Ship Rock, Catalina Island
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Red Gorgonian (Lophogorgia chilensis) | Zoanthid Anemones | Zoanthid Anemones | Fragile Star (Linckia columbiae) |
P7037192xlr.jpg | Kellet's Whelks (Kelletia kelletii) | Spanish Shawl (Flabellina iodinea) | Spanish Shawl (Flabellina iodinea) |
Spanish Shawl (Flabellina iodinea) | Blood Star (Henricia leviusula) | Fragile Star (Linckia columbiae) | Blood Star (Henricia leviusula) |
Kellet's Whelks (Kelletia kelletii) | Fragile Star (Linckia columbiae) | Zoanthid Anemones | Giant Keyhole Limpet (Megathura crenulata) |
Okenia rosacea formerly Hopkinsia rosacea (Hopkin's Rose)
| Okenia rosacea formerly Hopkinsia rosacea (Hopkin's Rose) | Okenia rosacea formerly Hopkinsia rosacea (Hopkin's Rose) | Okenia rosacea formerly Hopkinsia rosacea (Hopkin's Rose) |
Okenia rosacea formerly Hopkinsia rosacea (Hopkin's Rose) | Okenia rosacea formerly Hopkinsia rosacea (Hopkin's Rose) | Cucumaria salma | MacFarland's chromodorid (Chromodoris macfarlandi) |
Eagle Reef, Catalina Island
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Two Spot Octopus (Octopus bimaculatus; Octopus bimaculoides)
| Two Spot Octopus (Octopus bimaculatus; Octopus bimaculoides) | Two Spot Octopus (Octopus bimaculatus; Octopus bimaculoides) | Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) |
Giant Spinned Star (Pisaster giganteus)
| Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) | possibly Lepidopsetta bilineata | Kathryn Cody |
Jessica Merritt & Steve Sanford | Jessica Merritt & Steve Sanford | Bob Davis | Carol Beck |
Arrow Point Cove, Catalina Island
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California Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus) | several Cucumaria salma | California Coral Leaf Seaweed (Bossiella californica) | Pink Abalone (Haliotis corrugata) |
Golden Gorgonian (Muricea californica)
| Kathryn Cody looking at a Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) | Big Orange Sponge | Big Orange Sponge |
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) in front of the Big Orange Sponge | Kathryn's hand and the Big Orange Sponge | Rock Scallop (Crassedoma giganteum) | Rock Scallop (Crassedoma giganteum) |
Eel Point Muck, Catalina Island
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Brittle Star (Ophiopsilla californica) | possibly Palmaria mollis | Mantis Shrimp (Hemisquilla ensigera californiensis) | Rock Sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata) |
Cucumaria salma | Bluebanded Goby (Lythrypnus dalli) | Cucumaria salma | Jacksmelt (Atherinopsis californiensis) |
Inside Sutil Island, Santa Barbara Island
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Limbaugh's Cadlina (Cadlina limbaughorum) | Encrusting hydrocoral (Stylantheca porphyra) | Club-Tipped Anemone (Corynactis california) with parasitic growth | Orange Cup Coral (Balanophyllia elegans) |
Swell Shark Egg (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) | Swell Shark Egg (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) | Fragile Rainbow Star (Astrometis serulifera) | Fragile Rainbow Star (Astrometis serulifera) |
Kelp Bed outside Webster Point, Santa Barbara Island
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Urticina sp. | Fragile Tube Worm (Salmacina tribranchiata) | Pusula solandri formerly Trivia solandri
| Pusula solandri formerly Trivia solandri |
Pusula solandri formerly Trivia solandri | Pusula solandri formerly Trivia solandri | Pusula solandri formerly Trivia solandri | Pusula solandri formerly Trivia solandri |
Hermissenda crassicornis | Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) | Red Gorgonian (Lophogorgia chilensis) | San Diego Dorid (Diaulula sandiegensis) |
The Sealion Rookery, Santa Barbara Island
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Señoritas (Oxyjulis californica) | Señoritas (Oxyjulis californica) | Señoritas (Oxyjulis californica) | Kathryn Cody |
Cup Corals (Astrangia lajollaensis) | SCUBA diver | Señoritas (Oxyjulis californica) | Aggregating Anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima) |
Aggregating Anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima) | Warty Sea Cucumber (Parastichopus parvimensis) | Warty Sea Cucumber (Parastichopus parvimensis) | California Sea Hare (Aplysia californica) |
California Sea Hare (Aplysia californica) | Rea Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus), Purple Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus), & Crowned Sea Urchins (Centrostephanus coronatus) | Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) | Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) |
Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) | Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) | Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) | Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) |
Jessica Merritt | Kathryn Cody next to a Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) | Warty Sea Cucumber (Parastichopus parvimensis) | Rea Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus), Purple Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus), & Crowned Sea Urchins (Centrostephanus coronatus) |
California Sea Hare (Aplysia californica) | Bat Star (Asterina miniata; formerly Patiria miniata) among urchin skeletons | Giant Black Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas) | Giant Black Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas) |
Giant Black Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas) | Giant Black Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas) | Giant Black Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas) | Brian removes Kathryn Cody's fins |
The Ride Back to Ventura Harbor
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a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) hitching a ride to Ventura | a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) hitching a ride to Ventura | a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) hitching a ride to Ventura | |