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Santa Catalina Island & Santa Barbara Island
aboard the Peace
July 13-14, 2007
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Santa Catalina Island : July 13, 2007 |
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 Octopus bimaculatus (Twp-Spot Octopus) |
 Octopus bimaculatus (Twp-Spot Octopus) |
 Octopus bimaculatus (Twp-Spot Octopus) |
 Urticina sp. (Sea Anemone) |
 Ophlitaspongia pennata (Red encrusting sponge) & Alcyonium rudyi (Octocoral) on a Crassedoma giganteum (Rock Scallop) |
 Hypsypops rubicundus (Garabaldi) in front of a Pteria sterna (Western Winged Oyster) on a Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian) |
 Pteria sterna (Western Winged Oyster) on a Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian) |
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 A Ophiactis simplex (brittle star) and sponge protruding from a barnacle shell |
 Kelletia kelletii (Kellet's Whelk) |
 Trachurus symmetricus (Mackerel Jack) |
 Octopus bimaculatus (Twp-Spot Octopus) |
 Lythrypnus dalli (Bluebanded Goby) |
 Tylodina fungina |
 Tylodina fungina |
 Tylodina fungina |
 Tylodina fungina |
 Trachurus symmetricus (Mackerel Jack) |
 Purple Hair Algae |
 Purple Hair Algae |
 Kathryn Cody and a Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian) |
 Pleuronichthys coenosus (C-O Turbot) |
 Trachurus symmetricus (Mackerel Jack) |
 Trachurus symmetricus (Mackerel Jack) |
 Parastichopus californicus (Warty Sea Cucumber) on Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp) |
 Parastichopus californicus (Warty Sea Cucumber) on Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp) |
 Parastichopus californicus (Warty Sea Cucumber) on Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp) |
 Parastichopus californicus (Warty Sea Cucumber) on Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp) |
 Ophiopsilla californica (Brittle Star) |
 Hemisquilla ensigera californiensis (Mantis Shrimp) |
 Leathesia difformis |
 Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster) |
Santa Barbara Island : July 14, 2007 |
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 Cucumaria salma |
 Pisaster giganteus |
 Pisaster giganteus |
 A Astrometis sertulifera (Fragile Rainbow Star) eating a Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Purple sea urchin) |
 Ophioderma panamense |
 Coryphopterus nicholsi (Blackeye Goby) |
 Hermissenda crassicornis |
 Aplysia californica (California Sea Hare) |
 Pisaster ochraceus |  Pisaster ochraceus |
 Ophioderma panamense |
 Hypsypops rubicundus (Garabaldi) laying eggs |
 The eggs of Hypsypops rubicundus (Garabaldi) |
 Codium fragile |
 Flabellina iodinea (Spanish Shawl Nudibranch) |
 Orthonopias triacis (Snubnose Sculpin) |
 Coenocyathus bowersi (Colonial Cup Coral) |
 Coenocyathus bowersi (Colonial Cup Coral) |
 Codium setchellii |
 Dodecaceria concharum (Coralline-Encased Filament-Worm) |
 Codium setchellii |
 Tylodina fungina on Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge) next to Phidolopora labiata (Lacy bryozoan) and Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate) |
 Tylodina fungina on Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge) next to Phidolopora labiata (Lacy bryozoan) |
 Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge) and Corynactis californica (Club-tipped Anemone) |
 Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge) mixed with Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate) |
 An Aplysia californica (California Sea Hare) releasing ink while being eaten by an Anthopleura elegantissima (Aggregating Anemone) |
 Aplysia californica (California Sea Hare) on Codium setchellii and net to some Clavelina huntsmani (Light Bulb Tunicates) |
 Disporella sp. (Purple Bryozoan) on the shell of a Lithopoma undosum (Wavy Turban Snail) |
 Codium fragile |  Limacia cockerelli |
 Limacia cockerelli |
 Limacia cockerelli |
 Limacia cockerelli |
 Limacia cockerelli |
 The molt of a large (~5 lb.) Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster) |
 Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Purple sea urchin) |
 Zalophus califonianus (California Sea Lion) |
 Paralabrax clathratus (Kelp Bass, Calico Bass) |
 Conus californicus (California Cone shell) |
 Conus californicus (California Cone shell) |
Chris Grossman's Underwater Photography |
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