Smaller crowd on the barge today

[MaxBottomtime]

Merry wanted to make a do-over dive on the Redondo Barge this afternoon. I remembered my macro lens this time. Patchy fog and wind chop at the surface gave way to fairly nice conditions under water. Eighteen feet vis and 51° water is very nice compared to what we've experienced lately.
I only found one tiny Tritonia festiva today, but when I looked under a small piece of rusty iron I hit the jackpot. I noticed a small dot in the center with rhinophores. It was the smallest Aeolidiella oliviae I have ever seen. Nearby was an even smaller flatworm. When I downloaded the photo I found not only my first Cuthona lagunae, but two of them. They were barely visible in the original photo.
During our ascent we worked on our jelly photographic skills. We did better, but still need improvement.

Cuthona lagunae bycatch

Flatworm

Aeolidiella oliviae

Tritonia festiva

Doriopsilla albopunctata

Aegires albopunctatus

Flabellina trilineata

Hermissenda crassicornis

Navanax inermis

Painted greenling

I found Margaret's little sculpin hiding under a rock

Pleurobrachia bachei

Mitrocoma cellularia

Leuckartiara spp.

 

[fnfalman]

Wow, those jellyfish look freaky!!!

Great nudie photos as always.

 

[TSandM]

FABULOUS jelly pictures! I so love those little midwater guys, but my eyes can't resolve them nearly as well as your camera does. Thanks for sharing the photos.

 

[Peter_C]

Stunning!

 

[Teamcasa]

I guess small is just as amazing as large. Beautiful!

 

[MaxBottomtime]

While going through my photos from Sunday I found another tiny nudibranch. Dr. Jeff Goddard identified it as Cuthona albocrusta. The larger Aeolidiella oliviae next to it was 1/16" long.

 

[TracysaCADiver]

You Macro guys amaze me - especially how you find the small stuff hidden in the crevices and such... Nice shots Phil!