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The trip to Santa Catalina Island, California
aboard the Great Escape
August 8, 2009

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Dive 1 : The East End of the Old Rock Quarry
Acanthodoris rhodoceras	Acanthodoris rhodoceras	Acanthodoris rhodoceras	Phoronopsis californica (California Phoronid) & Acanthodoris rhodoceras
Pleuronichthys coenosus (C-O Sole, C-O Turbot)	Pleuronichthys coenosus (C-O Sole, C-O Turbot)	Pleuronichthys coenosus (C-O Sole, C-O Turbot)	Seaweed
Dive 2 : Ripper's Cove
Paralichthys californicus (California Halibut)	Linckia columbiae (Fragile Star)	Muricea fruticosa (Brown Gorgonian)	Zoanthind Anemones
Zoanthind Anemones	Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian)	Zoanthind Anemones	Pleuronichthys coenosus (C-O Sole, C-O Turbot)
Dive 3 : Yellowtail Point
Paguristes ulreyi (Furry Hermit Crab)	Paguristes ulreyi (Furry Hermit Crab)	Paguristes ulreyi (Furry Hermit Crab)	Paguristes ulreyi (Furry Hermit Crab)
Paguristes ulreyi (Furry Hermit Crab)	Coenocyathus bowersi (Colonial Cup Coral)	Hemisquilla ensigera californiensis (Mantis Shrimp)	Hemisquilla ensigera californiensis (Mantis Shrimp)
Juvenile Chaenopsis alepidota (Orangethroat Pikeblenny)	Juvenile Chaenopsis alepidota (Orangethroat Pikeblenny)	Juvenile Chaenopsis alepidota (Orangethroat Pikeblenny)	Juvenile Chaenopsis alepidota (Orangethroat Pikeblenny)
Juvenile Chaenopsis alepidota (Orangethroat Pikeblenny)	Juvenile Chaenopsis alepidota (Orangethroat Pikeblenny)	Juvenile Chaenopsis alepidota (Orangethroat Pikeblenny)	Juvenile Chaenopsis alepidota (Orangethroat Pikeblenny)
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