The Gastineau Salmon Hatchery's salt water aquariums are home for over 100 different species of Alaskan marine life. Often found on rock walls or attached to pieces of shale or rock in mud or sand substrates. This animal is host to a variety of small shrimps.
Legs are long, slender and flattened.
Ranges from Bering Sea to Washington, shallow subtidal to over 1000' depths. Usually found on soft muddy substrates. Lives up to 14 years. The name relates to its colorful pink and yellow spots, but is also descriptive of a lively character in Charles Dickens' novel Barnaby Rudge , who was known for her brightly colored clothes. Like salmon, Dollys are amadromous, beginning and ending their life in freshwater, while migrating to salt water for growth and maturation.