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The Sea Divers trip to San Miguel Island
aboard the Peace
May 1-2, 2009

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May 1, 2009 : Dive 1 : Crook Point
Dermasterias imbricata (Leather Star)	Henricia leviuscula (Blood Star)	P5010570Xlr.jpg	Pycnopodia helianthoides (Sunflower Sea Star)
P5010587Xlr.jpg	Diaulula sandiegensis	P5010595Xlr.jpg	Polymastia pacifica (Aggregated Nipple Sponge, Western Nipple Sponge)
Cadlina luteomarginata	P5010611Xlr.jpg	Asterina miniata (Bat Star)	P5010620Xlr.jpg
Cryptochiton stelleri (Gumboot chiton)	P5010634Xlr.jpg	Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish) & Sebastes miniatus (Vermillion Rockfish)	Sebastes miniatus (Vermillion Rockfish)
P5010638lr.jpg	P5010646Xlr.jpg	Dermasterias imbricata (Leather Star)	Urticina lofotensis (White-Spotted Rose Anemone)
May 1, 2009 : Dive 2 : Shark Park
Kathryn Cody	Kathryn Cody	Kathryn Cody	Kathryn Cody
P5010683Xlr.jpg	Corynactis californica (Club-Tipped Anemones)	Eisenia arborea (Southern Sea Palm) in the cloud of Euphausia pacifica (Krill)	Ophiodon elongatus (Lingcod)
Sebastes carnatus (Gopher Rockfish)	Sebastes carnatus (Gopher Rockfish)	Sebastes carnatus (Gopher Rockfish)	Acarnus erithacus (Red Volcano Sponge)
Urticina piscivora (Fish eating anemone)	P5010721Xlr.jpg	P5010722Xlr.jpg	Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)
Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)	Eisenia arborea (Southern Sea Palm) in the cloud of Euphausia pacifica (Krill)	Urticina piscivora (Fish eating anemone)	Urticina piscivora (Fish eating anemone)
Urticina piscivora (Fish eating anemone)	Urticina piscivora (Fish eating anemone)	Urticina piscivora (Fish eating anemone)	P5010756Xlr.jpg
P5010761Xlr.jpg	Acarnus erithacus (Red Volcano Sponge)	P5010767Xlr.jpg	P5010768lr.jpg
Urticina piscivora (Fish eating anemone)	Urticina piscivora (Fish eating anemone)	Orthasterias koehleri (Rainbow Star)	Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp)
Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)	Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)	Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)	Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)
Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)	Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)	Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)	Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)
Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)	Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)	Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)	Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)
Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)	Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)	Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)	Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)
Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)	Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)	Sebastes mystinus (Blue Rockfish)	Sharon Hale
May 1, 2009 : Dive 3 : Wycoff Ledge
Pelagia noctiluca	Macrocystis pyrifera	Pelagia noctiluca and Macrocystis pyrifera	Macrocystis pyrifera & Pelagia noctiluca
Pelagia noctiluca with commensal crabs	Pelagia noctiluca & Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp)	Pelagia noctiluca with commensal crabs	Pelagia noctiluca with commensal crabs
Pelagia noctiluca with commensal crabs	Pelagia noctiluca with commensal crabs	Pelagia noctiluca with commensal crabs	Pelagia noctiluca with commensal crabs
Pelagia noctiluca	Pelagia noctiluca with commensal crabs	Pelagia noctiluca with commensal crabs	Pelagia noctiluca with commensal crabs
Pelagia noctiluca with commensal crabs	Pelagia noctiluca with commensal crabs	Pelagia noctiluca with commensal crabs	Pelagia noctiluca with commensal crabs
Pelagia noctiluca with commensal crabs	Pelagia noctiluca with commensal crabs	Pelagia noctiluca with commensal crabs	Pelagia noctiluca next to Macrocystis pyrifera
Pelagia noctiluca in the Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp)	P5010890Xlr.jpg	Hippodiplosia insculpta (Fluted Bryozoan)	P5010897Xlr.jpg
