Recent diving at Catalina

[seansrs36]

Here are a few pictures from some recent dives at Catalina Island:

A picture of a Sea Hare Nudibranch at Farnsworth Banks:



A furry hermit crab at Little Geiger:



A LingCod at Farnsworth Banks:

 

[blue steal]

Cool, thanks for sharing.

 

[drbill]

Hi Sean. Technically, sea hares (Aplysia spp.) are opisthobranchs but not nudibranchs, but the two are closely related.

To get scientific... both are in the Class Gastropoda and Sub-Class Opisthobranchia, but the sea hares are in the order Anaspidea and the nudibranchs in the order Nudibranchia. Probably more than most divers want to know!