Posted by Merry on October 04, 2016 at 09:18:44:
Scarlett Point Lighthouse on Balaklava Island. Read its fascinating history at http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=1191 ![photo 1. Lighthouse Scarlett Point_DSC0089_zps83rchxdn.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/1.%20Lighthouse%20Scarlett%20Point_DSC0089_zps83rchxdn.jpg)
We're diving HERE?. Hunt Rock lies beneath this smattering of bull kelp in the middle of the channel...a fabulous wall dive with shell channels running in either direction of the rock.
![photo 2. Hunt Rock_DSC0110_zpsykn8lgrl.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/2.%20Hunt%20Rock_DSC0110_zpsykn8lgrl.jpg)
Cindy and Rick Rogers debrief after the dive. For wonderfully descriptive write-ups of their trips to God's Pocket, please see Rick's blogs at http://divertrek.com/blogs
![photo 2.5 Cindy and Rick_DSC0120_zpsyet53606.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/2.5%20Cindy%20and%20Rick_DSC0120_zpsyet53606.jpg)
Plumose anemone, Metridium senile
![photo 3. Metridium senile DSC_5919_zpscheoeevw.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/3.%20Metridium%20senile%20DSC_5919_zpscheoeevw.jpg)
An attack tentacle of the plumose anemone directed at a neighboring anemone.
![photo 4. Metridium senile attack tentacle DSC_5908_zpsxisrkqlr.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/4.%20Metridium%20senile%20attack%20tentacle%20DSC_5908_zpsxisrkqlr.jpg)
![photo 5. Orange amp white 2 DSC_5871_zpsorbekuwt.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/5.%20Orange%20amp%20white%202%20DSC_5871_zpsorbekuwt.jpg)
Brooding anemone, Epiactis lisbethae. White pin-stripes all the way down the column distinguish this species from the proliferating anemone, Epiactis prolifera.
![photo 6. Anemones pnk orange 2 DSC_5996_zpscrjxwloz.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/6.%20Anemones%20pnk%20orange%202%20DSC_5996_zpscrjxwloz.jpg)
Brooding anemone, Epiactis lisbethae
![photo 7. Blue amp white anemones DSC_5525_zpsz8h9gang.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/7.%20Blue%20amp%20white%20anemones%20DSC_5525_zpsz8h9gang.jpg)
Both color variations of the crimson anemone, Cribrinopsis fernaldi
![photo 8. Crimson anemones DSC_6078_zpsuhezsrdx.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/8.%20Crimson%20anemones%20DSC_6078_zpsuhezsrdx.jpg)
Tiny candy-stripe shrimp, Lebbeus grandimanus, are usually associated with the crimson anemone, but can be found on several other species of anemone.
![photo 9. Candy stripe shrimp 1 DSC_6107_zpscbtzmp4s.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/9.%20Candy%20stripe%20shrimp%201%20DSC_6107_zpscbtzmp4s.jpg)
![photo 10. Candy stripe shrimp good DSC_6101_zps1o0o9qvw.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/10.%20Candy%20stripe%20shrimp%20good%20DSC_6101_zps1o0o9qvw.jpg)
Pink-tipped anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima
![photo 11. Pink-tipped anemone DSC_6072_zps7ynyvvja.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/11.%20Pink-tipped%20anemone%20DSC_6072_zps7ynyvvja.jpg)
Painted anemone, Urticina grebelnyi
![photo 12. Painted anemones Urticina grebelnyi DSC_5690_zpsekzyzn2m.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/12.%20Painted%20anemones%20Urticina%20grebelnyi%20DSC_5690_zpsekzyzn2m.jpg)
Green surf anemone, Anthopleura xanthogrammica
![photo 13. Large green anemone 2 DSC_6151_zpsfrpwsayp.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/13.%20Large%20green%20anemone%202%20DSC_6151_zpsfrpwsayp.jpg)
![photo 14. glove sponge DSC_5896_zpsudv67mgq.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/14.%20glove%20sponge%20DSC_5896_zpsudv67mgq.jpg)
Serpula columbiana
![photo 15. Serpula columbiana DSC_5847 1_zpsuwje3sni.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/15.%20Serpula%20columbiana%20DSC_5847%201_zpsuwje3sni.jpg)
![photo 16. Serpula columbiana DSC_5847 2_zpsyndkpexa.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/16.%20Serpula%20columbiana%20DSC_5847%202_zpsyndkpexa.jpg)
![photo 17. Serpula columbiana DSC_5847 3_zpsk2lz53ov.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/17.%20Serpula%20columbiana%20DSC_5847%203_zpsk2lz53ov.jpg)
Basket star, Gorgonocephalus eucnemis
![photo 18. Basket star 2 DSC_6118_zpsfexg46up.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/18.%20Basket%20star%202%20DSC_6118_zpsfexg46up.jpg)
![photo 19. Basket star DSC_5858_zpsneqa0kzp.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/19.%20Basket%20star%20DSC_5858_zpsneqa0kzp.jpg)
![photo 20. Three basket stars DSC_6082_zps0phznfui.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/20.%20Three%20basket%20stars%20DSC_6082_zps0phznfui.jpg)
Morning sun star, Solaster dawsoni
![photo 21. Solaster dawsoni DSC_6205_zpsd5szlq0l.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/21.%20Solaster%20dawsoni%20DSC_6205_zpsd5szlq0l.jpg)
Six-rayed sea star, Leptasterias hexactis
![photo 22. Six-rayed sea star DSC_5612_zpsrkw65wdt.jpg](http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp281/MPassage/Gods%20Pocket%20August%202016/2%20-%20Anemones%20and%20Echinoderms/22.%20Six-rayed%20sea%20star%20DSC_5612_zpsrkw65wdt.jpg)
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