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Low Tide at Rueben Tarte, San Juan Island

Martha is very excited to have found C.exasperatus on the beach at a very low tide at Friday Harbor Labs
  

Habitat

  • Range extends from British Columbia to Baja California along Eastern Pacific Coast.
  • Found in the low intertidal to high subtidal zones attached to rocks, generally about 5 to 10 meters in depth
  • Accessory pigments allow them to live in fairly low light environments successfully. Common in sheltered kelp forests.
  • Typically limited by space and rocky substrate
  • Locally found at Friday Harbor Labs in low intertidal or on dock tires, Rueben Tarte, and many other rocky low intertidial locations around San Juan Island.

References:

Keys to the Algae and Seagrasses of Southeast Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. Gabrielson et al. 2006. Number 7.