Chimney Sponge
Often looks fuzzy due to sedimentation. Found hanging on deep rock walls and reefs or standing on rocks.

Round, thick shell. One of the largest scallops in the world. An orange mantle with sensory tentacles and blue eyes fringes the shell. Permanently attached to substrate, does not detach and swim around.

Oval-elongated. Yellow underside with large, broad foot.

Lewis's Moonsnail
Large, round creamy-colored or pinkish shell. Soft body is translucent brown or gray. Only found in soft sediment. Lays eggs in a clay-like, round mass.

Flat body with a small, rounded tuft of gills at the back of the body. (Similar sp. Hudson’s yellow margin dorid is found only shallow subtidal depths and has larger sensory organs in the front.)

White-lined Dirona
Flattened and pointed gills. Background color is a translucent grayish white, salmon, or purple.

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