Kelp Forest and Rocky Subtital Habitats
Table 1
Common species of MBNMS kelp forests.
Algae
Brown (Phaeophyta) | Red (Rhodophyta) | Green (Chlorophyta) |
| Costaria costata | Bossiella californica | Cladophora microcladioides |
| Cystoseira osmundacea | Botryocladia pseudodichotoma | Derbesia marina |
| Desmarestia ligulata | Calliarthron spp. | Enteromorpha spp. |
| Dictyoneuropsis reticulata | Callophyllis spp. | |
| Dictyoneurum californicum | Corallina spp. | |
| Dictyota cribosa | Cryptopleura farlowiana | |
| Egregia menziesii | Fauchea laciniata | |
| Eisenia arborea | Fryeella gardneri | |
| Laminaria spp. | Gastroclonium coulteri | |
| Macrocystis pyrifera | Gelidium spp. | |
| Nereocystis leutkeana | Gigartina spp. | |
| Pterygophora californica | Halymenia spp. | |
| Laurencia spp. | ||
| Lithophyllum spp. | ||
| Lithothamnion spp. | ||
| Opuntiella californica | ||
| Pikea californica | ||
| Plocamium cartilagineum | ||
| Polysiphonia spp. | ||
| Prionitis lanceolata | ||
| Rhodymenia spp | ||
| Weeksia reticulata |
Echinoderms | Molluscs | Crustaceans | Ascidians | Sponges | Cnidarians | Bryozoans |
| Asterina miniata | Anisidoris nobilis | Balanus spp. | Aplidium californicum | Acarnus erithacus | Agalophenia spp. | Diaperoecia californica |
| Dermasterias imbricata . | Aplysia californica | Cancer spp. | Clavelina huntsmani | Cliona spp. | Anthopleura spp. | Hippodiplosia insculpta |
| Henrecia leviscula | Astrea gibberosa | Loxorhynchus crispatus | Styella montereyensis | Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta | Astrangia lajollensis | Membranipora tuberculata |
| Mediaster aequalis | Calliostoma spp. | Pagurus hemphillii | Styletta clarella | Balanophyllia elegans | Phidolopora pacifica | |
| Orthasterias koehleri | Cypraea spadicea | Pugettia richii | Tethya aurantia | Corynactis californica | Stylaster spp. | |
| Pisaster spp. | Cryptochiton stelleri | Scyra acutifrons | Metridium senile | Thalamoporella californiaca | ||
| Pychnopodia helianthoides | Hermessenda (Phidiana) | Paracyathus stearnsi | ||||
| Strongylocentrotus spp. | Mitra idae | Stylaster californica. | ||||
| Navanax inermus | Urticina spp. | |||||
| Octopus spp. | ||||||
| Navanax inermus | ||||||
| Tegula spp. | ||||||
| Tonicella lineata |
Fish | Mammals | Birds |
| Brachyistius frenatus | Enhydra lutris | Aechmorphorus occidentalis |
| Chromis punctipinnis | Phoca vitulina | Ardea herodias |
| Coryphopterus nicholsii | Eschrichtius robustus | Arenaria spp. |
| Embiotoca spp | Zalophus californianus | Calidris alba |
| Girella nigricans | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus | |
| Heterostichus rostratus | Cepphus columba | |
| Hexogrammus decagrammus | Corvus brachyrhynchos | |
| Hyspurus caryi | Dendrioca coronata | |
| Myllobatis californica | Gavia immer | |
| Ophiodon elongatus | Heteroscelus incanus | |
| Orthanopias triacis | Larus spp. | |
| Oxyjulis californica | Leucophoyx thula | |
| Rhacochilus toxotes | Lobipes lobatus | |
| Scorpaenichthys marmoratus | Melanitta perspicullata | |
| Sebastes spp. | Pelicanus occidentalis | |
| Semicossyphus pulcher | Phalacrocorax spp. | |
| Phalaropus fulicarius | ||
| Podiceps spp. | ||
| Sayarnis nigricans | ||
| Sturnus vulgaris | ||
| Thalasseus elegans | ||
| Uria aalge |