List of species I could do nature studies on.

Sea (tide pools)

• Pisaster ochraceus - orange or purple sea star
• Anthopleura elegantissima - aggregating anemone
• Anthopleura xanthogrammica - giant green anemone
• Pagurus samuelis - bluebanded hermit crab
• Pachygrapsus crassipes - striped shore crab
• Balanus glandula - acorn barnacle
• Tegula funebralis - black turban snail

• Mytilus californianus - california mussel
• Lottia gigantea - owl limpet
• Okenia rosacea - Hopkin’s rose nudibranch (A bright pink sea slug found during seasonal warm-water blooms)
• Cryptochiton stelleri - gumboot chiton (largest chiton species in the world, reddish-brown and reddish-orange)

Land

• Banana slug
• That centipede I saw on a tree in Reinhardt
• Alameda whipsnake