Aggregating Anemone
Anthopleura elegantissima

Often covering large expanses of rock,  anemones are very soft
and squishy organisms.  Anemones usually cover themselves with
bits of gravel and shell to blend in with the rock and reduce
water loss at low tide. When stepped on or touched, they will
squirt water while pulling in their tentacles.  Aggregating Anemones
can be green or white with tinges of pink. They have tentacles
armed with tiny stinging barbs called nematocysts.  Using these
tentacles, they paralyze small organisms that cross their path.
Luckily, our local species is not harmful to humans.
Habitat/Range: Aggregating Anemones are generally found
in large groups attached to rocks.  Anemones can be found in
Baja northward to Alaska.