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The Sea Divers trip to
the Wreck of the Palawan,
the North Hyperion Outfall Pipe, &
the Wreck of the Avalon
aboard the Sea Bass
August 25, 2007

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The Wreck of the Palawan (Redondo Beach)
Sebastes umbrosus (Honeycomb Rockfish)	Sebastes umbrosus (Honeycomb Rockfish)	Rhacochilus toxotes (Rubberlip Surfperch)	Rhacochilus toxotes (Rubberlip Surfperch)
Sebastes umbrosus (Honeycomb Rockfish)	Crassedoma giganteum (Rock Scallop) covered with Corynactis california (Club-Tipped Anemones)	Cystodytes lobatus (Lobed Tunicate)	Parastichopus californicus (Giant Sea Cucumber)
Oxylebius pictus (Painted Greenling)	Rathbunella hypoplecta (Stripefin Ronquil, a.k.a. Smooth Ronquil)	Rathbunella hypoplecta (Stripefin Ronquil, a.k.a. Smooth Ronquil)	Rathbunella hypoplecta (Stripefin Ronquil, a.k.a. Smooth Ronquil)
Rathbunella hypoplecta (Stripefin Ronquil, a.k.a. Smooth Ronquil)	Rathbunella hypoplecta (Stripefin Ronquil, a.k.a. Smooth Ronquil)	Rathbunella hypoplecta (Stripefin Ronquil, a.k.a. Smooth Ronquil)	Sebastes carnatus (Gopher Rockfish) hiding next to the Sea Bass' anchor chain
The North Hyperion Outfall Pipe (El Segundo)
mating Aplysia californica (California Sea Hare)	Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)	Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)	Loxorhynchus grandis (Sheep Crab)
Loxorhynchus grandis (Sheep Crab)	Pachycerianthus fimbriatus (Tube-Dwelling Anemones)	Embiotoca jacksoni (Black Perch) & Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian)	Embiotoca jacksoni (Black Perch) & Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian)
Embiotoca jacksoni (Black Perch) & Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian)	Embiotoca jacksoni (Black Perch) & Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian)	Astrangia lajollaensis (Colonial Cup Coral)	a North Heperion outfall pipe flange
Loxorhynchus grandis (Sheep Crab)	Astrangia lajollaensis (Colonial Cup Coral)	Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian)	Diaulula sandiegensis (San Diego Dorid)
Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian)	an egg mass of Aplysia californica (California Sea Hare)	Loxorhynchus crispatus (Moss Crab) on a Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian)	Loxorhynchus crispatus (Moss Crab) on a Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian)
Loxorhynchus crispatus (Moss Crab) on a Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian)	Loxorhynchus crispatus (Moss Crab) on a Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian)	Loxorhynchus crispatus (Moss Crab) on a Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian)	Pachycerianthus fimbriatus (Tube-Dwelling Anemone) next to the pipe
The Wreck of the Avalon (Palos Verdes)
Rhacochilus toxotes (Rubberlip Surfperch)	Rhacochilus toxotes (Rubberlip Surfperch)	Rhacochilus toxotes (Rubberlip Surfperch)	Rhacochilus toxotes (Rubberlip Surfperch)
Rhacochilus toxotes (Rubberlip surfperch) & Embiotoca jacksoni (Black Perch)	Rhacochilus toxotes (Rubberlip Surfperch) & Phanerodon frucatus (White Surfperch)	Rhacochilus toxotes (Rubberlip Surfperch)	Rhacochilus toxotes (Rubberlip surfperch) & Embiotoca jacksoni (Black Perch)
Rhacochilus toxotes (Rubberlip surfperch) & Embiotoca jacksoni (Black Perch)	Rhacochilus toxotes (Rubberlip Surfperch)	Rhacochilus toxotes (Rubberlip Surfperch)	Rhacochilus toxotes (Rubberlip Surfperch)
Rhacochilus toxotes (Rubberlip Surfperch)	a female Semicossyphus pulcher (California Sheephead)	Rhacochilus toxotes (Rubberlip Surfperch)	Rhacochilus toxotes (Rubberlip Surfperch)
Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star) & Parastichopus parvimensis (Warty Sea Cucumber)	Paguristes ulreyi (Furry Hermit Crab )	Scorpaena guttata (California Scorpionfish)	Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star)
top side
Andrea Beck	John Delaney	Greg Savino	Peter Landecker
Walter Crandall	DM Scott & Captain Richard	Andrea Beck	Kip Crandall
Denise Baca & Greg Savino	Captain Richard & DM Scott	DM Scott	Denise Baca, Greg Savino, & John Delaney
Chris Grossman's Underwater Photography

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