Red Invertebrate Shore Floor Puget Sound

This page serves as an entrance to a fascinating look at many of the marine invertebrates found in and near the salish sea especially puget sound and the straits of juan de fuca washington.

Red invertebrate shore floor puget sound. It s dark and drab down there without a dive light. Species accounts are provided by encyclopedia of life and natureserve as well as regional sources where available. Location and description of the best 44 boat and shore dives in washington state including puget sound the san juan islands and cape flattery. Each species has a special page with its description photos and notes about its natural history plus observations we have made of the species.

Puget sound stream benthos is a data management project which monitors benthic invertebrates in streams and rivers in the puget sound region. Invertebrates common to the pacific northwest. Ron newberry a resident of whidbey island north of seattle in puget sound discovered the weird creature before going salmon fishing the morning of aug. Slater museum of natural history 1500 n.

During migration surf scoters are found rarely in freshwater lakes inland and on the columbia river. Western red backed salamander plethodon vehiculum kingdom animalia phylum chordata class amphibia order caudata family plethodontidae this small salamander total length 7 11 5 cm is very slender and if the legs weren t seen could be mistaken for a blunt headed pointy tailed worm. You can also query species directly using the search engine below. Department of ecology staff and regional taxonomists are developing taxonomic guides including voucher sheets and workshop notes for puget sound sediment dwelling invertebrates.

The most common scoter in the region surf scoters are seen in large flocks from july through mid may along the entire coast of washington in large estuaries and in puget sound. These guides will facilitate standardized taxonomy for future puget sound and salish sea benthic invertebrate benthos monitoring. The system is maintained and operated by king county and was the result of a joint effort between king pierce and snohomish counties. The tide was low exposing algae.

Click on the categories to the left for lists of plants and animals within the puget sound and salish sea watersheds. 1088 tacoma wa 98416 253 879 3356.