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Santa Catalina Island, California
aboard the Great Escape
November 22, 2009
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Hidden Reef
Lithopoma undosum (Wavy Turban Snail) covered with Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate) and Pycnoclavella stanleyi (Social Tunicate)
Terebellid Worm
Acanthodoris hudsoni
Henricia leviuscula
(Blood Star)
Coenocyathus bowersi
(Colonial Cup Coral)
Rhinogobiops nicholsii
(Blackeyed Goby)
Alloclinus holderi
(Island Kelpfish)
Henricia leviuscula
(Blood Star)
Eagle Reef
Epizoanthus scotinus
(Zooanthid Anemones)
Epizoanthus scotinus
(Zooanthid Anemones)
Epizoanthus scotinus
(Zooanthid Anemones)
Crassedoma giganteum
(Rock Scallop)
Crassedoma giganteum
(Rock Scallop)
Linckia columbiae
(Fragile Star)
Lythrypnus dalli (Blue-banded Goby, Catalina Goby) hiding in the spines of a Centrostephanus coronatus (Crowned Sea Urchin)
Epizoanthus scotinus
(Zooanthid Anemones)
Lythrypnus dalli (Blue-banded Goby, Catalina Goby) on a Crassedoma giganteum (Rock Scallop)
Sardinops sagax
(Pacific sardine)
Sardinops sagax
(Pacific sardine)
Sardinops sagax
(Pacific sardine)
Lythrypnus dalli
(Blue-banded Goby, Catalina Goby)
Coenocyathus bowersi
(Colonial Cup Coral)
Coenocyathus bowersi
(Colonial Cup Coral)
Coenocyathus bowersi
(Colonial Cup Coral)
Coenocyathus bowersi
(Colonial Cup Coral)
Heterodontus francisci
(Horn Shark)
Heterodontus francisci
(Horn Shark)
Heterodontus francisci
(Horn Shark)
Muricea fruticosa
(Brown Gorgonian)
Lysmata Californica (Red Rock Shrimp), Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray), & juvenile Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith)
Lysmata Californica (Red Rock Shrimp), Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray), & juvenile Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith)
Lysmata Californica (Red Rock Shrimp), Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray), & juvenile Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith)
Bird Rock
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A juvenile Paralabrax clathratus (Kelp Bass, Calico Bass)
A juvenile Paralabrax clathratus (Kelp Bass, Calico Bass)
A juvenile Paralabrax clathratus (Kelp Bass, Calico Bass)
A juvenile Paralabrax clathratus (Kelp Bass, Calico Bass)
A juvenile Paralabrax clathratus (Kelp Bass, Calico Bass)
Orange Sponge
Chaceia ovoidea
(Wartneck Piddock Boring Clam)
Linckia columbiae
(Fragile Star)
Chaceia ovoidea
(Wartneck Piddock Boring Clam)
Linckia columbiae
(Fragile Star)
Linckia columbiae
(Fragile Star)
Haliotis corrugata
(Pink Abalone)
unknown bivalve
Norrisia norrisi
Ophiopteris papillosa
(Flat-spined Brittle Star)
Ophioderma panamensis
(Banded Serpent Star)
Ophiopteris papillosa
(Flat-spined Brittle Star)
Brachyistius frenatus
(Kelp Perch)
Topside
Chef Rob
Captain Tim Burke
Captain Tom Binkley 
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Chris Grossman's Underwater Photography
©2009
Chris Grossman, diver.net
Hidden Reef
Lithopoma undosum (Wavy Turban Snail) covered with Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate) and Pycnoclavella stanleyi (Social Tunicate)
Terebellid Worm
Acanthodoris hudsoni
Henricia leviuscula
(Blood Star)
Coenocyathus bowersi
(Colonial Cup Coral)
Rhinogobiops nicholsii
(Blackeyed Goby)
Alloclinus holderi
(Island Kelpfish)
Henricia leviuscula
(Blood Star)
Eagle Reef
Epizoanthus scotinus
(Zooanthid Anemones)
Epizoanthus scotinus
(Zooanthid Anemones)
Epizoanthus scotinus
(Zooanthid Anemones)
Crassedoma giganteum
(Rock Scallop)
Crassedoma giganteum
(Rock Scallop)
Linckia columbiae
(Fragile Star)
Lythrypnus dalli (Blue-banded Goby, Catalina Goby) hiding in the spines of a Centrostephanus coronatus (Crowned Sea Urchin)
Epizoanthus scotinus
(Zooanthid Anemones)
Lythrypnus dalli (Blue-banded Goby, Catalina Goby) on a Crassedoma giganteum (Rock Scallop)
Sardinops sagax
(Pacific sardine)
Sardinops sagax
(Pacific sardine)
Sardinops sagax
(Pacific sardine)
Lythrypnus dalli
(Blue-banded Goby, Catalina Goby)
Coenocyathus bowersi
(Colonial Cup Coral)
Coenocyathus bowersi
(Colonial Cup Coral)
Coenocyathus bowersi
(Colonial Cup Coral)
Coenocyathus bowersi
(Colonial Cup Coral)
Heterodontus francisci
(Horn Shark)
Heterodontus francisci
(Horn Shark)
Heterodontus francisci
(Horn Shark)
Muricea fruticosa
(Brown Gorgonian)
Lysmata Californica (Red Rock Shrimp), Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray), & juvenile Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith)
Lysmata Californica (Red Rock Shrimp), Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray), & juvenile Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith)
Lysmata Californica (Red Rock Shrimp), Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray), & juvenile Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith)
Bird Rock
PB227477lr.JPG
PB227479lr.JPG
A juvenile Paralabrax clathratus (Kelp Bass, Calico Bass)
A juvenile Paralabrax clathratus (Kelp Bass, Calico Bass)
A juvenile Paralabrax clathratus (Kelp Bass, Calico Bass)
A juvenile Paralabrax clathratus (Kelp Bass, Calico Bass)
A juvenile Paralabrax clathratus (Kelp Bass, Calico Bass)
Orange Sponge
Chaceia ovoidea
(Wartneck Piddock Boring Clam)
Linckia columbiae
(Fragile Star)
Chaceia ovoidea
(Wartneck Piddock Boring Clam)
Linckia columbiae
(Fragile Star)
Linckia columbiae
(Fragile Star)
Haliotis corrugata
(Pink Abalone)
unknown bivalve
Norrisia norrisi
Ophiopteris papillosa
(Flat-spined Brittle Star)
Ophioderma panamensis
(Banded Serpent Star)
Ophiopteris papillosa
(Flat-spined Brittle Star)
Brachyistius frenatus
(Kelp Perch)
Topside
Chef Rob
Captain Tim Burke
Captain Tom Binkley
PB229920clr.jpg
PB229923Xelr.jpg
PB229926Xlr.jpg
PB229935Xlr.jpg
PB229947lr.JPG
PB229949lr.JPG
PB229961Xlr.jpg
PB229972Xlr.jpg
PB229984lr.JPG
PB229992clr.jpg
PB220004lr.JPG
PB220014lr.JPG
PB220029lr.JPG
Chris Grossman's Underwater Photography