Rocky Intertidal Habitats
Table 1
Patterns of zonation on MBNMS Rocky Shores, including common species and those whose name has been used to indicate zones. I = Indicator species for the zone, E = found predominantly at wave exposed sites, P = found predominantly at wave protected sites.
| Animals | Plants |
| Balanus glandula | Blue-green algae |
| Chthamalus spp. | Seasonal Diatoms |
| Ligia spp. | |
| Littorina keenae (I) | |
| Pachygrapsus crassipes (P) |
| Animals | Plants |
| Balanus glandula (I) | Cladophora columbiana |
| Chthamalus spp. | Endocladia muricata (I) |
| Littorina scutulata | Fucus garnderi |
| Lottia digitalis | Mastocarpus papillatus (I) |
| Lottia pelta | Pelvetiopsis limitata |
| McClintockia scabra | Petrocelis |
| Tegula funebralis (P) | Ulva spp. |
| Animals | Plants |
| Anthopleura elegantissima | Analipus japonicus |
| Balanus glandula | Bossiella plumosa |
| Katharina tunicata (E) | Cladophora columbiana |
| Lottia gigantea | Cylindrocarpus rugosus |
| Lottia pelta | Egregia menziesii |
| McClintokia scabra | Endocladia muricata |
| Mopalia muscosa (P) | Gelidium spp. |
| Mytilus californianus (I, E) | Gigartina canaliculata |
| Nucella emarginata | Iridaea splendens |
| Nuttallina californica (E) | Mastocarpus papillatus |
| Phragmatopoma californica | Neorhodomela larix |
| Pisaster ochraceus (E) | Petrocelis |
| Pollicipes polymerus (I) | Postelsia palmaeformis (E) |
| Tetraclita rubescens (E) | Ralfsia spp. |
| Ulva spp. |
| Animals | Plants |
| Anthopleura xanthogrammica | Alaria marginata |
| Bryozoans | Egregia menziesii |
| Nudibranchs (P) | Laminaria spp. |
| Sponges | Phyllospadix spp. (I) |
| Strongylocentrotus purpuratus | |
| Tunicates |