More surprises under the dock

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Merry

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Although conditions have been pretty much relegated Phil and I to diving under the dock, something cool pops up about half the time.

This juvenile sand bass (4-5") didn't look quite the same as the other sand bass that I was shooting. Until I looked in Milton Love's book, I didn't realize that it was a spotted sand bass, Paralabrax maculatofasciatus.
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Here's the same size barred sand bass, Paralabrax nebulifer, for comparison.
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Four chunky Gould's bubble snails (head-shield slug) caught my eye, but they were gone the next day for Phil.
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As inhospitable as the bottomless dock silt seems to be, some nudibranchs thrive, especially San Diego dorids.
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Large egg mass of a San Diego dorid next to another nudi egg mass.
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White colonial phoronid, Phoronis ijimai
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