Merry
Contributor
Typical geography of the region makes for great wall-diving.
Metridium senile dominated some landscapes.
Snail ID needed
Pink/Violet branching hydrocoral, Stylaster verilli. ID thanks to Clinton Bauder
Basket star, Gorgonocephalus eucnemis
Basket star among red soft coral with feeding polyps extended.
Caliostoma ligatum and two yellow hairy sea spiders feeding on the polyps of the red soft coral.
Red soft coral, Gersemia rubiformis with feeding polyps retracted.
Bushy, pink-mouth hydroid, Ectopleura crocea with both states of the red soft coral on either side.
Orange sea pen, Ptilosarcus gurneyi
Bering hermit crab, Pagurus beringanus
Wide hand hermit crab, Elassochirus tenuimanus
Umbrella crab, Cryptolithodes sitchensis
Proliferating anemone, Epiactis prolifera
ID needed
Urticina grebelyni
Crimson anemone, Cribrinopsis fernaldi
Graceful kelp crab, Pugettia gracilis
This crab covered itself with 2 kelp blades, and maintained a tight grip on both.
Metridium senile dominated some landscapes.
Snail ID needed
Pink/Violet branching hydrocoral, Stylaster verilli. ID thanks to Clinton Bauder
Basket star, Gorgonocephalus eucnemis
Basket star among red soft coral with feeding polyps extended.
Caliostoma ligatum and two yellow hairy sea spiders feeding on the polyps of the red soft coral.
Red soft coral, Gersemia rubiformis with feeding polyps retracted.
Bushy, pink-mouth hydroid, Ectopleura crocea with both states of the red soft coral on either side.
Orange sea pen, Ptilosarcus gurneyi
Bering hermit crab, Pagurus beringanus
Wide hand hermit crab, Elassochirus tenuimanus
Umbrella crab, Cryptolithodes sitchensis
Proliferating anemone, Epiactis prolifera
ID needed
Urticina grebelyni
Crimson anemone, Cribrinopsis fernaldi
Graceful kelp crab, Pugettia gracilis
This crab covered itself with 2 kelp blades, and maintained a tight grip on both.