SEA MOUSE has entered the canyon....

[scottfiji]

Had a fantastic dive last night in the redondo canyon, photographed the elusive SEA MOUSE - a must see! Also found and photographed a large strange pink worm species...cute little guy, you just want to take it home and put it in a cage....

full dive report: http://forums.scubapost.net/showthread.php?t=688

photos: (click on the first photo to enlarge, then go to the next pic by clicking on the right arrow button), feel free to leave comments!
http://www.scubapost.net/gallery/Redondo20050602

Sea Mouse (Marine Polychaete Worm, Aphrodite aculeata)

 

[Frank O]

Cool find, Scott! Let us know when you track down Elvis.

 

[jlyle]

Now that's a new one on me! Neat find.

 

[PhotoTJ]

It's a neat find, true, but I don't want to take it home!

 

[scottfiji]

Thanks guys! your right TJ, on second thought maybe I'll leave it in the ocean.

I found one more rare species last night in the canyon that I just identified, a large Sabellid worm (related to the featherduster worm), click below for the pic, and more detail on the organism:
http://forums.scubapost.net/showthread.php?p=3681#post3681

 

[scottfiji]

This must be worm week! This is the third new worm species I found (new for me at least), this one is a very large x-mas tree worm, found at 110 feet on the Palawan wreck. Identification is pending.

photo:
http://www.scubapost.net/gallery/Palawan20050604/Avalon20050604_009