P5010900Xlr.jpg	Garveia annulata (Orange hydroid) on Calliarthron cheilosporioides (Articulated coralline algae)	Garveia annulata (Orange hydroid) on Calliarthron cheilosporioides (Articulated coralline algae)	Calliarthron cheilosporioides (Articulated coralline algae)
Calliarthron cheilosporioides (Articulated coralline algae)	P5010923Xlr.jpg	Asterina miniata (Bat Star)	Sebastes carnatus (Gopher Rockfish)
Asterina miniata (Bat Star)	Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp)	Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp)	An Anemone oa a leaf of Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp)
An Anemone oa a leaf of Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp)	An Anemone oa a leaf of Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp)	Hormiphora cucumis	Hormiphora cucumis
Hormiphora cucumis	Orthasterias koehleri (Rainbow Star)	Strongylocentrotus franciscanus (Red Sea Urchin)	Diaperoecia californica (Southern Staghorn Bryozoan)
Apolemia sp.	Apolemia sp.	Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp)	Mitrocoma cellularia
Mitrocoma cellularia	Mitrocoma cellularia	Cyclosalpa bakeri	Cyclosalpa bakeri
Aurelia labiata (Moon Jelly)	Aurelia labiata (Moon Jelly)	Aurelia labiata (Moon Jelly)	Aurelia labiata (Moon Jelly)
Aurelia labiata (Moon Jelly)	Aurelia labiata (Moon Jelly)	Aurelia labiata (Moon Jelly)	Aurelia labiata (Moon Jelly)
May 1, 2009 : Dive 4 : The Bluffs
Calliostoma annulatum (purple-ring topsnail, blue-ring topsnail, jewelled topsnail)	Calliostoma annulatum (purple-ring topsnail, blue-ring topsnail, jewelled topsnail)	Calliostoma annulatum (purple-ring topsnail, blue-ring topsnail, jewelled topsnail)	Calliostoma annulatum (purple-ring topsnail, blue-ring topsnail, jewelled topsnail)
Calliostoma annulatum (purple-ring topsnail, blue-ring topsnail, jewelled topsnail)	Q5010611Xlr.jpg	Corynactis californica (Club-Tipped Anemones)	Q5010614Xlr.jpg
Calliostoma annulatum (purple-ring topsnail, blue-ring topsnail, jewelled topsnail)	Calliostoma annulatum (purple-ring topsnail, blue-ring topsnail, jewelled topsnail)	Q5010627lr.jpg	Balanophyllia elegans (Orange Cup Coral) surrounded by Didemnum sp. (Colonial Tunicate)
Didemnum sp. (Colonial Tunicate)	Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate)	Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate)	Q5010647Xlr.jpg
Q5010661Xlr.jpg	Phidiana hiltoni	Garveia annulata (Orange hydroid)	Garveia annulata (Orange hydroid)
Garveia annulata (Orange hydroid)	Garveia annulata (Orange hydroid)	Garveia annulata (Orange hydroid)	Q5010674Xlr.jpg
Q5010675Xlr.jpg	Q5010677Xlr.jpg	Hermissenda crassicornis	Hermissenda crassicornis
Hermissenda crassicornis	Calliostoma annulatum (purple-ring topsnail, blue-ring topsnail, jewelled topsnail)	Balanophyllia elegans (Orange Cup Coral) surrounded by Didemnum sp. (Colonial Tunicate)	Balanophyllia elegans (Orange Cup Coral) surrounded by Didemnum sp. (Colonial Tunicate)
Stylantheca porphyra (Encrusting Hydrocoral)	Asterina miniata (Bat Star) on Stylantheca porphyra (Encrusting Hydrocoral)	Stylantheca porphyra (Encrusting Hydrocoral)	Stylantheca porphyra (Encrusting Hydrocoral)
Stylantheca porphyra (Encrusting Hydrocoral)	Stylantheca porphyra (Encrusting Hydrocoral)	Stylantheca porphyra (Encrusting Hydrocoral)	Stylantheca porphyra (Encrusting Hydrocoral)
Corynactis californica (Club-Tipped Anemones)	Corynactis californica (Club-Tipped Anemones)	Flabellina iodinea (Spanish Shawl)	Flabellina iodinea (Spanish Shawl)
Flabellina iodinea (Spanish Shawl)	Flabellina iodinea (Spanish Shawl)	Peltodoris nobilis	Henricia leviuscula (Blood Star)
Calliostoma annulatum (purple-ring topsnail, blue-ring topsnail, jewelled topsnail)	Calliostoma annulatum (purple-ring topsnail, blue-ring topsnail, jewelled topsnail)	Corynactis californica (Club-Tipped Anemones)	Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp)
Euphausia pacifica (Krill) on Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kekp)	Euphausia pacifica (Krill) hiding in the Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp)	Idotea resecata (Concave isopod, eelgrass isopod, cut-tailed isopod, seaweed isopod, kelp isopod, transparent isopod)	Idotea resecata (Concave isopod, eelgrass isopod, cut-tailed isopod, seaweed isopod, kelp isopod, transparent isopod)
