Several files of Odonthalia specimens awaited my examination in the herbarium...much to my surprise, however, not only was there a bewildering array of morphologies represented in the collection, but also a display of what normally lives in and around Odonthalia in the field!

A depressed decapod...Collected by J.A. West; lower intertidal on rock, 6/24/1964. Crab height ~1cm.

Amphipod pressings? Apparently so. Odonthalia floccosa collected south of Deadman's Bay, 17/7/55. Picture width ~3.5cm.

Yet another creeping, crawling crustacean...or should I say crushed? S.F. Blau, collected south of Cape Alava, 6/30/1974. Isopod length ~1.2cm.

Bryozoans on Odonthalia washingtoniensis, Salmon Bank, 6/28/1953. Bryozoan height ~1.7cm.

We love our epiphytes...otherwise known as "scunge." Present on quite a few Odonthalia specimens.
Collected by Norman Richardson between American Camp + Eagle Cove, intertidal, 6/20/1966. Picture height ~4cm.