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Sea Divers trip to
Santa Catalina Island
aboard the Great Escape
June 18, 2005

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Dive 1: Long Point
Tube-Dwelling Anemones (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus)
Tube-Dwelling Anemones
Pachycerianthus fimbriatus
Fragile Rainbow Star (Astrometis sertulifera)
Fragile Rainbow Star
Astrometis sertulifera
Pile Surfperch (Damalichthys vacca)
Pile Surfperch
Damalichthys vacca
Kathy Kalohi
Kathy Kalohi
Sheep Crab (Loxorhynchus grandis)
Sheep Crab
(Loxorhynchus grandis)
Sheep Crab (Loxorhynchus grandis)
Sheep Crab
(Loxorhynchus grandis)
California Halibut
(Paralichthys californicus)
swimming away
Timothy B. Fitzhugh
Timothy B. Fitzhugh
Helen Johnson
Helen Johnson
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Salema (Xenistius californiensis)
Salema
Xenistius californiensis
Salema (Xenistius californiensis) & Kathryn Cody
Salema (Xenistius californiensis)
& Kathryn Cody
Pacific Jack Mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus)
Pacific Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus
Pacific Jack Mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus)
Pacific Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus
Pacific Jack Mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus)
Pacific Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus
Pacific Jack Mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus)
Pacific Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus
a mixed school of Pacific Jack Mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus) and Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax caerulea)
a mixed school of
Pacific Jack Mackerel
(Trachurus symmetricus)
and Pacific Sardine
(Sardinops sagax caerulea)
Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax caerulea)
Pacific Sardine
Sardinops sagax caerulea
Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax caerulea)
Pacific Sardine
Sardinops sagax caerulea
Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax caerulea)
Pacific Sardine
Sardinops sagax caerulea
Pacific Jack Mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus)
Pacific Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus

Dive 2: East End of the Old Rock Quary
Kelp Rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens)
Kelp Rockfish
Sebastes atrovirens
Bluebanded Goby (Lythrypnus dalli)
Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli
Bluebanded Goby (Lythrypnus dalli)
Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli
Kelp Rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens)
Kelp Rockfish
Sebastes atrovirens
Kelp Surfperch (Brachyistius frenatus)
Kelp Surfperch
Brachyistius frenatus
Kelp Surfperch (Brachyistius frenatus)
Kelp Surfperch
Brachyistius frenatus
Bluebanded Goby (Lythrypnus dalli)
Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli
Kelp Rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens)
Kelp Rockfish
Sebastes atrovirens
Pacific Jack Mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus)
Pacific Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus
Pacific Jack Mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus)
Pacific Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus
Kathryn Cody
Kathryn Cody
Pacific Jack Mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus)
Pacific Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus
Kathryn Cody
Kathryn Cody
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Pacific Jack Mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus)
Pacific Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus

Sea cauliflower (Leathesia difformis) & a Kelp Bass (Paralabrax clathratus)
Sea cauliflower (Leathesia difformis)
& Kelp Bass (Paralabrax clathratus)

Kelp Bass (aka Calico Bass) (Paralabrax clathratus)
Kelp Bass (aka Calico Bass)
Paralabrax clathratus

Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax caerulea)
Pacific Sardine
Sardinops sagax caerulea
Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax caerulea)
Pacific Sardine
Sardinops sagax caerulea
Elaine Jobin
Elaine Jobin
Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax caerulea)
Pacific Sardine
Sardinops sagax caerulea
Elaine Jobin
Elaine Jobin
Conan Teng
Conan Teng
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
and a California Golden Gorgonian
(Muricea californica)
Helen Johnson
Helen Johnson
Jacksmelt (Atherinopsis californiensis)
Jacksmelt
Atherinopsis californiensis
Egg-yolk Jelly, Fried Egg Jellyfish,  (Phacellophora camtschatica)
Egg-yolk Jelly
Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica
 

Dive 4: Bird Rock
Octocoral rudyi (Alcyonium rudyi)
Octocoral rudyi
Alcyonium rudyi
Fragile Star (Linckia columbiae)
Fragile Star
Linckia columbiae
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Octocoral rudyi (Alcyonium rudyi)
Octocoral rudyi
Alcyonium rudyi
Colonial Cup Coral (Coenocyathus bowersi)
Colonial Cup Coral
Coenocyathus bowersi
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Rock Scallop
Crassedoma giganteum
notice the eyes!
  Brown Cup Coral (Paracyathus stearnsi)
Brown Cup Coral
Paracyathus stearnsi
Wart-Neck Piddock (Chaceia ovoidea)
Wart-Neck Piddock
Chaceia ovoidea
 



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