Idotea resecata (Concave isopod, eelgrass isopod, cut-tailed isopod, seaweed isopod, kelp isopod, transparent isopod)	Idotea resecata (Concave isopod, eelgrass isopod, cut-tailed isopod, seaweed isopod, kelp isopod, transparent isopod)	Idotea resecata (Concave isopod, eelgrass isopod, cut-tailed isopod, seaweed isopod, kelp isopod, transparent isopod)	Idotea resecata (Concave isopod, eelgrass isopod, cut-tailed isopod, seaweed isopod, kelp isopod, transparent isopod)
May 1, 2009 : Dive 5 : The Canyons
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May 2, 2009 : Dive 1 : Boomerang Bank
P5020825Xlr.jpg	Flabellina trilineata	Flabellina trilineata	Flabellina trilineata
Flabellina trilineata	Flabellina trilineata	Flabellina trilineata	Flabellina trilineata
Flabellina trilineata	Flabellina trilineata	Flabellina trilineata	Corynactis californica (Club-Tipped Anemones)
P5020868Xlr.jpg	Aplidium solidium (Red Ascidian)	Hydractinia milleri (Hedgehog Hydriod)	P5020900lr.jpg
Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge) with some algae growing in the surface	P5020905Xlr.jpg	Crassedoma giganteum (Rock Scallop) with Salmacina tribranchiata (Fragile Tube Worm) below	P5020920Xlr.jpg
May 2, 2009 : Dive 2 : Skyscraper
Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate)	Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate)	Calliostoma annulatum (purple-ring topsnail, blue-ring topsnail, jewelled topsnail) on Diaperoecia californica (Southern Staghorn Bryozoan)	Stylaster californicus (California Hydrocoral)
Stylaster californicus (California Hydrocoral)	Corynactis californica (Club-Tipped Anemones) & Cadlina luteomarginata	P5020949lr.jpg	P5020951Xlr.jpg
P5020952Xlr.jpg	Stylaster californicus (California Hydrocoral)	Polymastia pacifica (Aggregated Nipple Sponge, Western Nipple Sponge)	P5020957Xlr.jpg
Cadlina luteomarginata	P5020963lr.jpg	Sebastes carnatus (Gopher Rockfish)	Raja stellulata (Starry Skate)
Raja stellulata (Starry Skate)	Raja stellulata (Starry Skate)	P5020995Xlr.jpg	Calliostoma annulatum (purple-ring topsnail, blue-ring topsnail, jewelled topsnail) on Diaperoecia californica (Southern Staghorn Bryozoan)
Flabellina iodinea (Spanish Shawl)	Corynactis californica (Club-Tipped Anemones)	Stylaster californicus (California Hydrocoral)	Stylaster californicus (California Hydrocoral)
Stylaster californicus (California Hydrocoral)	P5021027Xlr.jpg	P5021028Xlr.jpg	P5021031Xlr.jpg
Plumularia sp. (Hydroid) growing on Diaperoecia californica (Southern Staghorn Bryozoan)	Plumularia sp. (Hydroid) growing on Diaperoecia californica (Southern Staghorn Bryozoan)	P5021039Xlr.jpg	Flabellina iodinea (Spanish Shawl) on Diaperoecia californica (Southern Staghorn Bryozoan)
Flabellina trilineata	Heptacarpus kincaidi (Kincaid's Shrimp) on Stylaster californicus (California Hydrocoral)	Heptacarpus kincaidi (Kincaid's Shrimp) on Stylaster californicus (California Hydrocoral)	Flabellina trilineata
Flabellina trilineata	Flabellina trilineata	Flabellina trilineata	Flabellina trilineata
May 2, 2009 : Dive 3 : Little Wilson
Urticina lofotensis (White-Spotted Rose Anemone)	P5021073Xlr.jpg	Dendrodoris fulva (Yellow Porostome)	Eudistylia polymorpha (Giant Feather Duster Worm)
Peltodoris nobilis	Chaceia ovoidea (Wartneck Piddock Boring Clam)	P5021098Xlr.jpg	A small shrimp on the neck of a Chaceia ovoidea (Wartneck Piddock Boring Clam)
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Purple Sea Urchin)	Eudistylia polymorpha (Giant Feather Duster Worm)	Eudistylia polymorpha (Giant Feather Duster Worm)	P5021168Xlr.jpg
P5021173Xlr.jpg	Ophiodon elongatus (Lingcod)	Ophiodon elongatus (Lingcod)	Ophiodon elongatus (Lingcod)
Balanophyllia elegans (Orange Cup Coral)	P5021222Xlr.jpg	Eudistylia polymorpha (Giant Feather Duster Worm)	Cypraea spadicea (Chestnut Cowry)
topside
P5020918clr.jpg	P5025656Xlr.jpg	P5025682Xlr.jpg	The Southwest corner of Santa Cruz Island
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