Merry
Contributor
A few pics from our latest dives.
From Catalina island, here's a new-to-us nudi, Fabellina pricei (some investigators have reclassified this as Apata pricei, but the jury is still out).
Egg mass of Flabellina pricei
Feeding on hydroids
Orangethroat pikeblenny,Chaenopsis alepidota
California phoronid, Phoronopsis californica
Fragile star, Linckia columbiae
We found a couple of these not-so-common Berthella chacei on a Palos Verdes reef. The small, reduced internal shell is apparent.
Three-winged murex, Pteropurpura trialata
Bat star, Patiria miniata
Anthopleura sola and its column
Limacia mcdonaldi
Doris montereyensis and its egg mass below.
Characteristic egg mass of Doris montereyensis.
Bryozoan, Disporella separata
Flatworm ID needed (tiny)
Baptodoris mimetic mating
Felimare porterae feeding on Dysidea amblia sponge
Gray moon sponge
From Catalina island, here's a new-to-us nudi, Fabellina pricei (some investigators have reclassified this as Apata pricei, but the jury is still out).
Egg mass of Flabellina pricei
Feeding on hydroids
Orangethroat pikeblenny,Chaenopsis alepidota
California phoronid, Phoronopsis californica
Fragile star, Linckia columbiae
We found a couple of these not-so-common Berthella chacei on a Palos Verdes reef. The small, reduced internal shell is apparent.
Three-winged murex, Pteropurpura trialata
Bat star, Patiria miniata
Anthopleura sola and its column
Limacia mcdonaldi
Doris montereyensis and its egg mass below.
Characteristic egg mass of Doris montereyensis.
Bryozoan, Disporella separata
Flatworm ID needed (tiny)
Baptodoris mimetic mating
Felimare porterae feeding on Dysidea amblia sponge
Gray moon sponge
