Underwater Explorers' Favorite Animals

Here are some cool creatures you might find when diving in Monterey Bay or in our rocky shore tide pools.

Monkeyface-eelsAnimal Guide like to hide in crevices and holes

Warty sea cucumbersAnimal Guide are also known as "earthworms of the sea"

Decorator crabsAnimal Guide camouflage themselves with tiny seaweeds and animals

Bat starsAnimal Guide have webbing between their short, triangular arms, which gives them a batlike look

Hermit crabsAnimal Guide wear shells to protect their soft stomachs

Gumboot chitonsAnimal Guide feel fuzzy because of the algae that live on them

Giant green anemonesAnimal Guide are plantlike creatures that are actually animals with plants living inside them

Sea urchinsAnimal Guide "walk" on tiny tube feet, much like sea stars do
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