Top 30 Species

Top 30 Most Observed Species

These thirty species were most reported by students in Marine Ecology in 2007 and 2008. An "Observation" is when a student notes the species is present at a given site (not the total number of individuals). Note that thsee data indicate that these species were not only present at a number of sites, but also are conspicuous and easy to identify.

	Genus	Species	Total Observations
1	Balanus	glandula	55
2	Pisaster	ochraceus	54
3	Ulva	spp	51
4	Mytilus	californianus	50
5	Fucus	gardneri	50
6	Katharina	tunicata	41
7	Anthopleura	elegantissima	40
8	Mopalia	muscosa	38
9	Hemigrapsus	nudus	37
10	Diodora	aspera	35
11	Cucumaria	miniata	33
12	Balanus	nubilis	31
13	Anthopleura	xanthogrammica	31
14	Henricia	leviuscula	31
15	Pycnopodia	helianthoides	31
16	Tonicella	lineata	30
17	Idotea	wosnesenskii	29
18	Strongylocentrotus	purpuratus	29
19	Semibalanus	cariosus	28
20	Phyllospadix	scouleri	27
21	Crassostrea	gigas	27
22	Pollicipes	polymerus	26
23	Pugettia	producta	26
24	Egregia	menziesii	26
25	Mytilus	trossulus	25
26	Nereocystis	luetkeana	25
27	Evasterias	troschelli	24
28	Urticina	crassicornis	22
29	Zostera	marina	22
30	Clinocardium	nuttalli	22