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The Sea Divers trip to San Miguel Island,
Santa Rosa Island, & Santa Cruz Island
aboard the Peace
September 11-12, 2009

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September 11, 2009 : Dive 1 : Wycoff Ledge, San Miguel Island
Sebastes caurinus (Copper rockfish)	A juvenile Sebastes miniatus (Vermillion Rockfish)	A juvenile Sebastes miniatus (Vermillion Rockfish)	Triopha catalinae
Triopha catalinae	A juvenile Sebastes sp.	Doris odhneri	A juvenile Sebastes miniatus (Vermillion Rockfish)
A juvenile Sebastes miniatus (Vermillion Rockfish)	Parastichopus californicus (California Sea Cucumber)	Parastichopus californicus (California Sea Cucumber)	Peltodoris nobilis
Sebastes carnatus (Gopher rockfish)	Peltodoris nobilis	Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)	Strongylocentrotus franciscanus (Red Sea Urchin)
Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge) wint embedded Barnacles	Barnacles feeding through openings in Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	A juvenile Sebastes sp.	Balanophyllia elegans (Orange Cup Coral)
Parastichopus californicus (California Sea Cucumber) & Asterina miniata (Bat Star)	Orthasterias koehleri (Rainbow Star)	Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)	Orthasterias koehleri (Rainbow Star)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)	Balanus nubilus (Giant Acorn Barnacle)	Hermissenda crassicornis & Urticina lofotensis (White-Spotted Rose Anemone)	Neoclinus stephensae (Yellowfin Fringehead)
Neoclinus stephensae (Yellowfin Fringehead)	Neoclinus stephensae (Yellowfin Fringehead)	Neoclinus stephensae (Yellowfin Fringehead)	Gibbonsia montereyensis (Crevice Kelpfish)
September 11, 2009 : Dive 2 : Richardson Rock MPA
Aplidium solidium (Red Ascidian)	Aplidium solidium (Red Ascidian)	Cancer branneri (Furrowed Rock Crab)	Cancer branneri (Furrowed Rock Crab)
Pagurus sp. 1 (Hermit Crab)  on Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	Pagurus sp. 1 (Hermit Crab)  on Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	Pagurus sp. 1 (Hermit Crab) & Calliostoma ligatum (Blue Top Snail,  Blue Top Shell, Costate Top Shell) on  Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	Pagurus sp. 1 (Hermit Crab)  on Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)
Pagurus sp. (Hermit Crab)  on Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	Artedius harringtoni (Scalyhead Sculpin) on Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	Artedius harringtoni (Scalyhead Sculpin) on Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	Doris montereyensis on Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)
Cypraea spadicea (Chestnut Cowry) on Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	Cypraea spadicea (Chestnut Cowry) on Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	Hydractinia milleri (Hedgehog hydroid)	Anthopleura elegantissima (Aggregating Anemone)
Calliostoma ligatum (Blue Top Snail,  Blue Top Shell, Costate Top Shell) on  Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	Calliostoma ligatum (Blue Top Snail,  Blue Top Shell, Costate Top Shell) on  Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	Calliostoma ligatum (Blue Top Snail,  Blue Top Shell, Costate Top Shell) on  Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	Calliostoma ligatum (Blue Top Snail,  Blue Top Shell, Costate Top Shell) on  Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)
Calliostoma ligatum (Blue Top Snail,  Blue Top Shell, Costate Top Shell) on  Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	Pagurus sp. 1 (Hermit Crab)  on Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	Pagurus sp. 1 (Hermit Crab) & Calliostoma ligatum (Blue Top Snail,  Blue Top Shell, Costate Top Shell) on  Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	Pagurus sp. 1 (Hermit Crab) & Calliostoma ligatum (Blue Top Snail,  Blue Top Shell, Costate Top Shell) on  Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)
