(b) Except as provided in Section 8598.2, and unless otherwise prohibited in this code, or regulations made pursuant thereto, specimens of the following groups or species may be taken, possessed aboard a boat, or landed under a marine aquaria collector’s permit:

1. (1) Marine plants:

   1. (A) Chlorophyta.
   2. (B) Phaeophyta.
   3. (C) Rhodophyta.
   4. (D) Spermatophyta, all species.

2. (2) Invertebrates:

   1. (A) Polychaeta—worms; all species.

   2. (B) Crustacea—shrimp, crabs; all species, except the following:

      1. (i) Dungeness crab—Cancer magister.
      2. (ii) Yellow crab—Cancer anthonyi.
      3. (iii) Red crab—Cancer productus.
      4. (iv) Sheep crab—Loxorhynchus grandis.
      5. (v) Spot prawn—Pandalus platyceros.
      6. (vi) Ridgeback prawn—Sicyonia ingentis.
      7. (vii) Golden prawn—Penaeus californiensis.
      8. (viii) Sand crab—Emerita analoga.
      9. (ix) Redrock shrimp—Lysmata californica.
      10. (x) Bay shrimp—Crangon sp. and Palaemon macrodactylus.
      11. (xi) Ghost shrimp—Callianassa sp.
   3. (C) Asteroidea—Sea stars; all species.
   4. (D) Ophiuroidea—Brittle stars; all species.
   5. (E) Gastropoda—snails, limpets, sea slugs; all species, except Kellet’s whelk—Kelletia kelleti.
   6. (F) Bivalvia—clams and mussels; all species.
   7. (G) Polyplacophora—Chitons; all species.
   8. (H) Cephalopoda—Octopuses and squids; all species, except two spot octopuses—Octopus bimaculatus and Octopus maculoides—and market squid—Loligo opalescens.
   9. (I) Tunicata—Sea squirts; all species.

3. (3) Vertebrates:

   1. (A) Osteichthyes—Finfishes; all species, except the following:

      1. (i) Rockfish—Sebastes sp. larger than six inches total length.
      2. (ii) Sheephead—Semicossyphus pulcher larger than six inches total length.
      3. (iii) Anchovy—Engraulis mordax.
      4. (iv) Sardine—Sardinops sagax.
      5. (v) Pacific/chub mackerel—Scomber japonicus.
      6. (vi) Jack mackerel—Trachurus symmetricus.
      7. (vii) Queenfish—Seriphus politus.
      8. (viii) White Croaker—Genyonemus lineatus.
      9. (ix) Top smelt—Atherinops affinis.
      10. (x) Grunion—Leuresthes tenuis.
      11. (xi) Shiner surf perch—Cymatogaster aggregata.
      12. (xii) Longjawed mudsucker—Gillichthys mirabilis.
   2. (B) Chondrichthyes—sharks, rays, and skates; all species less than 18 inches total length, except that leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata) shall be 36 inches or larger in total length.