The African penguin is found along the southwestern coast of Africa, where it breeds primarily on 24 offshore islands between Namibia and Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The climate in this area is much warmer than that of Antarctica, so these penguins rarely see snow or ice. View Fact Sheet

The bat star occurs among rocks, on sandy sea floors and among surf grass in shallow waters of the Pacific coast from Alaska to Southern California and Northern Mexico. This sea star is easily distinguished by the webbing between its relatively short arms. View Fact Sheet

The beluga whale inhabits Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of the world including Russia, Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Norway and other northern European countries. It prefers to remain in shallow coastal water, but may move offshore and can dive as deep as 3,000 feet. View Fact Sheet

The copper rockfish occurs in the eastern Pacific from the Gulf of Alaska to central Baja California, Mexico. It is found in coastal waters, including shallow protected bays and inlets, among rocks and kelp beds, as well as around pilings and jetties. View Fact Sheet

The fish-eating anemone is found in cold coastal waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Southern California. It typically attaches to rocks from the low intertidal zone to depths of about 160 feet. View Fact Sheet

The Garibaldi is the largest of the damselfish and can be found in the eastern Pacific along the coast from Monterey Bay, California, to southern Baja California and Guadalupe, Mexico. View Fact Sheet

The giant Japanese spider crab lives on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean near Japan. It occurs at depths of 150 to 1000 feet where it is very dark and cold. View Fact Sheet

The giant Pacific octopus inhabits shallow waters in many areas of the coast of the North Pacific from Southern California to Alaska and westward to Japan. It can be found from tide pools to depths of about 2,500 feet. View Fact Sheet

Leafy sea dragons are found in the southeastern Indian Ocean along parts of the coast of southern Australia. This beautifully camouflaged creature lives close to reefs where there is kelp or other algae. View Fact Sheet

The longspine snipefish is distributed in the temperate waters of the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indo-West Pacific. Adults live near the bottom on the lower continental shelf at depths to about 1,968 feet. Juveniles occupy waters nearer to the surface. View Fact Sheet

The painted greenling is a marine fish that inhabits the eastern Pacific from Kodiak Island south to central Baja California. It is found on the bottom on or near hard substrates from very shallow water to about 160-foot depths. View Fact Sheet

The purple sea urchin is found along the coast of the eastern Pacific from British Columbia, Canada to Baja California, Mexico. It lives on rocky tidal shores to depths of up to 525 feet. This animal is ovoid in shape with a flattened underside. View Fact Sheet

Sea otters are limited in their distribution to the coast of the northern Pacific Ocean and the southern Bering Sea and are considered to be three separate populations centered in Russia, Alaska and California. View Fact Sheet

The strawberry anemone occurs along the rocky shore of the eastern Pacific Ocean from British Columbia to the Baja Peninsula. It forms clusters of many individuals under rocky ledges or on shaded rocks concrete pilings and legs of oil platforms. View Fact Sheet

The sunflower sea star can be encountered along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Southern California. It inhabits intertidal zones, sandy and gravel substrates and rocky bottoms to depths of 98 feet. View Fact Sheet

The swellshark is found in the eastern Pacific from central California to southern Mexico, as well as off the coast of Chile. It is a bottom-dwelling shark that prefers rocky, algae-covered areas from shallow waters to depths to 1,500 feet. View Fact Sheet

The weedy sea dragon inhabits shallow coastal waters among the kelp forests and reefs of southern and western Australia, including the southern tip of Tasmania. These slow, graceful swimmers use their olive green, yellow, purple and blue coloration, combined with their leaf-like appendages, to camouflage themselves among seaweed and sea grass. View Fact Sheet

The wolf-eel occurs in the North Pacific from Japan to Southern California. This species somewhat resembles a moray eel, but it is actually not an eel at all. It is a member of the “wolffish” family. Despite its menacing appearance, this fish is very shy and docile. View Fact Sheet