Pagurus sp. 1 (Hermit Crab) on Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	Pagurus sp. 1 (Hermit Crab) on Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	Oxylebius pictus (Painted Greenling) &  Pagurus sp. 1 (Hermit Crab) on Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	Juvenile Loxorhynchus crispatus (Moss Crab)
Juvenile Loxorhynchus crispatus (Moss Crab)	Juvenile Loxorhynchus crispatus (Moss Crab)	Juvenile Loxorhynchus crispatus (Moss Crab)	Juvenile Loxorhynchus grandis (Sheep Crab)
Pugettia richii (Cryptic Kelp Crab)	Juvenile Loxorhynchus crispatus (Moss Crab)	Anthopleura elegantissima (Aggregating Anemone)	Diplosoma listerianum (Gray Encrusting Compound Tunicate)
Anthopleura elegantissima (Aggregating Anemone)	Juvenile Loxorhynchus crispatus (Moss Crab) on Pisaster ochraceus (Ochre Star)	Juvenile Loxorhynchus crispatus (Moss Crab) on Pisaster ochraceus (Ochre Star)	Juvenile Loxorhynchus crispatus (Moss Crab) on Pisaster ochraceus (Ochre Star)
September 11, 2009 : Dives 3 & 4 : San Miguel Island
Urticina sp.	Tethya aurantia (Orange Puffball Sponge)	Urticina piscivora (Fish-Eating Anemone)	Euphausia pacifica (Pacific Krill)
Urticina sp.	Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate)	Cypraea spadicea (Chestnut Cowry)	Tubulanus sexlineatus (nemertean worm) on Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)
Tubulanus sexlineatus (nemertean worm)	Tubulanus sexlineatus (nemertean worm)	Tubulanus sexlineatus (nemertean worm)	Tubulanus sexlineatus (nemertean worm)
Doriopsilla albopunctata	Cucumaria sp. in Archidistoma psammion (Compound Tunicate)	Cucumaria piperata	Paracyathus stearnsi (Solitary Brown Cup Coral)
Mitra idae (ida's Mitre)	Hermissenda crassicornis	Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge)	Calliostoma annulatum (purple-ring topsnail, blue-ring topsnail, jewelled topsnail)
Orthasterias koehleri (Rainbow Star)	Idotea resecata (Concave isopod, eelgrass isopod, cut-tailed isopod, seaweed isopod, kelp isopod, transparent isopod) mating	Idotea resecata (Concave isopod, eelgrass isopod, cut-tailed isopod, seaweed isopod, kelp isopod, transparent isopod) mating	Idotea resecata (Concave isopod, eelgrass isopod, cut-tailed isopod, seaweed isopod, kelp isopod, transparent isopod) mating
Epiactis prolifera (Brooding anemone) oa a leaf of Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp)	Calliostoma canaliculatum (Channeled Top Snail) on Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp)	An undetermined bivalve that is not a Rock Scallop	Stylantheca porphyra (Encrusting Hydrocoral)
Triopha catalinae	Dermasterias imbricata (Leather Star)	Orthonopias triacis (Snubnose Sculpin)	Orthonopias triacis (Snubnose Sculpin)
Orthonopias triacis (Snubnose Sculpin)	Orthonopias triacis (Snubnose Sculpin)	A small Sebastes carnatus (Gopher Rockfish)	A small Sebastes carnatus (Gopher Rockfish)
Artedius corallinus (Coralline Sculpin)	Artedius corallinus (Coralline Sculpin)	Artedius corallinus (Coralline Sculpin)	Artedius corallinus (Coralline Sculpin)
Mediaster aequalis (Vermilion Star, Red Sea Star)	Peltodoris nobilis	Serpula columbiana	Hermissenda crassicornis
Orthonopias triacis (Snubnose Sculpin)	Oxylebius pictus (Painted Greenling)	Calliostoma ligatum (Blue Top Snail,  Blue Top Shell, Costate Top Shell)	Megalomma sp. (Feather Duster Worm)
Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate)	Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate)	A Gibbonsia montereyensis (Crevice Kelpfish) eating a Heptacarpus kincaid (Kincaid's Shrimp) for lunch	A Gibbonsia montereyensis (Crevice Kelpfish) eating a Heptacarpus kincaid (Kincaid's Shrimp) for lunch
Orthonopias triacis (Snubnose Sculpin)	Orthonopias triacis (Snubnose Sculpin)	Orthonopias triacis (Snubnose Sculpin)	Pandalus danae (Dock Shrimp or Coon-Stripe Shrimp) & Balanophyllia elegans (Orange Cup Coral)
Pandalus danae (Dock Shrimp or Coon-Stripe Shrimp)	Pandalus danae (Dock Shrimp or Coon-Stripe Shrimp)	Pandalus danae (Dock Shrimp or Coon-Stripe Shrimp)	Pandalus danae (Dock Shrimp or Coon-Stripe Shrimp)
