When you make it to those rocks and ledges, that tidal pool world of brilliantly colored
Ochre Sea Stars, Gooseneck Barnacles, Purple Urchins and sculpin fish comes alive.
The water is so clear it actually magnifies the golden puffer fish, green seahorses, purple urchins, and
ochre sea stars below you.
[See Images of the Purple
Ochre Sea Stars]
Jellison and colleagues from the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory collected
ochre sea stars and black turban snails — two common species along the Pacific coastline — from tide pools on the Bodega Marine Reserve.