Nucella ostrina  (Dog Winkle)

Photo of Nucella ostrina by Aaron Baldwin

© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #2373)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location Three-entrance Bay, Sitka Sound
Photographer Aaron Baldwin
Habitat Mid to upper intertidal zone
Photo Date
Upload Date November 06, 2007
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Photo ID # 2373
Comments This small species is most often gray or white in color, but occasionally one finds a local pocket of other color forms, like these bright orange specimens I found at Three-Entrances Bay. Photo taken with Pentax Optio W10 underwater camera submerged in shallow aquarium.