September 12, 2009 : Dive 1 : Gull Island MPA, Santa Cruz Island
Stylaster californicus (California Hydrocoral)	Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate) in the holdfast of Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp)	Coryphopterus nicholsii (Blackeyed Goby)	Pandalus danae (Dock Shrimp or Coon-Stripe Shrimp)
Pandalus danae (Dock Shrimp or Coon-Stripe Shrimp)	Stylaster californicus (California Hydrocoral)	Pedicularia californica (California Hydrocoral Snail) on Stylaster californicus (California Hydrocoral)	Pedicularia californica (California Hydrocoral Snail) on Stylaster californicus (California Hydrocoral)
Gibbonsia montereyensis (Crevice Kelpfish)	Crassedoma giganteum (Rock Scallop)	Balanophyllia elegans (Orange Cup Coral) & Diaulula sandiegensis	Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)
The holdfast of Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp)	Stylaster californicus (California Hydrocoral)	Stylaster californicus (California Hydrocoral)	Phidolopora labiata (Lacy Bryozoan)
Phidolopora labiata (Lacy Bryozoan)	Gibbonsia montereyensis (Crevice Kelpfish)	Gibbonsia montereyensis (Crevice Kelpfish)	Triopha catalinae
September 12, 2009 : Dive 2 : The East End Reef, Santa Cruz Island
Orthonopias triacis (Snubnose Sculpin)	Orthonopias triacis (Snubnose Sculpin)	Asterina miniata (Bat Star)	unidentified sponge
Dodecaceria concharum (colonial polychaete)	Triopha catalinae & Doriopsilla albopunctata	Pandalus danae (Dock Shrimp or Coon-Stripe Shrimp)	Pandalus danae (Dock Shrimp or Coon-Stripe Shrimp)
Doto amyra on Aglaophenia struthionides (Ostrich-plumed Hydroid)	Urticina lofotensis (White-Spotted Rose Anemone)	Crassedoma giganteum (Rock Scallop)	Mediaster aequalis (Vermilion Star, Red Sea Star)
Dermasterias imbricata (Leather Star)	Peltodoris nobilis	Pandalus danae (Dock Shrimp or Coon-Stripe Shrimp)	Gibbonsia montereyensis (Crevice Kelpfish)
Gibbonsia montereyensis (Crevice Kelpfish)	Gibbonsia montereyensis (Crevice Kelpfish)	Gibbonsia montereyensis (Crevice Kelpfish)	Gibbonsia montereyensis (Crevice Kelpfish)
Gibbonsia montereyensis (Crevice Kelpfish)	Gibbonsia montereyensis (Crevice Kelpfish)	Gibbonsia montereyensis (Crevice Kelpfish)	Balanophyllia elegans (Orange Cup Coral) & Gibbonsia montereyensis (Crevice Kelpfish)
Gibbonsia montereyensis (Crevice Kelpfish)	Flabellina iodinea (Spanish Shawl)	Ophioplocus esmarki (Smooth Brittle Star)	Crassedoma giganteum (Rock Scallop)
Urticina lofotensis (White-Spotted Rose Anemone)	Peltodoris nobilis	Disporella sp. (Purple Bryozoan)	Mediaster aequalis (Vermilion Star, Red Sea Star)
September 11-12, 2009 : Aboard the Peace
DM Jim Simmerman	Mike Smith	Erika Hersh	Jonathan Hanks
Brian McNamara	Erik Ernest	Ted Watler	Wil Lemley
Richardson Rock	Erika Hersh & Jonathan Hanks	Chris Cervellone	David Stringer
Robert Newberry	Erika Hersh	Deck Hand Paul Ross	2nd Captian Steve Sanford
Michael Cannella	Kevin Potter	Deck Hand Paul Ross	Chris Cervellone & Kevin Rhonke
Erika Hersh	Neil Fletcher	Neil Fletcher	Chris Cervellone
Suzanne Cervellone	Brian McNamara	Erika Hersh	Chris Cervellone
Suzanne Cervellone	Suzanne Cervellone & Kevin Potter	Suzanne Cervellone & Kevin Potter	Jonathan Hanks
Chris Grossman	Steve Clark	Helen Johnson	Erika Hersh
Erika Hersh & Jonathan Hanks	Alex Fuhrer	Steve Clark	Kevin Potter
Alex Fuhrer	2nd Captian Steve Sanford	Chef Joe	Steve Clark
Judy Stringer	Steve Clark	Helen Johnson & Peter Landecker	David Stringer
Helen Johnson & Peter Landecker	Helen Johnson & Peter Landecker	Chris Grossman	Suzanne Cervellone & Kevin Potter
Chris Grossman & Chris Cervellone	Chris Grossman	Chris Grossman & Suzanne Cervellone	Erik Ernest
Ludek Subrt	Ted Watler	2nd Captian Steve Sanford	Chris Grossman
Carol Beck	Brian McNamara	Helen Johnson & Peter Landecker	Helen Johnson
Carol Beck	Brian McNamara	Chris Cervellone & Kevin Rhonke	Chris Cervellone
Chris Grossman's Underwater Photography

©2009 Chris Grossman, diver.net Some topside photos taken by Erika Hersh.