum: Mollusca, Class: Cephalopeda
  • Specklefin Midshipman (Porichthys myriaster)
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Batrachoididae
  • Staghorn Sculpin - Picture 1, Picture 2
  • Stripetail Rockfish (juvenile) (Sebastes saxicola)
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Scorpaenidae
  • Tube worm

Phylum: Annelida, Class: Polychaeta

 
  • Yellowfin Croaker (Umbrina roncador)
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Sciaenidae
  • White Croaker (Genyonemus lineatus) - Picture 1, Picture 2, Picture 3
Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum: Vertebrata,
Class: Osteichthyes, Family: Sciaenidae

 

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