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Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands
with Peace Scuba
July 3-4, 2006
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Ship Rock, Catalina Island |
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 Red Gorgonian (Lophogorgia chilensis) |
 Zoanthid Anemones |
 Zoanthid Anemones |
 Fragile Star (Linckia columbiae) |
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 Kellet's Whelks (Kelletia kelletii) |
 Spanish Shawl (Flabellina iodinea) |
 Spanish Shawl (Flabellina iodinea) |
 Spanish Shawl (Flabellina iodinea) |
 Blood Star (Henricia leviusula) |  Fragile Star (Linckia columbiae) |
 Blood Star (Henricia leviusula) |
 Kellet's Whelks (Kelletia kelletii) |
 Fragile Star (Linckia columbiae) |  Zoanthid Anemones |
 Giant Keyhole Limpet (Megathura crenulata) |
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 Okenia rosacea formerly Hopkinsia rosacea (Hopkin's Rose) |
 Okenia rosacea formerly Hopkinsia rosacea (Hopkin's Rose) |
 Okenia rosacea formerly Hopkinsia rosacea (Hopkin's Rose) |
 Okenia rosacea formerly Hopkinsia rosacea (Hopkin's Rose) |
 Okenia rosacea formerly Hopkinsia rosacea (Hopkin's Rose) |
 Cucumaria salma |
 MacFarland's chromodorid (Chromodoris macfarlandi) |
Eagle Reef, Catalina Island |
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 Two Spot Octopus (Octopus bimaculatus; Octopus bimaculoides) |
 Two Spot Octopus (Octopus bimaculatus; Octopus bimaculoides) |  Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) |
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 Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) |
 possibly Lepidopsetta bilineata |
 Kathryn Cody |
 Jessica Merritt & Steve Sanford |
 Jessica Merritt & Steve Sanford |
 Bob Davis |
 Carol Beck |
Arrow Point Cove, Catalina Island |
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 California Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus) |
 several Cucumaria salma |
 California Coral Leaf Seaweed (Bossiella californica) |
 Pink Abalone (Haliotis corrugata) |
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 Kathryn Cody looking at a Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) |
 Big Orange Sponge |
 Big Orange Sponge |
 Garabaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) in front of the Big Orange Sponge |
 Kathryn's hand and the Big Orange Sponge |
 Rock Scallop (Crassedoma giganteum) |
 Rock Scallop (Crassedoma giganteum) |
Eel Point Muck, Catalina Island |
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 Brittle Star (Ophiopsilla californica) |
 possibly Palmaria mollis |
 Mantis Shrimp (Hemisquilla ensigera californiensis) |
 Rock Sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata) |
 Cucumaria salma |
 Bluebanded Goby (Lythrypnus dalli) |
 Cucumaria salma |
 Jacksmelt (Atherinopsis californiensis) |
Inside Sutil Island, Santa Barbara Island |
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 Limbaugh's Cadlina (Cadlina limbaughorum) |
 Encrusting hydrocoral (Stylantheca porphyra) |
 Club-Tipped Anemone (Corynactis california) with parasitic growth |
 Orange Cup Coral (Balanophyllia elegans) |
 Swell Shark Egg (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) |  Swell Shark Egg (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) |
 Fragile Rainbow Star (Astrometis serulifera) |
 Fragile Rainbow Star (Astrometis serulifera) |
Kelp Bed outside Webster Point, Santa Barbara Island |
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 Urticina sp. |
 Fragile Tube Worm (Salmacina tribranchiata) |
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 Pusula solandri formerly Trivia solandri |
 Pusula solandri formerly Trivia solandri |
 Pusula solandri formerly Trivia solandri |
 Pusula solandri formerly Trivia solandri |
 Pusula solandri formerly Trivia solandri |
 Hermissenda crassicornis |
 Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) |
 Red Gorgonian (Lophogorgia chilensis) |
 San Diego Dorid (Diaulula sandiegensis) |
The Sealion Rookery, Santa Barbara Island |
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 Señoritas (Oxyjulis californica) |
 Señoritas (Oxyjulis californica) |
 Señoritas (Oxyjulis californica) |
 Kathryn Cody |
 Cup Corals (Astrangia lajollaensis) |
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 Señoritas (Oxyjulis californica) |
 Aggregating Anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima) |
 Aggregating Anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima) |
 Warty Sea Cucumber (Parastichopus parvimensis) |  Warty Sea Cucumber (Parastichopus parvimensis) |
 California Sea Hare (Aplysia californica) |
 California Sea Hare (Aplysia californica) |
 Rea Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus), Purple Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus), & Crowned Sea Urchins (Centrostephanus coronatus) |
 Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) |
 Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) |
 Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) |
 Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) |
 Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) |
 Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) |
 Jessica Merritt |
 Kathryn Cody next to a Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) |
 Warty Sea Cucumber (Parastichopus parvimensis) |
 Rea Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus), Purple Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus), & Crowned Sea Urchins (Centrostephanus coronatus) |
 California Sea Hare (Aplysia californica) |
 Bat Star (Asterina miniata; formerly Patiria miniata) among urchin skeletons |
 Giant Black Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas) |
 Giant Black Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas) |
 Giant Black Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas) |  Giant Black Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas) |  Giant Black Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas) |  Brian removes Kathryn Cody's fins |
The Ride Back to Ventura Harbor |
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 a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) hitching a ride to Ventura |
 a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) hitching a ride to Ventura |
 a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) hitching a ride to Ventura |
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