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Dorsal surface of Lottia gigantea with seeping stationary mucus and limpet commensals on shell next to an unoccupied home scar.
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Olivia Turner, San Diego Mesa College
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Bird Rock, La Jolla, California, USA
Ventral surface of Lottia gigantea, showing muscular orange foot, head with sensory tentacles and central mouth (containing radula), mantle cavity behind head (housing the single gill, not visible), and mantle tissue (lining the perimeter of the shell).
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Paul Detwiler
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Bird Rock, La Jolla, California, USA
Dorsal surface of two Lottia gigantea, one on the horizontal plane and the other on a vertical plane, with adjacent territories.
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Olivia Turner, San Diego Mesa College
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Dorsal surface of Lottia gigante nestled in its home scar in front of a Gooseneck barnacle (Pollicipes polymerus) with a thickening algae mat on the ledge above its resident L. gigantea.
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Parallel scraping marks and slimy provendering mucus remain after each feeding.
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Olivia Turner, San Diego Mesa College
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Bird Rock, La Jolla, California, USA
""Fingernail" limpets (Collisella species)."
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Tanya Dewey, Animal Diversity Web
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Coastal La Jolla, California.
Dorsal surface of Lottia gigantea resting on its home scar within its algae-laden garden.
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Olivia Turner, San Diego Mesa College
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