A variety of organisms can be found on and around the Channel Islands, from top predators like bald eagles and sharks, to intertidal residents such as seastars and barnaces, to the tiniest parasites living on other animals and plants. (nps.gov)
In one corner is the giant California sea cucumber, a formidable organism at half a metre long; in the other is the sunflower seastar. (newscientist.com)