Sea Peach (Halocynthia aurantium)
Sea Peach (Halocynthia aurantium)
Common name: sea peach
Scientific name: Halocynthia aurantium
Locations: found on pilings, floats, rocks, buoys, kelp, & in tide-pools
Seasonality: available year round
Colors: peachy
Size: 1" - 4"
Collected: by hand, knife to detach them from rocks
Quantity: sold by the each
Tidepool Tim says, "Sea peaches have an iridescent quality that makes their coloring so unique and beautiful. When you reach down and pick one, it will squirt a find stream of seawater out in an arc! It's hard to believe you're holding an animal."