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The Sea Divers trip to
Farnsworth Bank, Ship Rock, & Sea Fan Grotto at Catalina Island
and Santa Cruz Island
aboard the Peace
July 24-25, 2009

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July 24, 2009 : Dive 1 : Farnsworh Bank
Stylaster californicus	Pedicularia californica (hydrocoral Snail) on Stylaster californicus (California Hydrocoral)	P7244299Xlr.jpg	Diaulula sandiegensis
mating Peltodoris nobilis	red spotted star	red spotted star	red spotted star
red spotted star	red spotted star	red spotted star	red spotted star
red spotted star	Stylaster californicus	Stylaster californicus	Stylaster californicus
P7244328Xlr.jpg	Stylaster californicus	Oxylebius pictus	mating Doriopsilla albopunctata
Diaulula sandiegensis	Diaulula sandiegensis	Doriopsilla albopunctata	Tritonia festiva
Parastichopus parvimensis	Cucumaria salma & Stylaster californicus	Stylaster californicus	Cypraea spadicea
Cyclosalpa affinis	Cyclosalpa affinis	Cyclosalpa affinis	Andrea Beck
July 24, 2009 : Dive 2 : Farnsworh Bank
Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith)	D7241897Xlr.jpg	red spotted star	red spotted star
red spotted star	red spotted star	Scorpaena guttata	Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith)
Stylaster californicus	Stylaster californicus	Stylaster californicus	Stylaster californicus
Stylaster californicus	Stylaster californicus	Parazoanthus lucificum on Lophogorgia chilensis	Parazoanthus lucificum on Lophogorgia chilensis
Parazoanthus lucificum on Lophogorgia chilensis	Stylaster californicus	Stylaster californicus	Stylaster californicus
Stylaster californicus	Stylaster californicus	Stylaster californicus	Scorpaena guttata
D7241940Xlr.jpg	Stylaster californicus	Stylaster californicus	Stylaster californicus
D7241945Xlr.jpg	D7241946Xlr.jpg	D7241947Xlr.jpg	Kathryn Cody
Kathryn Cody	Robert Goren	Peter Landecker	Mike Smith & Kathryn Cody
July 24, 2009 : Dive 3 : Farnsworh Bank
Scorpaena guttata (California Scorpionfish) on a ledge covered with Epizoanthus scotinus (Zooanthid Anemones)	A pair of mating Phyllidiopsis blanca on a sponge surrounded by Epizoanthus scotinus (Zooanthid Anemones)	Diaulula sandiegensis on Diaperoecia californica	Stylaster californicus
Stylaster californicus	Coenocyathus bowersi (Colonial Cup Coral), Asterina miniata	Asterina miniata, Pisaster giganteus, & Parastichopus californicus	Tritonia festiva
Diaulula sandiegensis on Stylaster californicus	Gymnothorax mordax	Gymnothorax mordax	Scorpaena guttata
July 24, 2009 : Dive 4 : Ship Rock
Epizoanthus scotinus (Zooanthid Anemones)	Epizoanthus scotinus (Zooanthid Anemones)	Pisaster giganteus, & Parastichopus californicus	Acanthodoris rhodoceras
A mutant Cadlina luteomarginata with only one enlarged left rhinophore	A mutant Cadlina luteomarginata with only one enlarged left rhinophore	A mutant Cadlina luteomarginata with only one enlarged left rhinophore	Muricea fruticosa
Muricea fruticosa	Lophogorgia chilensis	Marcel & Tammy Laframboise	Marcel & Tammy Laframboise
D7242078Xlr.jpg	Parazoanthus sp. (Rock Zoanthid Anemones)	Parazoanthus sp. (Rock Zoanthid Anemones)	Muricea fruticosa (Brown Gorgonian) on the sailboat wreck
Muricea californica	Lophogorgia chilensis	Epizoanthus scotinus (Zooanthid Anemones)	Epizoanthus scotinus (Zooanthid Anemones)
July 24, 2009 : Dive 5 : Sea Fan Grotto
The eye of a Squatina californica (Pacific Angel Shark)	Coenocyathus bowersi (Colonial Cup Coral)	Linckia columbiae	Lythrypnus dalli
Sebastes serriceps	Linckia columbiae	Linckia columbiae	Lythrypnus dalli hiding in the spines of Centrostephanus coronatus
P7244454Xlr.jpg	P7244460Xlr.jpg	Linckia columbiae	Linckia columbiae
Linckia columbiae	Linckia columbiae	Linckia columbiae	Cucumaria salma
Coenocyathus bowersi (Colonial Cup Coral)	Coenocyathus bowersi (Colonial Cup Coral)	Cucumaria salma	Cucumaria salma
Cucumaria salma & Coenocyathus bowersi (Colonial Cup Coral)	Coenocyathus bowersi (Colonial Cup Coral)	Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge)	Linckia columbiae
Lythrypnus dalli	Lythrypnus dalli	Pachycerianthus fimbriatus	Linckia columbiae
Linckia columbiae	Linckia columbiae	Sebastes serriceps	P7244546Xlr.jpg
July 25, 2009 : Dives 1-3 : Santa Cruz Island
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July 25, 2009 : Dives 4 : Santa Cruz Island
Urticina sp.	Circeis sp. (Calcareous Tube Worms) on a leaf of Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp)	Doriopsilla albopunctata & Cucumaria salma	Cucumaria salma
Cucumaria salma	Cucumaria salma	Cucumaria salma	Myxicola infundibulum
P7254598Xlr.jpg	A juvenile Sebastes sp.	A juvenile Sebastes sp.	A juvenile Sebastes sp.
A juvenile Sebastes sp.	A juvenile Sebastes sp.	Triopha catalinae	A juvenile Sebastes sp.
A juvenile Sebastes sp.	A juvenile Sebastes sp.	Cucumaria salma	Cucumaria salma
Costazia ventricosa	Asterina miniata	Artedius corallinus	Artedius corallinus
Artedius corallinus	Artedius corallinus	Artedius corallinus	Spirobranchius sp.
Orthonopias triacis	Adalaria jannae	Serpula columbiana	Serpula columbiana
Spirobranchius sp.	Bispira sp.	Diaulula sandiegensis	Doridicola sp. on Anthopleura sola
Doridicola sp. on Anthopleura sola	Doridicola sp. on Anthopleura sola	Corynactis californica	Diaulula sandiegensis
Lythrypnus dalli	Disporella separata	Triopha catalinae on Clavelina huntsmani feeding on Thalamoporella californica	Alloclinus holderi (Island Kelpfish)
Triopha catalinae on Clavelina huntsmani feeding on Thalamoporella californica	Juvenile Pycnopodia helianthoides	A juvenile Sebastes atrovirens	A juvenile Sebastes atrovirens
Pictures by Marcel & Tammy Laframboise
Chris Grossman	Anthopleura xanthogrammica next to a Pisaster giganteus	Tritonia festiva on a Parastichopus californicus	Sebastes atrovirens & Asterina miniata
Pictures by Peter Landecker
Helen Johnson	Helen Johnson	Helen Johnson	Panulirus interruptus
Podochela hemphilli	Podochela hemphilli	Flabellina iodinea	Panulirus interruptus, Parastichopus californicus, & Sebastes serriceps
Topside
Skylor Piper	Skylor Piper & Sharon Hale	Skylor Piper & Sharon Hale	Bob Davis
Chris Grossman's Underwater Photography

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