An aerial view of the jetties extending out from the entrance of Waquoit Bay. May 23 792. A beach on the interior of Waquoit Bay. Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts 793. Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina, is a small phocid with a stubby, compact body and short limbs.
Colors range from silver-gray to tan and all are spotted.
They occur in almost all nearshore environments from Baja,California to the Bering Sea. North Puget Sound, Anacortes, Washington 794. The Graceful Kelp Crab, Pugettia gracilis, commonly found in eelgrass beds and on rocky shorelines from Alaska to Monterey Bay. It is distinguishable by rows of small hooks on the carapace into which it can place bits of algae, eelgrass and other organisms for camouflage. However, it is usually seen without camouflage on the carapace.