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Posted by Merry on January 10, 2017 at 14:08:49:

Life on Kelp Blades

Polycera atra and amphipod.
photo 1. Polycera atra and amphipod_DSC7711_zpsvowkwrpw.jpg


Polychaete worm with egg mass
photo 2. Polychaete worm_DSC7697_zpsnlkei2c6.jpg


The delicate kelp scallop, Leptopecten latiauratus
Always a treat; one doesn't expect to see colorful scallops on kelp blades.
photo 3. Leptopecten latiauratus cr_DSC7594_zps7ajj9qos.jpg


photo 4. Leptopecten latiauratus _DSC7586_zpsfgh7b4kp.jpg


photo 5. Leptopecten latiauratus _DSC7578_zpsgg8zo7be.jpg


photo 6. Leptopecten latiauratus _DSC7587_zpsle08eynq.jpg


Hurray for the return of the perfectly cryptic Corambe pacifica! Phil found this one, as well as the following mating pair.
photo 7. Corambe pacifica_DSC7715_zps4b5ufk5b.jpg


photo 8. Corambe pacifica cr_DSC7715_zpsvqv1ue7u.jpg


photo 9. Corambe pacifica laying eggs_DSC7732_zpshxiumpvf.jpg


Corambe pacifica charactistic egg mass
photo 10. Corambe pacifica laying eggs_DSC7736_zpswcnqplcd.jpg


Roughpatch shrimp are back, Pandalus stenolepis
photo 12. Roughpatch shrimp_DSC7532_zpsl9qadbk2.jpg


photo 13. Roughpatch shrimp2nd one flip_DSC7682_zps64eod8y5.jpg


A magnificently-hued scorpionfish.
photo 14. Scorpionfish 2000_DSC7430_zpsdtwvqd4v.jpg


I love, and therefore cannot resist, this nudi. Acanthodoris lutea
photo 15. Acanthodoris lutea_DSC7659_zpscyqpdh0k.jpg


photo 16. Acanthodoris lutea_DSC7678_zpse1fncsgs.jpg


Felimida macfarlandi
photo 17. Felimida macfarlandi_DSC7503_zpse3hdhkq2.jpg


photo 18._Christmas tree worm_DSC7454_zpssofoc74l.jpg

Limacia cockerelli. I'm hoping that the ones we see on Kevin's reef will grow larger than these, <10mm.
photo 19. Limacia cockerelli_DSC7629_zpsbnt3lkqu.jpg


photo 20. Limacia cockerelli_DSC7419_zpsqshn9cl1.jpg


photo 21. Limacia cockerelli_DSC7428_zpskycwo2p5.jpg


Probably <5mm, note the copepod. Cadlina flavomaculata.
photo 22. Cadlina flavomaculata_DSC7496_zpsbba5f0yh.jpg


Also probably <5mm, somewhat uncommon, Dendrodoris nigromaculata.
photo 23. Dendrodoris nigromaculata_DSC7435_zpsjuvnmt8y.jpg


Minuscule, 2mm, probably a juvenile Cuthona lagunae
photo 24. Juvenile Cuthona lagunae_DSC7470_zpstzowpqw8.jpg




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