Here’s a breakdown of the animals that crossed the Pacific on 2011 tsunami debris

About two-thirds of the creatures have never been documented off the western coast of North America

sea slugs

HITCHHIKERS  These marine sea slugs stowed away on a derelict vessel from Iwate Prefecture in Japan before being washed ashore in Oregon in April 2015. 

John W. Chapman

Life’s great diversity has revealed itself in more than 600 pieces of floating tsunami debris that have landed on the western coast of North America.