01Snap and upload
Shoot several angles; the date and position are read from the photo.
02Suggest a name
You and others pick a species, genus or family from the guide.
03Community decides
When more than two-thirds agree the name sticks; at species level it becomes research grade.
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Browse by group
Habitats
Habitat galleries
Rocky shore
Tide pools and rocks exposed at low tide, carpeted with mussels and home to seastars, greenlings and wakame.
Mudflats & estuaries
Burrowing clams, hard clams and razor clams, mantis shrimp in their burrows, and mitten crabs moving between fresh and salt water.
Subtidal & benthic
Seen only by diving or trawling: sea cucumbers, ark clams, whelks, flounder and gazami crabs.
Coastal pelagic
Mackerel and squid that migrate in seasonal schools and come inshore to spawn in spring.
Aquaculture
The stars of northern mariculture: scallops, oysters, kelp, abalone and tank-farmed flatfish.
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