Merry
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We encountered consistently flat seas near Redondo when making our first dips of 2014. Vis at the Barge, Golf Ball Reef, and Honeymoon Cove ranged from 12 to 30 feet, depending on the day. Plenty of diverse photo subjects to choose from. Here's an assortment of animals that struck my fancy, organized from smallest to largest.
I assumed this was a speck of debris on the nickle-sized Acanthodoris lutea, but it's a munnid isopod.

Phil found another wonder on the barge, Dendronotis venustus, formerly D. frondosis

Megaloma worm

Serpulid worm

Decorative mantle of the apple seed snail (we've seen several this year), Erato vitellina

Felimare porterae

Cadlina limbaughorum


Felimida macfarlandi, formerly Chromodoris macfarlandi

Dendrodoris behrensi

Not a clue; I call it the Paul Bunyan worm.

So scarce are the gelatinous inverts this year! Nanomia bijuga

Kevin found one of my faves, Physophora hydrostatica.
Berthella californica, the usual size.

MEGA Berthella californica

This huge Triopha catalina was eating brittle stars.


Black sea hare, Aplysia vaccaria.



Large Mola mola at the barge.

I assumed this was a speck of debris on the nickle-sized Acanthodoris lutea, but it's a munnid isopod.

Phil found another wonder on the barge, Dendronotis venustus, formerly D. frondosis

Megaloma worm

Serpulid worm

Decorative mantle of the apple seed snail (we've seen several this year), Erato vitellina

Felimare porterae

Cadlina limbaughorum


Felimida macfarlandi, formerly Chromodoris macfarlandi

Dendrodoris behrensi

Not a clue; I call it the Paul Bunyan worm.

So scarce are the gelatinous inverts this year! Nanomia bijuga

Kevin found one of my faves, Physophora hydrostatica.

Berthella californica, the usual size.

MEGA Berthella californica

This huge Triopha catalina was eating brittle stars.


Black sea hare, Aplysia vaccaria.



Large Mola mola at the barge.
