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Saunders Reef, Mendocino County, California
with Eric Sedletzky
August 4, 2008
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Saunders Reef |
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 Solmissus spp. |
 Solmissus spp. |
 Strogylocentrotus franciscanus (Red Sea Urchin) |
 Urticina piscivora (Fish-Eating Anemone) |
 Lopholithodes mandtii (Puget Sound King Crab) |
 Lopholithodes mandtii (Puget Sound King Crab) |
 Lopholithodes mandtii (Puget Sound King Crab) |
 Lopholithodes mandtii (Puget Sound King Crab) |
 Cadlina luteomarginata |
 Urticina piscivora (Fish-Eating Anemone) |
 Peltodoris nobilis |
 Peltodoris nobilis |
 Sebastes miniatus (Vermilion Rockfish) |
 Diaulula sandiegensis |
 Loxorhynchus crispatus (Moss Crab) |
 Sebastes nebulosus (China rockfish) |
 Sebastes nebulosus (China rockfish) |
 Cucumaria miniata (Orange Sea Cucumber) |
 Epizoanthus scotinus (Zooanthid Anemones) |
 Urticina piscivora (Fish-Eating Anemone) |
 Doris odhneri |
 Pisaster ochraceus (Ochre Sea Star) |
 Peltodoris nobilis |
 Tochuina tetraquetra |
 Tochuina tetraquetra & Balanophyllia elegans (Orange Cup Coral) |
 Tochuina tetraquetra |
 Urticina piscivora (Fish-Eating Anemone) |
 Parastichopus californicus (California Sea Cucumber) |
 A pair of Peltodoris nobilis |
 Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star) |
 A pair of Peltodoris nobilis |
 A pair of Peltodoris nobilis |
 Nereocystis luetkeana (Bull Kelp) |
 Pisaster ochraceus (Ochre Sea Star) |
 Pisaster ochraceus (Ochre Sea Star) |
 Three Tethya aurantia (Orange Puffball Sponge) that seem to have merged into one. |
 Henricia leviuscula (Blood Star) |
 Henricia leviuscula (Blood Star), Stylantheca porphyra (Encrusting Hydrocoral), and several different types of sponge |
 Pisaster brevispinus (Giant Pink Star, Sea Star, Short-Spined Sea Star) |
 Distaplia occidentalis (Mushroom Compound Tunicate) |
 Pisaster brevispinus (Giant Pink Star, Sea Star, Short-Spined Sea Star) |
 Pisaster brevispinus (Giant Pink Star, Sea Star, Short-Spined Sea Star) |
 Stylantheca porphyra (Encrusting Hydrocoral) |
 Loxorhynchus crispatus (Moss Crab) |
 Sebastes nebulosus (China rockfish) & a Chirolophis sp. (Prickleback) in the wall above the left pectoral fin of the S. nebulosus |
 Sebastes nebulosus (China rockfish) with the less common spotted pattern |
 Loxorhynchus crispatus (Moss Crab) |
 Loxorhynchus crispatus (Moss Crab) |
 Sebastes carnatus (Gopher Rockfish) |
 Sebastes carnatus (Gopher Rockfish) |
 Henricia leviuscula (Blood Star) |
 Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate) |
 Hermissenda crassicornis feeding on an interesting looking sponge. |
 Hermissenda crassicornis feeding on an interesting looking sponge. |
 Solaster stimpsoni (Stripped Sun Star, Sun Star, Stimpson's Sun Star) |
 Solaster stimpsoni (Stripped Sun Star, Sun Star, Stimpson's Sun Star) |
 Solaster stimpsoni (Stripped Sun Star, Sun Star, Stimpson's Sun Star), Epizoanthus scotinus (Zooanthid Anemones), Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate), Trididemnum alexi (Speckled Compound Tunicate), & Crustose corallines (Encrusting Coralline Algae) |
 Solaster stimpsoni (Stripped Sun Star, Sun Star, Stimpson's Sun Star), Epizoanthus scotinus (Zooanthid Anemones), Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate), Trididemnum alexi (Speckled Compound Tunicate), & Crustose corallines (Encrusting Coralline Algae) |
 Solaster stimpsoni (Stripped Sun Star, Sun Star, Stimpson's Sun Star), Epizoanthus scotinus (Zooanthid Anemones), Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate), Trididemnum alexi (Speckled Compound Tunicate), & Crustose corallines (Encrusting Coralline Algae) |
 Artedius harringtoni (Scalyhead Sculpin) on Trididemnum alexi (Speckled Compound Tunicate) |
 A yellow-tan sponge, an orange encrusting sponge, tan encrusting sponge, encrusting Coralline Algae, many Epizoanthus scotinus (Zooanthid Anemones), & assorted hydroids |
 Crassedoma giganteum (Rock Scallop) between Trididemnum alexi (Speckled Compound Tunicate) and Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate) |
 Stylantheca porphyra (Encrusting Hydrocoral) , Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate), & Trididemnum alexi (Speckled Compound Tunicate) |
 Pisaster brevispinus (Giant Pink Star, Sea Star, Short-Spined Sea Star) |
 Urticina piscivora (Fish-Eating Anemone) |
 Urticina piscivora (Fish-Eating Anemone) |
 Urticina piscivora (Fish-Eating Anemone) |
 Pisaster brevispinus (Giant Pink Star, Sea Star, Short-Spined Sea Star) |
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 An urchin boat at Saunders Reef |
 An urchin boat at Saunders Reef |
 Chris Grossman ready to roll into the water |
 Chris Grossman after the roll coming back to the boat for his camera |
 Looking E across the Nereocystis luetkeana (Bull Kelp) |
 Looking SE across the Nereocystis luetkeana (Bull Kelp) |
 Nereocystis luetkeana (Bull Kelp) |
 Looking NE across the Nereocystis luetkeana (Bull Kelp) |
 Nereocystis luetkeana (Bull Kelp) |
 Looking N across the Nereocystis luetkeana (Bull Kelp) |
 Zalophus californianus (California Sea Lion) |
 Looking NE across the Nereocystis luetkeana (Bull Kelp) |
 Chris Grossman surfaces after his second 45 minute dive in 46ºF water. |
 Chris Grossman surfaces after his second 45 minute dive in 46ºF water. |
 Chris Grossman surfaces after his second 45 minute dive in 46ºF water. |
 Chris Grossman |
 Eric Sedletzky in the water with his speargun. |
 Eric Sedletzky ready to climb back into his boat at the end of dive. |
 The lift hours at the Arena Cove Pier |
 Eric Sedletzky with his Vermilion Rockfish (Sebastes miniatus), and one blue |
Chris Grossman's Underwater Photography |
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