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Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands
with Malibu Divers
July 2, 2006

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East End Preserve, Anacapa Island
Tube-Dwelling Anemones (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus)	Spanish Shawl (Flabellina iodinea)	Spanish Shawl (Flabellina iodinea)	Ostrich Plume Hydroid (Aglaophenia struthionides)
Ostrich Plume Hydroid (Aglaophenia struthionides)	Mexichromis porterae on Thalamoporella californica	Bryozoan (Thalamoporella californica)	Bryozoan (Thalamoporella californica)
White Spotted Dorid (Doriopsilla albopunctata) on Bryozoan (Thalamoporella californica)	White Spotted Dorid (Doriopsilla albopunctata) on Bryozoan (Thalamoporella californica)	White Spotted Dorid (Doriopsilla albopunctata) on Bryozoan (Thalamoporella californica)	Moss Animal (Bugula californica)
Blackeye Goby (Coryphopterus nicholsii)	Sand Anemone (Phyllactis sp.)	Sand Anemone (Phyllactis sp.)	Aggregating Anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima)
Coral Reef, Anacapa Island
Spiny Brittle Stars (Ophiothrix spiculata) entwined in a Red Gorgonian (Lophogorgia chilensis)	Spiny Brittle Stars (Ophiothrix spiculata) entwined in a Red Gorgonian (Lophogorgia chilensis)	Tunicate on a Purple Gorgonian (Eugorgia rubens)	Tunicate on a Purple Gorgonian (Eugorgia rubens)
Tritonia festiva	Tritonia festiva	White Spotted Dorid (Doriopsilla albopunctata) and a Noble Dorid (Peltodoris nobilis)	Painted Greenling (Oxylebius pictus)
Below Yellow Ribbon Drop-Off, Santa Cruz Island
Sheep Crab (Loxorhynchus grandis)	Sheep Crab (Loxorhynchus grandis)	Brittle Star (Ophiopsilla californica)	California Phoronid (Phoronopsis californica)
an unusual spotted Tube-Dwelling Anemone (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus)	an unusual spotted Tube-Dwelling Anemone (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus)	an unusual spotted Tube-Dwelling Anemone (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus)	an unusual spotted Tube-Dwelling Anemone (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus)
South-East Kelp, Santa Cruz Island
Fragile Tube Worm (Salmacina tribranchiata)	Fragile Tube Worm (Salmacina tribranchiata)	Cobalt Sponge (Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta)	Cobalt Sponge (Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta)
Purple Bryozoan (Disporella sp.)	Norris's Top Snail (Norrisia norrisi)	Sheep Crab (Loxorhynchus grandis)	San Diego Dorid (Diaulula sandiegensis)
Cobalt Finger Sponge	Cobalt Finger Sponge	a Dock shrimp (Pandalus danae) under a Rock Scallop (Crassedoma giganteum)	a Dock shrimp (Pandalus danae) under a Rock Scallop (Crassedoma giganteum)
Giant Spinned Star (Pisaster giganteus)	Kelp Rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens)	Kelp Rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens)	Bryozoan (Thalamoporella californica)