Remember Biology class and the categorization of plants and animals? (Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.) The following animals and plants are found in the intertidal areas of the southern Oregon coast. The bullet items first list the "Phylum" followed by the"genus" (listed inside the parenthesis) of the animals and plants.
- Cnidarians (sea anemones)
- Molluscs (nudibranchs, mussels, snails, limpets, chitons, octopus)
- Echinodermata (sea stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers)
- Arthropods (crabs and barnacles)
- Fish (tidepool sculpins)
- Tunicates (sea squirts and sea pork)
- Birds (gulls, oystercatchers, shorebirds)
- Algae (seaweed, kelp)
- Marine mammals (seals and sea lions; there are NO resident sea otters on Oregon Coast)
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